All Phases Assessment

Letters and Sounds Phonics Assessment Resources 

Make your marking easier for your letters and sounds phonics lessons by using our wonderful assessment resources. Ranging from Phase 1 to Phase 5, you can use the assessment sheets to track how well children are developing and if there are any areas they're particularly struggling with. There are also child-friendly assessment sheets, which means your class can create their own to use and follow during their letters and sounds phonics lessons. They can assess how well they think they're doing, and then you can discuss it more during 1-1 sessions. By using our letters and sounds phonics assessment resources, it means that you don't have to worry about making your own analysis grids and worksheets. Everything is kept neat and tidy on one spreadsheet. Perfect for you to crack on with teaching, rather than worrying about marking. To help your pupils retain their phonics knowledge quicker, why not have a look at our Letters and Sounds Display Resources? Easy to download and print, they can be a great addition to your classroom!

How to assess children's Letters and Sounds phonics knowledge 

Assessing your children's learning doesn't need to come at the end of the session, where all the marking is piled up. You can actually assess them throughout your letters and sounds phonics lessons by following these simple steps:

1. Introduce children to the topic of the lesson.
2. Revisit and review which children are confident and those that aren't.
3. Teach children new graphemes, tricky words or letters and sounds and note down if they make links to what they have learnt previously. 
4. Allow children to practise what they've learnt with somebody else to see if they demonstrate confidence in their knowledge. 
5. Test how well children are able to apply what they have learnt independently. 
6. Assess overall how well children have met the criteria and offer suggestions for improvement. 

How many phases are there to teach in letters and sounds phonics lessons?

There are six different phases of phonics that children will learn through primary school. 

• Phase 1 - Develops speaking and listening skills by linking letters and sounds together. 
• Phase 2 - Simple letter-sound correspondences.
• Phase 3 - Build upon letter-sound correspondences.
• Phase 4 - Consolidate knowledge and learn to read and spell words with adjacent consonants. 
• Phase 5 - Learn new graphemes for reading. 
• Phase 6 - Increase fluency.