Free Science of Reading Assessments – Guided Phonics + Beyond for ABCs, CVC, Digraphs, Blends, CVCE, R-Controlled, Silent Letters, and Vowel Variants

This Phonics Based Assessments freebie is a comprehensive assessment resource designed to measure student mastery across major phonics domains. The assessments help teachers identify student strengths and gaps in decoding, phonemic awareness, mapping, and fluency through structured Science of Reading aligned routines.

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The assessments are organized by phonics unit, making it easy to track student growth and target instruction based on specific skill areas. Teachers can use the assessments during end of year testing, mid year progress monitoring, intervention planning, or ongoing classroom assessment.

This resource also includes free parent at home learning guides for each skill level. These guides help families better understand student needs while providing simple support strategies that can continue learning beyond the classroom.

The flexible structure allows the assessments to be used during small group instruction, literacy centers, intervention, or individual diagnostic testing.

What’s Included:
• Unit 1 ABC assessments
• Unit 2 CVC word assessments
• Unit 3 digraphs, double endings, and beginning blends assessments
• Unit 4 CVCe assessments
• Unit 5 ending blends, r controlled vowels, and silent letters assessments
• Unit 6 vowel variants assessments
• Teacher administration pages
• Student assessment pages
• Scoring and progress tracking tools
• Free parent at home learning guides for each skill level
• Print and use assessment materials

Ideas for use:
• End of year phonics testing
• Mid year assessment checkpoints
• Science of Reading intervention groups
• Individual student diagnostics
• Progress monitoring
• Parent conferences and data sharing

Skills covered include:
• Letter recognition
• CVC words
• Digraphs
• Beginning blends
• Double endings
• CVCe words
• Ending blends
• R controlled vowels
• Silent letters
• Vowel variants

This freebie supports Science of Reading instruction by providing structured, skill aligned phonics assessments that measure true student understanding. The included parent guides also help strengthen school to home connections while supporting continued phonics growth outside the classroom.