Assessments for the English Reading and Spelling Series
In this blog, I will present the assessments for the six workbooks in the English Reading and Spelling series. These assessments can be used as placement tests or pre and posttests. There is an assessment for each workbook. Each assessment tests the sounds that are presented in each workbook. Soon the Assessments for the English Reading and Spelling Series will be on our web page listed under Teacher Resources.
Sound Spelling Test
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English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Series
Book 1
CVC Words | 1. hat | 11. yet | 21. box |
CCVC Words | 2. flip | 12. sled | 22. drop |
sh Words | 3. shed | 13. hush | 23. trash |
ay Words | 4. way | 14. day | 24. pay |
qu Words | 5. quick | 15. queen | 25. quit |
ee Words | 6. seed | 16. bleed | 26. creep |
FSL Words | 7. pass | 17. buzz | 27. fill |
-ck Words | 8. sock | 18. pack | 28. duck |
Beginning Blends | 9. dress | 19. bleed | 29. clock |
Beginning Blends | 10. slick | 20. flesh | 30. truck |
C means consonant
V means vowel
This test can be used as a pretest, posttest and a placement test.
Sound Spelling Test
for
English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Series
Book 2
Long vowels | 1. me | 11. fly | 21. snake |
Long vowels | 2. snail | 12. go | 22. grow |
ch Words | 3. check | 13. speech | 23. chin |
r controlled vowels | 4. fork | 14. porch | 24. yard |
ng and nk Words | 5. swing | 15. rink | 25. stung |
wh Words | 6. when | 16. why | 26. wheel |
ow Words | 7. brown | 17. clown | 27. growl |
oo Words | 8. moon | 18. bloom | 28. cook |
Ending Blends | 9. band | 19. limp | 29. spent |
Ending Blends | 10. tusk | 20. gift | 30. melt |
This test can be used as a pretest, posttest and a placement test.
Sound Spelling Test
for
English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Series
Book 3
Long vowel sounds | 1. coast | 11. bright | 21. dream |
Other vowel sounds | 2. crawl | 12. broil | 22. chew |
Other vowel sounds | 3. year | 13. mouth | 23. toy |
tch Words | 4. match | 14. crutch | 24. switch |
dge Words | 5. badge | 15. pledge | 25. judge |
soft c Words | 6. place | 16. center | 26. slice |
soft g Words | 7. cage | 17. large | 27. germ |
two syllable Words | 8. finish | 18. student | 28. monster |
two syllable Words | 9. bonfire | 19. complete | 29. cartoon |
er/ing Suffixes | 10. painter | 20. playing | 30. sharper |
This test can be used as a pretest, posttest and a placement test.
Sound Spelling Test
for
English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Series
Book 4
r controlled vowels |
1. shirt | 11. turn |
21. girl |
Adding s or es | 2. winks | 12. boys | 22. stitches |
Adding y or ly | 3. rocky | 13. shortly | 23. windy |
Blends | 4. splinter | 14. thrift | 24. scream |
Prefixes | 5. uneven | 15. disagree | 25. enjoy |
Prefixes | 6. prepaid | 16. refill | 26. belong |
Suffixes | 7. homeless | 17. spoonful | 27. strongest |
Suffixes | 8. nervous | 18. musical | 28. election |
Doubling Rule | 9. hopping | 19. thinner | 29. sloppy |
Consonant –le syllable | 10. table | 20. candle |
30. puddle |
This test can be used as a pretest, posttest and a placement test.
Sound Spelling Test
for
English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Series
Book 5
au and ey Words | 1. saucer | 11. monkey | 21. August |
ph and wr Words | 2. phone | 12. graph | 22. wreath |
kn/gn Words | 3. knee | 13. knife | 23. gnat |
Contractions | 4. I’d | 14. they’re | 24. doesn’t |
war and wor Words | 5. warm | 15. worm | 25. work |
augh and ough Words | 6. caught | 16. bought | 26. taught |
/k/ sound spelled ch | 7. ache | 17. school | 27. mechanic |
mb and stle Words | 8. thumb | 18. comb | 28. wrestle |
Prefixes | 9. forehead | 19. overdue | 29. without |
Suffixes | 10. explosion | 20. employer | 30. artist |
This test can be used as a pretest, posttest and a placement test.
Sound Spelling Test
for
English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Series
Book 6
ar and or Suffixes | 1. beggar | 11. actor | 21. tractor |
port and tract Roots | 2. report | 12. subtract | 22. distract |
fer and rupt Roots | 3. erupt | 13. bankrupt | 23. suffer |
pel and puls Roots | 4. propel | 14. expel | 24. impulsive |
Doubling Rule | 5. beginner | 15. forbidden | 25. propeller |
uni and mono Prefixes | 6. unicycle | 16. monorail | 26. monotone |
bi and di Prefixes | 7. bifocals | 17. bicycle | 27. dilute |
mb and stle Words | 8. thumb | 18. comb | 28. wrestle |
multi Prefix | 9. multipurpose | 19. multicolored | 29. multisensory |
semi Prefix | 10. semitruck | 20. semicircle | 30. semisweet |
This test can be used as a pretest, posttest and a placement test.
In next week’s blog, I will present the Scope and Sequence for the series English Reading Comprehension for the Spanish Speaker. All of these workbooks are part of Fisher Hill’s English literacy program for Spanish-speaking teens and adults.
There are four series and each series has six workbooks. These series are to be used in conjunction with each other. The very first book to use would be English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Book 1. This series introduces students to reading in English. The series uses a very systematic, explicit approach to teaching the forty-four speech sounds used in the English language. After completing English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Book 1, students are ready to practice their beginning reading skills by using English Reading Comprehension for the Spanish Speaker Book 1. They can also begin practicing writing by using English Writing Composition for the Spanish Speaker Book 1. English Vocabulary for the Spanish Speaker Book 1 reviews the vocabulary presented in English Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker Book 1. After completing the Book Ones in the four series, students can begin the Book Twos. The four series, each with six workbooks, were written to be used together. By using the four series together, students get a good foundation in English literacy.
Adults like our workbooks because the pace is reasonable, print is large, directions are in Spanish, there’s lots of pictures but the content is for adults. Teachers like our books because everything is ready to go! There’s an answer key at the the end of each lesson and an English translation of the Spanish directions at the end of each book.
Visit us on the web at www.Fisher-Hill.com to learn more about our English Literacy Program for Spanish speakers.