www.driveryouthtrust.com [email protected] @DriverTrust Driver Youth Trust 2017-2021 Assessment Areas Grid Results Implications for teaching Letter sound knowledge e.g. 26 grapheme cards/chart Need all 26 letters and sounds to read and spell. Upper and lower case. Phonological awareness e.g. DfL literacy assessment battery Syllables. Sound order. Sound recording. Rhyme. Reading e.g. PIRA Decoding out of context. Look for phonologically regular and HFW words. Single word spelling e.g. Helen Arkell spelling test Look for both regular and HFW words. Passage reading – fluency e.g. reading record Tracking. Language/meaning. Writing – fluency e.g. dictation – all about me Dictation – spacing, handwriting, accuracy. Writing – generation of ideas. Sequencing/memory e.g. alphabet/days/months