BPST II (Basic Phonics Skills Test)

1 California Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04 BPST II (Basic Phonics Skills Test) Consonant SoundsSKILL:Give the sounds of :This is an individually administered assessment. Use your : Present BPST sheet. Ask the child to tell you the sound that each :1. Tell me the sound for each of the letters. (Point to each letter and record correctresponse above each letter.)SCORING:2. Record correct responses above each Mark correct answers with a check, incorrect answers with the actual response, and noresponse with a question :1. Record incorrect Record sounds which are distorted, , fuh for /f/, but do not mark them as For assessment purposes, you may use letter flashcards or retype the letter sheet to match the fonttaught at your school thanks to John 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04 Frequently Asked QuestionsBPST II1.

2 Am I supposed to assess the student s knowledge of the letters or the sounds they make?The BPST consonant check is an assessment of student knowledge of letter What if a child tells me the letter sounds with a schwa sound added?If the student adds a schwa sound, note this response for your own information, and mark theresponses What if the child does not know the sound a letter makes?If the student does not know the sound a letter makes, ask the student t tell you the name of the a check mark below the letter if the student tells you the name. Then ask the student for thesound once more. If the student is now able to tell the sound, make a check mark above the letter andcontinue What if a student becomes frustrated or seems to be getting more wrong that right? May I stopthe assessment?If a student has four or fewer words correct when he/she comes to the work ray, you may stop theassessment.

3 If the student becomes frustrated, you may stop the assessment. Perhaps try again What if a student tells the long sounds of the vowels and not the short sounds?If a student tells the long sounds of the vowels, ask the student what other sounds the letters this prompt, students will then probably tell you the short On the bottom part of the assessment, if a student sounds out the words but does not blend themtogether, do I score the sounding out as correct?No, words must be blended to receive For the middle and end-of-year assessment windows, do I reassess all students on the entireBPST? Or do I just reassess the items missed previously?For the middle and end-of-year assessment windows, reassess students on each section until all itemsare correct. If a student has responded correctly to items in an entire section, do not reassess thatsection.

4 Go on to sections in which items were previously Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04ms f l rnhvwzbcdgptjkyxqWith thanks to John 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04 BPST II (Basic Phonics Skills Test) Consonant Digraph SoundsSKILL:Read :This is an individually administered assessment. Use your : Present the BPST digraph sheet. Ask the child to tell you the sound thateach digraph :1. Tell me the sound for the groups of letters. (Point to each digraph and record correctresponse above each digraph.)

5 What sound do these letters make?SCORING:2. Record correct responses above each Mark correct answers with a check, incorrect answers with the actual response, and noresponse with a question :1. Record incorrect For assessment purposes, you may use letter flashcards or retype the digraph sheet to match the fonttaught at your school thanks to John 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04shthchwhWith thanks to John 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04 BPST II (Basic Phonics Skills Test) Short Vowel SoundsSKILL.

6 Give short vowel :This is an individually administered assessment. Use your : Present BPST sheet. Ask the child to tell you the sound that each :1. Tell me the sound for each of these letters. (Point to each letter and record correctresponse above each letter.)SCORING:2. Record short vowel sounds only above each Mark correct answers with a check, incorrect answers with the actual response, and noresponse with a question :1. Record incorrect If the child gives a long vowel, ask if the child can give another sound that the letter For assessment purposes, you may use letter flashcards or retype the letter sheet to match the fonttaught at your school thanks to John 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04ioaueWith thanks to John 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04 BPST II (Basic Phonics Skills Test)

7 Short VowelsBlendsFinal eLong Vowelsr Controlled Vowel PatternOther Vowel DigraphsInflections2 SyllablesAffixes3-4 SyllablesSKILL:Blend :This is an individually administered assessment. Use your : Present the bpst word reading sheet. Ask the child to tell read thewords to :1. Tell me the sound for each of the letters. (Point to each letter and record correctresponse above each letter.)SCORING:1. Record correct responses above each Mark correct answers with a check, incorrect answers with the actual response, and noresponse with a question :1. Record incorrect words must be blended, not just sounded For assessment purposes, you may use letter flashcards or retype the letter sheet to match the fonttaught at your school Show just one row of new words at a time, covering the rest with a sheet of thanks to John 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Reading & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04mapripmetrubmopliplotzapfellnutleftm ustfrogflipsnackfineroperakecutekitesoap leakpainfeedrayburnforkdirtpartservecoin soonroundlawnfootfilledlettingrestedpass eslickedsilentladdernapkinpolitecactusdi strustusefulunfairhardshipnonsensevolcan opotatoelectricrespectfully transportationWith thanks to John 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Reading

8 & Literature ProjectK-6 Reading Results2001-2002 California Professional Development Institute_____Assessments Third Grade Revised 9/04 Decoding and Word Recognition (Shefelbine)California English Language Arts Content Standards: Third Grade, II Basic Phonics Skills TestDates:_____Name: _____Total:_____/85 Consonant sounds(continuous sounds)msflrnhvwz(stop sounds)bcdgptjkyxq_____/21 Consonantdigraph soundsshthchwh_____/4 Short vowelsoundsioaue_____/5 Blending words with:Short:mapripmetrubmopliplotzapfelln ut_____/10 Blends:leftmustfrogflipsnack_____/5 Final e:fineroperakecutekite_____/5 Longsoapleakpainfeedray_____/5r-controll edburnforkdirtpartserve_____/5 OVDcoinsoonroundlawnfoot_____/5 Inflectionsfilledlettingrestedpasseslick ed_____/52-syllablessilentladdernapkinpo litecactus_____/5 Affixesdistrustusefulunfairhardshipnonse nse_____/53-4 syllablesvolcanopotatoelectricrespectful lytransportation_____/5 With thanks to John Shefelbine.

9 Copyright 2001 / These materials may not be used without written permission of the CRLP. The CRLP RESULTS assessments are aligned with the California English Language Arts Content Standards.