A 1:1 diagnostic reading assessment that helps K-1 teachers determine decoding readiness, covering print awareness, phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, and speech-to-print.

Many students look ready to begin decoding, but without a clear picture of foundational skills, it's hard to know for sure. This decoding readiness screener covers all four areas in one sitting.

Instead of piecing together separate checklists or guessing based on classroom performance, this assessment gives you a standardized way to check all the foundational skills and know exactly what to teach next.

What's Included

Each administration covers four sections:

⭐ Print Awareness

⭐ Phonological Awareness

⭐ Alphabet Knowledge

⭐ Speech-to-Print

The Speech-to-Print section includes two versions:

✔ Kindergarten Version (point-to)

✔ 1st Grade Version (written)

Also included:

✔ Teacher Recording Sheet, plus a reusable blank copy for future assessments

✔ Administration Guide with exact scripts, correct responses, and specific errors to watch for on every item

✔ Decoding Readiness Profile — Teacher Copy with instructional next steps, and a plain-language Family Copy

✔ Digital Tracker (Google Sheets) that calculates each student's Overall Recommendation, generates the Family Report, and builds a class dashboard

Skills This Assessment Measures

✔ Print Awareness (Tracking, One-to-One Matching, Letter vs. Word)

✔ Phonological Awareness (Rhyming, Blending, Segmenting, Phoneme Isolation)

✔ Alphabet Knowledge (Letter Naming, Letter Sounds, Rapid Automatic Naming)

✔ Speech-to-Print (Sound-to-Letter Correspondence)

Why This Resource Works

Many screeners tell you a student is behind.

This one tells you which specific skill is the gap, and what that gap looks like — whether a student is confusing letters, mixing up short vowel sounds, or struggling to isolate sounds. Every item includes the specific error pattern to watch for and what it means for instruction, so scoring leads directly to a next step instead of just a number.

Easy Ways to Use This Resource

✔ Beginning of Year Baseline

✔ Reading Intervention Screening

✔ RTI & MTSS Documentation

✔ Progress Monitoring Throughout the Year

✔ Parent Conferences

✔ Homeschool Assessment

This Resource is Perfect For

• Kindergarten & First Grade Classrooms
• Reading Interventionists
• Special Education Teachers
• Dyslexia Therapists
• Literacy Tutors
• Homeschool Families
• Any student who needs to be assessed for decoding readiness