Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
TARLAC CITY SCHOOLS DIVISION
Tarlac City, Tarlac

EARLY GRADE READING ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT

ENGLISH 3
Name of Learner :

Grade and Section :

Name of Teacher:

Name of School:

Date: Time Started: am/pm

COMPONENT 1: ORIENTATION TO PRINT

(Child puts finger on the top row; left-most word)

___ Correct ___ Incorrect ___ No Response

Now point to me what words you would read next

(Child moves finger from left to right)

___ Correct ___ Incorrect ___ No Response
 When you get to the end of the line, where would you read

(Child moves finger to left-most word of second line)

___ Correct ___ Incorrect ___ No Response

Can you find a period? (ask child it point it)

(Child points finger to a period )

___ Correct ___ Incorrect ___ No Response

What is the last word in the page?

(Child points finger to the word “mouse”)

___ Correct ___ Incorrect ___ No Response

C1. SCORE SHEET

NAME GENDE ITEM 1 ITEM 2 ITEM 3 ITEM 4 ITEM 5
R

C I N C I N C I N C I N C I N
R R R R R

Component 2: Letter Name Knowledge C2. Score Sheet

Letters Correct Incorrect No Response
1. Nn

2. Ff

3. Bb

4. Pp

5. Tt

6. Rr

7. Ee

8. Oo
 9. Hh

10. Dd

): __________ Check the box if the exercise was discontinued because the child had no correct answers in the first
line.

COMPONENT 3.a. LETTER SOUND KNOWLEDGE

C3a. SCORE SHEET

Letter Correct Incorrect No Response
1. Nn
2. Ff
3. Bb
4. Pp
5. Tt
6. Rr
7. Ee
8. Oo
9. Hh
10. Dd

Time remaining on stopwatch at completion (number of SECONDS): __________ Check the box if the exercise
was discontinued because the child had no correct answers in the first line.

3.b. Beginning or First Letter Sound

1. map /mmmmm/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

2. say /sssss/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

3. up /uh/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

4. go /g’/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

5. now /nnnn/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

6. can /k’/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

 7. fish /fffff/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

8. pot /p’/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

9. run /rrrrr/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

10. look /lllll/ o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

STOP IF THE CHILD FAILS TO ANSWER ALL FIRST 5 WORDS CORRECTLY. Otherwise, move on to 6
through 10 above.

Component 4: Familiar Word Reading

Time remaining on stopwatch at completion (number of SECONDS): __________ Check the box if the exercise
was discontinued because the child had no correct answers in the first line.

Letter Correct Incorrect No Response

1. sing
2. play
3. must
4. please
5. always
6. which
7. house
8. thank
9. clean
10. under

COMPONENT 5: INVENTED WORD DECODING

.
Letter Correct Incorrect No Response
1. kol
2. tib
3. huz
4. paf
 5. lef
6. zuv
7. Riz
8. nad
9. tat
10. nep

Time remaining on stopwatch at completion (number of SECONDS): __________ Check the box if the exercise
was discontinued because the child had no correct answers in the first line.

COMPONENT 6a: ORAL PASSAGE READING

Good morning. My name is Pat.

I am seven years old. My brother’s name is Sam.

He is five years old. I also have a sister.

Her name is Ana. We live in the Philippines

We like to read stories. My father is a farmer.

We go to town together every Saturday.

My mother sells fruits at the market in town.

Time remaining on stopwatch at completion (number of SECONDS): __________ Check the box if the exercise was
discontinued because the child had no correct answers in the first line.

COMPONENT 6b: READING COMPREHENSION .

Now, I am going to ask you a few questions about the story you just read. Try to
answer the questions as well as you can.

Correct Incorrect No Response

What is the name of Pat’s Brother?

(Sam)

How many children are in Pat’s family?

(three)

Where does Pat live?

(Philippines)

What do Pat, Sam, and Ana like to do? (To

read; to read storied)

How often do the children go to town? (once a

week; every Saturday; Saturdays)
 COMPONENT 7: LISTENING COMPREHENSION
There will be a Christmas Program at the school covered court on, December 17 at nine o’ clock
in the morning.
A guest speaker will talk about celebrating Christmas and New Year safely. Some Grade Three
pupils will sing and dance for the visitors. Everyone is invited. Visitors are also welcome to
attend.

1. What is the A Christmas o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

announcement about? Program

2. Where will the at the school o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

Christmas program covered court
take place?

3. When will the December 17 o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

Christmas program
happen?

4. Who are invited to Everyone o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

attend?

5. At what time will the nine o’ clock in o Correct o Incorrect o No Response

program start? the morning

6. Why will the speaker So, everyone will o Correct o Incorrect o No Response
talk about celebrating know how to
Christmas and New celebrate
Year? Christmas and
New Year safely

COMPONENT 8. DICTATION

Go to the store and buy some rice and sugar. (wait 15 seconds)
SCORING TEMPLATE
Evaluation Criteria CORRECT INCORRECT NO
RESPONSE

Wrote “store”

Wrote “buy”

Wrote “rice”

Wrote “sugar”

Used spacing between words (size of

spacing does not matter).

Used appropriate direction of text (left to

right)
Used capital letter for the word “Go”.

Used full stop (.) at end of sentence.