NAMES TEST Revised

NAMES TEST

Directions: Tell the child that you want him/her to read a list of names. Put a check above each name that is read correctly. Record the child’s exact response if he/she makes an error. If the child self- corrects, write SC next to their initial response, and mark it with a . (This does not count as an error.) Discontinue testing if the student is overly frustrated. There is no time limit for the Names Test.

Say: I want you to pretend you are a teacher taking attendance on the first day of school. You will be reading some students’ names. As you read, I will be taking some notes to help me remember what you say. Some of the names may be hard for you to read. I won’t be able to help you read them. Even if you are not sure what a name is, try to make a guess. It doesn’t matter if you get all the names right. Just do your best. Do you have any questions?

Examples:

Kindy  Floy Thonton  Batmin Yondolada  Cindy Sampson Flo Thornton Dean Bateman Yolanda Clark

  Wendell Swan/SC  Con  Wale/SC   Wendy Swain Jay Conway Ginger Yale Vance Middleton

Score: 1 point for each correct or self-corrected response.

(Cunningham, 1990; Dufflemeyer and Colleagues, 1994)

Names Test – Guidelines for Administering and Scoring Materials Needed:  Task Card: Names Test  List of Names  Scoring Sheet  Scoring Matrix

Administrating at the Beginning of the Year:  See Names Test Task card for specific directions.  Give child list of names.  Have child read down the first column, then down the second column of names.  Do not give help for any name. Administrating at Midyear and End of the Year:  Only re-administer the names that were not identified correctly.

Recording:  While the student reads, place a check () on the scoring sheet for each name read correctly.  Record the child’s exact response if he/she makes an error.  If the child self-corrects, write SC next to their initial response, and mark it with a . Scoring at the Beginning of the Year:  Count the number of correct and self-corrected names. Record this number on the scoring sheet.  Calculate the percent correct by dividing number correct by 70. Record this on the scoring sheet also.  Compare the student’s percent correct with the average percentage correct for his/her grade level (see the chart below). If the student’s score is below average, he/she needs direct phonics instruction. Grade Average Percentage Correct 2 65 3 75 4 90 5 95

 For each error, find the name on the scoring matrix, and circle the phonic element that was incorrect.  Total each column on the matrix to determine the number of errors in each phonic category. Transfer these numbers to the scoring sheet.

Scoring at Midyear and End of the Year:  The total score will be comprised of previous and current correct responses. Scoring Matrix for the Names Test NAME ______DATE ______InConB ConDg ShVo LngVow/VC- Name InCon VowDgr CtrVow Schwa l r w e Anderson A er o Austin au i Bateman B ate a Bernard B er,ar Bertha B th er a Blake Bl ake Brewster Br ew, er Brooks Br oo Chester Ch e er Chuck Ch u Cindy C i y Clark Cl ar Conway C o ay Cornell C e or Dale D ale Dean D ea Dee D ee Fletcher Fl ch e er Flo Fl o Floyd Fl oy Fred Fr e Gene G ene Ginger G i er Glen Gl e Grace Gr ace Gus G u Hoke H oke Homer H o er Jake J ake Jay J ay Joan J oa Kimberly K i y er Loomis L oo i Middleton M i o Murphy M ph y ur Scoring Matrix for the Names Test (continued) InCo ConD ShVo Name InConBl LngVow/VC-e VowDgr CtrVow Schwa n gr w Neal N ea Ned N e Patrick P a,i Pendergraph P ph e,a er Preston Pr e o Quincy i y Rinehart R ine ar Roberta R o er a Ron R o Sampson S a o Shane Sh ane Shaw Sh aw Sheldon Sh e o Shepherd Sh e er Sherwood Sh oo er Skidmore Sk i or Slade Sl ade Smitherman Sm th i er a Spencer Sp e er Stanley St a ey Swain Sw ai Thelma Th e a Thornton Th or o Tim T i Troy Tr oy Tweed Tw ee Vance V a Wade W ade Wendy W e y Westmorela W e or a nd Whitlock Wh i,o Wright i Yale Y ale Yolanda Y a o a Zane Z ane TOTALS Names Test Scoring Matrix Name ______Date ______

LngVow Name InCon InConBl ConDgr ShVow VowDgr CtrVow Schwa /VC-e Jay J ay Conway C o ay Kimberly K i y er Blake Bl ake Cindy C i y Sampson S a o Stanley St a ey Shaw Sh aw Flo Fl o Thornton Th or o Ron R o Smitherman Sm th i er a Bernard B er ar Pendergraph P ph e a er Austin au i Shepherd Sh e er Joan J oa Brooks Br oo Tim T i Cornell C e or Roberta R o er a Slade Sl ade Chester Ch e er Wright i Wendy W e y Swain Sw ai Dee D ee Skidmore Sk i or Troy Tr oy Whitlock Wh i o Shane Sh ane Fletcher Fl ch e er Bertha B th er a Dale D ale Gene G ene Loomis L oo i Chuck Ch u Hoke H oke Homer H o er LngVow Name InCon InConBl ConDgr ShVow VowDgr CtrVow Schwa /VC-e Preston Pr e o Ginger G i er Yale Y ale Glen Gl e Spencer Sp e er Grace Gr ace Brewster Br ew er Vance V a Middleton M i o Floyd Fl oy Sheldon Sh e o Neal N ea Wade W ade Thelma Th e a Rinehart R ine ar Yolanda Y a o a Clark Cl ar Gus G u Quincy i y Patrick P a i Tweed Tw ee Fred Fr e Sherwood Sh oo er Ned N e Westmoreland W e or a Zane Z ane Anderson A er o Dean D ea Bateman B ate a Jake J ake Murphy M ph y ur B totals M totals E totals

Correlation of Names Test to Fast Track Level I

Syllable Patterns Names Book 1: Closed Pattern (CVC) Jay Conway Dee Skidmore Kimberly Blake Chuck Hoke Ron Smitherman Thelma Rinehart Austin Shepherd Gus Quincy Wendy Swain Patrick Tweed Tim Cornell Ned Westmoreland Book 2: Closed Pattern with Bernard Pendergraph Glen Spencer Blends and Homer Preston Fred Sherwood Digraphs (CCVC or CVCC) Book 3: Closed Pattern with 2 Cindy Sampson Chester Wright syllables Stanley Shaw Troy Whitlock (VCCV) Floyd Sheldon Book 4: Silent e Pattern (CVCe) Kimberly Blake Grace Brewster Roberta Slade Neal Wade Shane Fletcher Thelma Rinehart Bertha Dale Zane Anderson Gene Loomis Dean Bateman Chuck Hoke Jake Murphy Ginger Yale Book 5: r-Controlled Vowel Kimberly Blake Homer Preston Pattern Flo Thornton Ginger Yale Ron Smitherman Glen Spencer Bernard Pendergraph Grace Brewster Austin Shepherd Thelma Rinehart Tim Cornell Yolanda Clark Roberta Slade Fred Sherwood Chester Wright Ned Westmoreland Dee Skidmore Zane Anderson Shane Fletcher Jake Murphy Bertha Dale Book 6: Open Vowel Pattern Flo Thornton Homer Preston (CV) Dee Skidmore Book 7: Closed/closed Vowel Tom Smater Gaven Smith Pattern Thomas Cook Sue Hamel (CVC/VC) John Bliset Book 8: Vowel Digraph Pattern Joan Brooks Neal Wade (CVVC) Wendy Swain Patrick Tweed Gene Loomis Fred Sherwood Grace Brewster Dean Bateman Book 9: Vowel Dipthong Pattern Stanley Shaw Troy Whitlock (CVVC) Austin Shepherd Floyd Sheldon Book 10: C + le Vowel Pattern Vance Middleton (C + le) Book 11: Open/Closed Vowel Nuel Cox Joe Shoet Pattern Trion Jones Tod Bloen (CV/VC) Beth Thiop Book 12: Compound/Multi- All Multi-Syllabic Names Syllabic Words Word Work Scope and Sequence

Skill Examples Consonants b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, qu, r, s, t, v, w, x, z Short vowels a (apple) o (ostrich) i (igloo) u (umbrella) e (egg) CVC words hop, can, rub, sit, lap, etc. Consonant digraphs sh, ch, th, ph, wh Blends S blends (sk, sl, sw, sp, st, sw) L blends (bl, fl, gl, cl, pl, sl) R blends (br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr) Long vowels (silent e) a_e, i_e, o_e, u_e, e_e Vowel digraphs ai, ay, oa, ea, ee, y Final consonant blends -ng, -nk, -mp, -lt, -ft Variant vowel sounds oo, aw, oi, oy, ow, ou, ew, ey Silent consonants kn, wr, gn R controlled vowels ar, or, er, ir, ur, etc. CVC/CVC words rabbit, helmet, happen, catnip, etc. Prefixes re-, un-, pre-, dis-, etc. Suffixes -er, -est, -ly, -ful, -ness, -less, -ish, -ment, etc. VC/V cabin, comet, habit, finish, lemon, camel, menu, model, etc. V/CV music, robot, soda, unit, zebra, shiny, spoken, pony /C + le table, angle, circle, fable, bottle, apple, bugle, cycle