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Phonics and Decoding

Read aloud the directions for the first set of
DIRECTIONS Say the name of the picture. Look at the dark letters. items and work through the sample item. Then
Which letter spells the first sound? Mark your answer. have students complete the items in the set
independently. Repeat for each set of items.
xxxxx
Script for Sample: The name of this picture is pan. The first
Sample sound in pan is /p/. That’s why the circle next to the p is filled in.
Name the pictures in Items 1–4, then repeat the directions.

g p m v

pan

xxxxx

1
w o h k

key

xxxxx

2
u v qu y

van

xxxxx

3
j i r f

jacket

xxxxx

4
s c e a

seed

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DIRECTIONS Say the name of the picture. Look at the dark letters.
Which letter spells the last sound? Mark your answer.
xxxxx
Script for Sample: The name of this picture is fan. The last
Sample sound in fan is /n/. That’s why the circle next to the n is filled in.
Name the pictures in Items 5–8, then repeat the directions.

k m n t

fan

xxxxx

5
l p n g

bag

xxxxx

6
m z t d

bed

xxxxx

7
m g s n

drum

xxxxx

8
d p l x

cup

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Phonics and Decoding, continued

DIRECTIONS Which word names the picture? xxxxx

Mark your answer. 13 pot

xxxxx
pat
pit
Sample Script for Sample:
I see a cat in the pet
cap picture, so I’ll read
all four words: cap,
cot
cot, cat, cup. The xxxxx
cat third word is cat.
cup That’s why its circle 14 bed
is filled in. Do all bell
the items this way. belt
bench
xxxxx

9 hit
xxxxx
hat
hot 15 class
hut brush
block
trunk
xxxxx

10 pen
xxxxx
pin
pick 16 sea
pack seal
seed
sail
xxxxx

11 big
xxxxx
bag
bug 17 team
beg tree
truck
train
xxxxx

12 not
nut
net
nest

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xxxxx xxxxx

18 bat 22 Which word has the

bank long a sound you hear in ?
boat mad
beach land
tape
catch
xxxxx

19 tip
xxxxx
tie
tray 23 Which word has the
tea long i sound you hear in ?
fin
drip
xxxxx
time
20 fast stick
first
fruit
xxxxx
fright
24 Which word has the
long o sound you hear in ?
DIRECTIONS Read each question. on
Say the name of the little picture to yourself. chop
Find the answer. Mark your answer. rock
xxxxx
rope
Sample See Script for Sample on
the right.
Which word has the Script for Sample: Read the question. Say: The
long o sound you hear in ? name of the little picture is globe, globe. Now I need
to find another word that has the sound /o/ that I hear
no in globe. I’ll read the words: no, not, mop, song. No
not and globe both have the sound /o/. That’s why the
mop circle next to no is filled in. Do the rest of the items the
same way. Name the rebuses for students: feet, cake,
song
bike, globe.

xxxxx

21 Which word has the

long e sound you hear in ?
she
let
end
bell

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DIRECTIONS Read each item. Choose the answer that goes in the sentence.
Mark your answer.
xxxxx

Sample
The dancers
are .
jump
jumping
jumped
jump

xxxxx

25 The girls are .

smile
smiled
smiles
smiling

xxxxx

26 Sari is .
jog
jogs
jogging
jogged

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DIRECTIONS Which word names the picture?
Mark your answer.
xxxxx xxxxx

27 fern 31 can
fear coin
form cone
farm cane

xxxxx xxxxx

28 cub 32 clock
curl cloud
car clean
clue clown

xxxxx xxxxx

29 pear 33 man
park mine
prize mean
porch moon

xxxxx xxxxx

30 dirt 34 box
deep back
deer bike
dress book

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DIRECTIONS Read each question. Say the name
of the little picture to yourself. Find the answers.
Mark your answer.
xxxxx xxxxx

35 say 38 Which word has the sound

saw for g that you hear at the end of ?
see gum
six got
gem
game
xxxxx

36 boil
xxxxx
bell
bull 39 Which word has the
ball sound for c that you hear in ?
cut
city
xxxxx place
37 kite center
night
knife
write Script for Sample: Read the question. Say: The
name of the little picture is globe, globe. Now I need
to find another word that has the sound /o/ that I hear
in globe. I’ll read the words: no, not, mop, song. No
and globe both have the sound /o/. That’s why the
circle next to no is filled in. Do the rest of the items the
same way. Name the rebuses for students: cage, cake.

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Phonics and Decoding, continued

DIRECTIONS Read the sentence. Look at the DIRECTIONS What does each sentence mean?
underlined word. Choose the correct way Mark your answer.
to divide the word into syllables.
xxxxx
Mark your answer.
Sample See Script for Sample below.
xxxxx

Sample See Script for Sample below. The beach is sandy.

The beach has no sand.
I am in the contest.
The beach is full of sand.
cont est The beach is close to the sand.
co ntest The beach has just a little bit of sand.
con test

xxxxx

xxxxx
44 The cake is uncut.
40 They planted one hundred trees. The cake is not cut.
hun dred The cake is cut again.
hund red The cake has many cuts.
hu ndred The cake is cut in a messy way.
xxxxx
xxxxx

41 I ate an apple. 45 The horse ran quickly across the field.

app le The horse was not very quick.
ap ple The horse ran across the field again.
a pple The horse did not run across the field.
xxxxx The horse ran across the field in a quick way.
42 She likes music.
mu sic Script for Sample: Read the sentence. Say: First
mus ic I’ll think about the important words in the sentence. I
know what a beach is. I see the suffix -y means “ full
m usic of,” so sandy means “ full of sand.” I think the sentence
xxxxx means that the beach is full of sand. Now I’ll read each
sentence below. Yes, the circle next to that sentence is
43 Read it carefully.
filled in. Do all the items this way.
car efully
care fu lly
care ful ly
car eful ly

Script for Sample: Read the sentence. Say: I need

to show where to divide contest into syllables. I’ll read
the three ways and say them to myself: cont-est,
co-ntest, con-test. There are two consonants between
the vowels in contest, so I’ll divide contest between
the two consonants. When I say con-test, that sounds
right, too. That’s why the circle for con test is filled in.
Do the rest of the items the same way.

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