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The SPELD SA Instructional Handbooks provide support for those using the SPELD SA Phonic Book Series. Use this collection of resources to promote deep connection with, and understanding of, concepts in each book using evidence-based practices and activities.

The SPELD SA Phonic Book Series provides quality decodable texts to help students develop their decoding and comprehension skills. Improve skills in oral language, vocabulary, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, writing and grammar by using the resources in the Handbooks that link perfectly with the phonic book.

A phonic book can be so much more than just a book to decode!

Download and use with your students and children.

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A suite of free resources to complement the SPELD SA Phonic Book Jolly Phonic Series, produced by SPELD SA, with support from the Government of South Australia.

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Advice and tools to support in the identification and assessment of students with literacy learning difficulties and/or disabilities, such as dyslexia.

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Advice and tools to support in the identification and assessment of students with literacy learning difficulties and/or disabilities, such as dyslexia. Back to top Last Update: 11 February 2022

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The English Online Interview (EOI) is an online tool for assessing the English skills of students from Foundation to Level 2 that includes 4 modules. It assesses students across the 3 modes of English in the Victorian Curriculum F-10 - Reading and Viewing, Writing and Speaking and Listening.

The interview is one-to-one between a teacher and student, using texts and downloadable resources to complete a module. Teachers record each student's responses directly onto the online system. This data is used to generate reports that provide an overview of student achievement and information to inform program planning and resource allocation.

The EOI is on the Insight Assessment Platform.

Assessment requirements and mandatory period

The EOI is mandatory for Foundation (Prep) and Grade 1 students in Victorian government schools and must be undertaken within a department-defined timeframe in Term 1 of each year.

The mandatory assessment period has now ended. In 2024, the EOI mandatory period for both Foundation and Grate 1 students ran from weeks 1-6 of Term 1 (Tuesday 30 January 2024 - Friday 8 March 2024).

The department will provide advice about the mandatory period for 2025 in Term 4, 2024.

Using the EOI after the mandatory period

Modules 2, 3 and 4 of the EOI are available for use from the beginning of Term 2 for the remainder of the school year for teachers to assess individual students' literacy abilities. Teachers should refer to the EOI guide for further information about each module.

Enhanced EOI implementation and supports

The EOI has been enhanced with additional phonics items to complement the existing items on phonological awareness and phonics. The enhanced assessment provides teachers with more data about students' phonics knowledge which can be used to identify students who need support in the decoding aspect of reading early, before reading problems become entrenched. The assessment also provides data about students' broader literacy development.

The enhanced EOI implementation and supports page provides further information.

EOI access

The EOI is accessed on the Insight Assessment Platform.

The EOI is designed as an assessment to be administered by a qualified teacher, to support teacher knowledge of student capabilities and areas for explicit teaching. It also provides an opportunity for teachers to interact one-on-one with each student and foster a positive relationship. Due to privacy considerations, only classroom teachers and school leadership can access the EOI modules and data. School leadership have administration access where they can see the entire student cohort and classroom teachers have access to students in their class.

The practice site for Insight Assessment Platform provides a clear sense of how the EOI works and can be accessed on Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority's website.

EOI resources

The resources below support the use of the EOI.

EOI kits

In order to complete the EOI, teachers need a hard-copy EOI kit which contains all the texts required for modules 1-4 and information about the resources used in each module.

It is recommended that each class has one EOI kit. Schools can request additional EOI kits by emailing studentlearning@education.vic.gov.au.

EOI guide

The EOI guide includes advice and instructions for setting up and administering the assessment. It also includes information about:

each module and the areas of literacy assessed

scoring and how the scoring is aligned to the Victorian Curriculum

exemptions

interpreting EOI reports.

Please note the EOI guide was updated ahead of the 2024 mandatory period. The updated versions can be downloaded below.

EOI braille texts

Braille texts have been developed to support teachers to administer the EOI to blind students. Braille texts for each resource can be found on the English Online Interview braille texts page.

EOI technical support

Technical assistance is available for schools via the services portal.

When lodging a services request, provide as much information about the issue as possible including name, school and campus number. Screenshots displaying error messages should also be provided where possible.

For general, non-technical enquiries, including in relation to EOI kits and EOI use to support literacy teaching and learning, email studentlearning@education.vic.gov.au

Visit the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority's FAQs for information on administering and using the Insight Assessment Platform.

Insight Assessment Platform support

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority provides schools with information and support regarding the Insight Assessment Platform here: Pages - Platform support - Government schools (vcaa.vic.edu.au)

This webpage provides links to the practice space, user guides and support for the CASES21 Portal.

EOI and the Diagnostic Assessment Tools in English

The EOI and the Diagnostic Assessment Tools in English (DATE) are the 2 early years literacy assessment tools provided on the Insight Assessment Platform to assess literacy learning in Foundation (Prep) to Grade 2. To complement the additional phonics items added to the EOI, new phonics items have also been added to the DATE. Use of the DATE is optional and provides further data on student ability to assist teachers to differentiate teaching according to student need.

For more information about DATE see Diagnostic Assessment Tools in English.

EOI and EAL students

The EOI may not be suitable for students who are learning English as an additional language. For more information regarding the exemption policy see the EOI guide.

EOI and students with disabilities

The EOI may not be suitable for students with disabilities. For more information regarding the exemption policy see the EOI guide.

Abilities Based Learning and Education Support (ABLES) is an assessment and reporting suite that allows teachers to identify and monitor the learning readiness and progress of students with disabilities. The literacy components of ABLES may be more suitable for these students. For more information see the Abilities Based Learning and Education Support webpage.

For more information on how to support students with disabilities and/or diverse learning needs please see the Diverse Learners Hub.

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Foundation and Grade 1 students complete the English Online Interview assessment in Term 1 each year.

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This manual includes information about DIBELS 8, how DIBELS 8 differs from previous editions of DIBELS, how to administer and score DIBELS 8 subtests, and how to use DIBELS 8 data to inform instructional decision-making.

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Assessment that tells you which decodable book to start with from Phonics Australia. These are good for older readers and saved in the literacy support Google Drive.

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The Diagnostic Reading Test for Nonwords (DiRT) tests a person's knowledge of letter-sound correspondences at the word level [D. Colenbrander, S. Kohnen & L. Nickels].

The DiRT evaluates which letter-sound rules a person can apply when reading made-up words (nonwords). While the CC2 assesses whether a person has difficulties with reading nonwords in general, the DiRT assesses which particular letter-sound rules a person can apply at the word level.

The DiRT is composed of 105 items (ie., nonwords) which assess the knowledge of over 60 letter-sound-rules. The reader reads the nonwords and the tester records the responses. A detailed analysis allows the tester to assess which of the 60 letter-sound-rules a person can apply in the reading of nonwords. This test is administered to individual students.

At the end of the test, the tester gets an overview of which letter-sound rules the reader knows. The tester may then decide to train the rules that the reader does not know yet.

This test is downloaded as two PDFs. PDF 1 contains the test instructions, record form and error analysis. PDF 2 contains the test flashcards.

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The Diagnostic Reading Test for Nonwords (DiRT) tests a person's knowledge of letter-sound correspondences at the word level [D. Colenbrander, S. Kohnen & L. Nickels]. The DiRT evaluates which letter-sound rules a person can apply when reading made-up words (nonwords).

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The Diagnostic Spelling Test - Nonwords (DiSTn) tests a person's knowledge of English sound-letter-rules.

Proficient spellers use two key processes: translating sounds to letters using sound-letter-rules and their knowledge of spellings of whole words. The DiSTn evaluates which sound-letter-rules a person can apply when spelling made-up words (nonwords). While the DiSTs tests a person's ability to represent isolated sounds with letters, the DiSTn assesses which sound-letter-rules a person can apply at the word-level.

The DiSTn is composed of 74 items (ie., nonwords) which assess the knowledge of over 40 sound-letter-rules. The tester says the nonwords and the speller tries to spell the nonwords as accurately as possible. A detailed analysis allows the tester to assess which of the 40 sound-letter-rules a person can apply in the spelling of nonwords. This test can be administered to a group or individual students.

At the end of the test, the tester gets an overview of which sound-letter-rules the speller knows. The tester may then decide to train the rules that the speller does not know yet.

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The Diagnostic Spelling Test - Nonwords (DiSTn) tests a person's knowledge of English sound-letter-rules. Proficient spellers use two key processes: translating sounds to letters using sound-letter-rules and their knowledge of spellings of whole words. The DiSTn evaluates which sound-letter-rules a person can apply when spelling made-up words (nonwords).

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All decodables

Download all available decodables (41 texts). These decodables have been written to reflect the NSW DoE's K-2 Instructional Sequence - Grapheme phoneme correspondence.

Currently, the sets available are:

Set 1 - s a t p i n

Set 2 - i n d m

Set 3 - g o c k ck

Set 4 - e u r

Set 5 - h b f ff

Set 6 - l ll ss z zz

Set 7 - ch sh th th

Set 8 - ng y y

Set 9 - j v ve

Set 10 - w wh x qu

Set 11 - split digraphs

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Associated phonics resources

Explore student facing activities associated with these decodables, including a self-paced read aloud activity, GPC and high frequency word practice activities, and a spelling activity.

To explore over 150 Kindergarten resources including phonics resources for every GPC in the K-2 Instructional GPC sequence, visit the Kindergarten sequences page on NSW Student learning library.

Set 1 - s a t p i n
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Set 2 - i n d m
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Set 3 - g o c k ck
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Set 4 - e u r
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Set 5 - h b f ff
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Set 6 - l ll ss z zz
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Set 7 - ch sh th th
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Set 8 - ng y y
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Set 9 - j v ve
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Set 10 - w wh x qu
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Set 11 - split digraphs
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Short non fiction decodable texts lower primary

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The chart below contains decodable non-fiction texts in a number of formats:

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Short Fiction decodable texts Lower Primary

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The chart below contains decodable fiction texts in a number of formats:

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Text with black white illustrations

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Use the book's homework button to open a downloadable homework packet.

Use the book's SMART Board button to download SMART Board files that are designed to assist you in the delivery of Flyleaf's Foundational Skill and Close Reading Guide instruction.

*Foundational Skills Guides and Close Reading Guides are sold separately and are not available as online resources. Visit flyleafpublishing.com for details about our instructional guides. **If you do not currently have access to SMART Notebook software, you can download it here: SMART Notebook.

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Elizabeth Close is an Anangu woman from the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language groups in the APY Lands in outback South Australia. She was born in Adelaide and spent much of her upbringing in remote communities, learning her language and receiving cultural education.

'This artwork represents the literacy and numeracy learning journey, and the path towards independent learning. The circles represent the collaborative learning and supports around children with specific learning difficulties, including children, schools, families, SPELD SA and others.'  Elizabeth Close, Artist.
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For programs such as BeginningReaders and FYI for Kids, world-renowned researcher and teacher educator, Patricia Cunningham, has written lessons to accompany the texts.

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Here are a bunch of free reading comprehension worksheets. These will help students master reading skills. You can print, edit, or complete these worksheets online. Try the nonfiction or short story reading worksheets to cover general reading skills. Or focus on specific reading skills like making predictions.

Nonfiction Passages with Questions

Chess

Chess has been played for hundreds of years. This test covers some basics of the game of kings. This test is for earlier readers, but the multiple-choice and long response questions are rigorous and aligned with Common Core State Standards. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 1-5.

TV

Where would American culture be without TV? Television has impacted society in profound ways. Modern streaming options may be taking over living rooms today, but TV has played a significant role in culture since its creation. Learn about its history and answer multiple-choice and long response questions in this reading test. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 1-5.

Seat Belts

Wearing your seat belt is such a simple thing, but it can save your life. Find out why in this short persuasive text, and then answer Common Core aligned multiple-choice and extended-response questions. This is more great practice for standardized tests. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6.

Tetris

There's a reason why Tetris is the most popular video game of all time. Learn about this classic game and then answer multiple-choice and long response questions in this fun and exciting reading practice test. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6

The Coliseum

The Coliseum is one of the world's most recognizable images. Learn about its rich and interesting history and then answer multiple-choice and extended response questions. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6.

The Pony Express

The Pony Express was the fastest way to get mail from California to the rest of the nation in the early 1860s. The exciting nature of the enterprise has earned the Pony Express a place in American folklore. Learn about the Pony Express in this text and answer multiple-choice and extended response questions based on the passage. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6.

Wintertime

Wintertime can be rough. Getting through the wintertime is harder on some species than on others. Learn about how different animals survive the winter and then answer multiple-choice and long response questions. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6

Y2K

Computers control so many aspects of our lives. As a society, we depend on them in many regards. What if these systems went down? This passage explains the Y2K bug to readers. Students answer multiple-choice and extended response questions. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7.

Money

Money is a great way to get students' attention. This passage summarizes the origins and evolution of money. Readers answer multiple-choice and long-response questions. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7.

Redwoods and Arms Races

Redwoods are known for being the largest trees in the world. Why do they grow so tall? How does that affect their lives? How does that connect to human activity? Learn more by reading this interesting text. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7.

The Cobra Effect

Our actions can have far reaching consequences. Sometimes these consequences can surprise us. Learn about a phenomenon known as the cobra effect and answer comprehension and inference questions. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7.

Black Friday

The day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday. It is the most notorious shopping day of the year. Learn about this cultural phenomenon in this short text and then answer multiple-choice and long response questions. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7.

The Act of Reading

This is a reading passage about reading. Isn't that meta? The passage questions why so many students work so hard to get out of reading assignments in this short persuasive piece. Of course, this activity includes multiple-choice and extended-response questions after the passage. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7

Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are some of nature's most interesting creatures. Students will learn about these remarkable creatures while answering multiple-choice and extended response questions in this activity. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7

The Dodo

The dodo is probably the world's most popular and well known extinct animal. Learn more about these fascinating creatures and their disappearance in this short text. Answer multiple-choice and long response questions to sharpen skills. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Phishing

Computer hackers are scary, but learning about their attacks can help to keep you safe. This text teaches readers about a common attack, and how to protect against it. It covers reading skills like main idea, author's purpose, and making inferences. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Diamonds

Diamonds are not only beautiful, they are the hardest material on Earth. They also come in many colors. Find out why in this informative passage. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Child Inventors

You don't have to be big to make a big discovery. This short reading passage about child inventors will inspire your students. It will also give them practice with nonfiction reading skills. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Honey Badgers

Did you know that honey badgers can sleep off cobra venom? It's true. Though small in size, the honey badger is renowned for its fighting spirit. Learn how they fight off much larger animals in this reading passage. Then answer Common Core aligned multiple-choice and extended response questions, so that you can run up on a standardized test like a honey badger! Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Carnivorous Plants

Plants are known for sitting still, but some plants are devious killers. Learn more about the amazing world of carnivorous plants with this short text. Then answer CCSS aligned multiple-choice and extended-response questions. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8

Hyperinflation

Paper money is a funny thing. The only value it really has is given to it by society. This value can change rapidly under certain conditions. Learn more about hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic (Germany) after World War I in this interesting short passage. Then answer Common Core aligned multiple-choice and extended-response questions. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Koko

Koko is one special gorilla. Not only can she communicate in sign language, but her Facebook page has more Likes than mine. Learn about this unique creature in this short nonfiction passage and then answer multiple-choice and extended-response questions. All questions are aligned with Common Core State Standards. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Worst Game Ever

E.T. for the Atari has been widely condemned as the worst game ever. Learn why while answering reading comprehension questions in this awesome nonfiction reading test. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8

"A Mystery of Heroism"

This is a thoughtful yet simply written piece set during a battle in the American Civil War. Crane, while capturing the terror and foolishness of war, dispels a heroic myth. WARNING: This text contains graphic descriptions of a violent battle. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10.

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Short Stories with Questions

"The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger"

From the man who imagined the Land of Oz comes a short story about peer pressure and testing one's morals. Students will like reading about these memorable characters and they should find the ironic outcome to be humorous. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

This is one of Poe's more accessible works. When I teach this text, I tend to play up the insanity of the narrator. It makes for a pretty good hook. This is also a good text to study when discussing the reliability of the narrator. Warning: This text contains a murder and may be unsuitable for some audiences. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9

"The Gift of the Magi"

This is probably O. Henry's best known work. It is the classic Christmas tale of a young couple who sacrifice their most valued treasures for one another. It is a story that sticks with readers. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9.

"The Cat That Walked by Himself"

Written in the style of a folktale, this Kipling classic explains the origins of the domestic cat. This fun and cleverly written tale was borrowed from Kipling's Just So Stories. It is a great tale to study when discussing folkloric traits. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9.

"The Lottery Ticket"

A wise man once said, "Mo'money; mo'problems." This Chekhov classic brings those harsh words to life. The story is about a married couple who have a close encounter with a winning lottery ticket. This story helps to remind readers about what's really important in life. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9.

"The Ransom of Red Chief"

This is the classic O. Henry tale of a pair of kidnappers who find themselves at the mercy of their hostage. It's hard to read this one without laughing out loud at least a few times. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9.

"A Respectable Woman"

A houseguest causes tension and excitement in a married woman's home. As with some of Chopin's other texts, this story deals with issues of infidelity, or at least the implications of such; however, if you are working with a mature group of students, this story is worth studying. Still, BE SURE TO READ THIS STORY FIRST BEFORE ASSIGNING IT. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11.

"A Piece of Steak"

This is the tale of a boxer who has come to the twilight of his career. The narrator follows him from his home to the ring, and readers learn about the passage from youth to wisdom. The resolution is unforgettable. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11.

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Inferences Worksheets

Inferences Worksheet 1

Looking for a worksheet on making inferences? Check this out. Students read the short passages and then answer the inferential questions. Then they explain their answers by referencing details from the text. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8

Inferences Worksheet 2

Here is another worksheet on making inferences. Students read the passages and answer inferential questions. Then they support their answers with evidence from the text. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7

Inferences Worksheet 3

Here's another inference worksheet to give students practice with this challenging reading skill. Students will read the passages, answer the questions, and support their answers with textual evidence. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

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Main Idea Worksheets

Main Idea Lesson 1

Here is an animated PowerPoint lesson on main idea. The slideshow explains main idea and how to identify it in a text. There is also a practice activity at the end of the lesson with five practice problems.

Main Idea Worksheet 1

Here is a double-sided main idea worksheet. Students read seven original nonfiction passages and summarize the main idea of each passage. Also, students must think of a title for each passage that relates to the main idea of the text. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10.

Main Idea Worksheet 2

Here is another double-sided main idea worksheet. This worksheet features six more original nonfiction passages for your students to analyze. Students read the passages, disregard nonessential information, express the main idea, and think of a title for each passage related to the main idea. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11.

Main Idea Worksheet 3

Here is yet another double-sided main idea worksheet. This one is themed around robots and robotic technologies. Students practice identifying main ideas and coming up with appropriate titles for each passage. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10

Main Idea Worksheet 4

Here is one more double-sided main idea worksheet. Students read seven passages about money and systems of exchange. They summarize each paragraph, state the main idea, and think of an appropriate title for the passage. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9

Main Idea Worksheet 5

Here's another great activity to help students master main idea. Learn about some of the greatest scientists in human history while reviewing main idea. Read the passages, identify the main idea, and create appropriate titles for each passage. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11.

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Theme Worksheets

Theme Worksheet 1

Are you looking for an engaging activity to help your students review or practice identifying themes in short stories? Good news! You've found one here. In this worksheet students will practice identifying themes in five short stories. Students will read each story, determine the theme, and explain their answers. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Theme Worksheet 2

Here's another engaging activity to help students practice identifying themes in short stories. In this worksheet students will read five original short story passages and determine the theme or message of the story. Also, they will explain how they got their answers. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9.

Theme Worksheet 3

Here's yet another theme worksheet to help your students master this challenging skill. Students read the short stories and extract the message. Then they support their answers with textual evidence. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

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Story Structure Worksheets

"The Breakaway"

Here's an activity to help students review plot and story structure. Students will read a motivational story about an athlete who sustains an injury and has to find another way to succeed. Then they will analyze and identify structural elements of the story. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9.

"When Gertrude Grew Great"

Students read a motivational story and identify the story structure parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. This activity includes a skill sheet that tests students' understanding of other reading skills as well. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

"The Phone Call"

Still looking for more worksheets about story structure and plot? Here's one more! This story is about a young man who overcomes an internal problem created by negligent family member. Students read the story and then complete a reading skill sheet that includes an analysis of the narrative structure. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7.

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Characterization Worksheets

Characterization Worksheet 1

Here is a worksheet to help students practice characterizations. Students read ten short examples of character interactions. They identify an indirect character trait in each and explain their answers by referencing the text.

Characterization Worksheet 2

Here is another worksheet to help students practice identifying characterizations. Students read ten short passages. They identify an implied character trait in each. Then they explain their answers using text.

Characterization Worksheet 3

Here is yet another characterization worksheet to give students ample practice with this core reading skill. This worksheet has got another ten more problems. Students must identify characters' traits based on their actions in each. Then they explain their answers using text. This worksheet is great for homework or class work.

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Setting Worksheets

Setting Worksheet 1

Looking for a worksheet to help students practice identifying setting? In this double-sided worksheet, students read short stories. They determine the setting based on textual details and explain their answers. It has five passages and ten problems. This worksheet gives students great practice with determining story settings. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6.

Setting Worksheet 2

Here is another worksheet that will give students practice with identifying and describing settings in stories. This worksheet has five short passages and ten questions. Students read each passage and determine the setting based on textual clues. Then they explain their answers. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6.

Setting Worksheet 3

Here is one more setting worksheet. This one has five passages and ten problems. Students determine the setting of each passage based on textual clues and explain their responses. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 1-5.

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Summary Worksheets

Summarizing Worksheet 1

Here is a worksheet to help students practice summarizing. Read four nonfiction paragraphs about trains, highlight or underline important information, and write a title for the passage related to its main idea. Then create a summary.

Summarizing Worksheet 2

My students loved reading these four nonfiction passages about ninjas. In this summarizing worksheet, students read the passages, summarize the content, and express the main idea of each passage.

Summarizing Worksheet 3

Here's another activity to give your students practice summarzing nonfiction texts. Students read a long passage about the lost colony of Roanoke, highlight or underline important information, and summarize each paragraph.

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Making Predictions Worksheets

Making Predictions Worksheet 1

Looking for worksheets on making predictions? Here's one with ten practice problems. Students read short passages, determine what will happen next, and support their predictions with evidence. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8.

Making Predictions Worksheet 2

Here is another worksheet on making predictions. This one has five reading passages and ten questions. Students read the passages, predict what will happen next, and support their predictions with textual evidence. What more could you ask for in a prediction worksheet? Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7.

Making Predictions Worksheet 3

Looking to give your student more practice with making predictions in stories? Here's another double-sided prediction worksheet! Students read the passages, predict what will occur next, support their answers with text. This is great practice. Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7.

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These activities will help students master reading skills.

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Overview

Children start to develop this early decoding ability in early childhood.

The ability to decode words is strongly reliant on children having strong phonological awareness skills, which are a gateway into letter-sound knowledge.

Phonics knowledge allows children to understand the link between sounds (phonemes) and letter patterns (graphemes).

Phonics can be introduced through emergent literacy experiences.

In early childhood children will typically develop an emerging awareness of phonics, and that other aspects of emergent literacy and oral language are the main foci.

English is an alphabetic language as it has 26 letters and 44 speech sounds. Combinations of these letters are used to represent all the different speech sounds (phonemes).

Learn more about the 44 sounds of English:

Watch the 44 speech sounds video on Vimeo.

The importance of phonics

Early phonics knowledge is the key to starting to decode written words. Children can use phonics knowledge to "sound out" words.

[Children] learn to recognise how sounds are represented alphabetically and identify some letter sounds, symbols, characters and signs.
- VEYLDF (2016)

Phonics is essential for children to become successful readers and spellers/writers in the early years of schooling and beyond. Introductions to phonics through engaging learning experiences can start from the ages of 3 and 4.

Difference between phonological awareness and phonics

Phonological awareness is the awareness of speech sounds, syllables, and rhymes. Phonemic awareness is the phoneme ("speech sound") part of this skill, and involves children blending, segmenting, and playing with sounds to make new words.

Phonics is the mapping of speech sounds (phonemes) to letter patterns (graphemes).

Phonological awareness and phonics are therefore not the same. However, these literacy foci overlap quite a lot, especially in the early years of primary school.

Key developmental milestones

The following ages and stages are a guide that reflects broad developmental norms, but doesn't limit the expectations of every child (refer to VEYLDF Practice Principle: High expectations for every child). It is always important to understand children's learning and development as a continuum of growth, irrespective of their age.

Early communicators (birth - 18 months):

developing interest in books and print.

Early language users (12 - 36 months):

interested in print

pretending to read

enjoying storybook reading

interested in syllables, rhymes, sounds

experimenting with mark making and drawing

Language and emergent literacy learners (30 - 60 months):

growing awareness of words and print (metalinguistic skills)

playing with sounds and language

recognition of:

familiar words by recognising only a few letters

printed material

trademarks

own name

scanning of material from left to right

growing letter-sound (phonics) awareness

starting to experiment with writing and spelling

Early writing and spelling experiences are a great way to introduce phonics.

Introducing phonics

For introductions to letter-sound patterns, it is best to begin with the simplest graphemes.You can introduce these through environmental print, shared book reading, shared drawing and writing experiences, and letter games.

These introductory phonics patterns (graphemes) are the first building blocks of simple words.

Using just these simple patterns, educators and children can create 100s of words, all using these short vowel sounds:

short /a/ - for example cat dab man tap bag

short /e/ - for example met fed wet men get

short /i/ - for example kit lid nip fit fix quit

short /o/ - for example cot pod got top

short /u/ - for example cut dub tug bun

You can download this overview of phonics patterns to see the scope of sound-letter patterns from simple to complex.

More information on phonics

Irregular words

Some words do not follow the sound-letter (phonics) rules. These are known as irregular words.

regular words are words that can be decoded using knowledge of phonics patterns (for example get, well, which, before)

irregular words are words that do not conform to phonics patterns (do, said, could, yacht, doubt).

Sometimes you will come across irregular words in emergent literacy experiences. For these words sounding out won't really work, so you can read (or spell) the whole word for children.

Look at the more complex phonics patterns to know which words have intermediate/advanced patterns, and which are irregular.

Blends vs. digraphs/trigraphs

Consonant blends are combinations of consonants that appear before or after a vowel (for example plug, splat, grump, spilt).

Sometimes blends can be confused with digraphs (for example rich, shut) and trigraphs (r i dge).

If you can break the sounds apart then you are hearing a blend:

for example split -> /s/ /p/ /l/ /i/ /t/

for example pink -> /p/ /i/ /n/ /k/.

If the sounds will not break apart then it must be a digraph, trigraph or quadgraph:

Theory to practice

Introducing phonics is a key to early reading and spelling success.

An awareness of the links between speech sounds (phonemes) and letter patterns (graphemes) is one of the essential parts within the Four Resources model of reading (Luke & Freebody, 1999).

When beginning to read, children need to "break the code" of written language (decoding). When spelling they need to "use the code" to turn their speech into written words (encoding).

Evidence base

Strong evidence demonstrates the importance of phonics for literacy teaching, particularly in the early years of Primary. When educators introduce children to sound-letter patterns through engaging emergent literacy experiences, it makes the transition to early reading and spelling much smoother.

The evidence for this includes the synthesis of research literature in the Australian National Inquiry into the Teaching of Reading (Rowe et al., 2005).

In this review, they found that numerous studies support the effectiveness of phonics for early reading skills. In particular, teaching practices in early primary school that included an explicit focus on the sound-letter patterns (graphemes), and applied these to reading and writing experiences were most effective.

These findings are also replicated in Hattie's (2009) Visible Learning, the US National Reading Panel (2000) and the UK Rose Review (2006).

Getting started

Phonics: Getting started downloadable for:

Early communicators and early language users

Language and emergent literacy learners

Outcome 5: communication

Children engage with a range of texts and get meaning from these texts:

listen and respond to sounds and patterns in speech, stories and rhymes in context

begin to understand key literacy and numeracy concepts and processes, such as the sounds of language, letter-sound relationships, concepts of print and the ways that texts are structured.

Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media:

begin to recognise patterns and relationships and the connections between them.

Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work:

develop an understanding that symbols are a powerful means of communication and that ideas, thoughts and concepts can be represented through them

begin to be aware of the relationships between oral, written and visual representations

listen and respond to sounds and patterns in speech, stories and rhyme.

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A great way to practise phonics, spelling patterns or the common exception words listed in the UK English Curriculum.

This game does not store or share any spelling / personal data.

1. Choose a year group frrom the circle buttons.

2. Choose a tab (spelling patterns or common exception words)

3. Choose a set of words, (you can see the words you've chosen on the RHS).

4. Finally press 'go'.

You can see how many words there are left to go on the LHS. The yellow indicator lights turn on as you complete each word.
This game uses an on-screen keyboard to minimise disruption when playing on a tablet device. There is no option to use a desktop keyboard.

This game follows the UK .GOV rules and guidance laid down in Spelling Appendix 1.

Have fun!

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Look, Cover, Write, Check- mobile friendly

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A great way to practise phonics, spelling patterns or the common exception words listed in the UK English Curriculum. This game does not store or share any spelling / personal data. Choose a year group frrom the circle buttons.