Phonemic Awareness Assessment

(Yopp-Singer Test of Phoneme Segmentation)

Name_________________________ Date_________________________

Score_________________________

Directions: Today we're going to play a word game. I'm going to say a word and I want you to break the word apart. You are going to tell me each sound in the word in order. For example, if I say "old," you should say "/o/ - /l/ - /d/." (Adminstrator: Be sure to say the sounds, not the letters, in the word.) Let's try a few together.

Practice items: (Assist the child in segmenting these items as necessary.) ride, go, man

Test items: (Circle those items that the student correctly segments; incorrect responses may be recorded on the blank following the item.)

1. dog _____________________________

12. lay _______________________________

2. keep ____________________________

13. race ______________________________

3. fine _____________________________

14. zoo ______________________________

4. no ______________________________

15. three _____________________________

5. she ______________________________

16. job _______________________________

6. wave ____________________________

17. in ________________________________

7. grew ____________________________

18. ice ________________________________

8. that _____________________________

19. at _________________________________

9. red _____________________________

20. top ________________________________

10. me _____________________________

21. by ________________________________

11. sat _____________________________

22. do ________________________________

From Yopp, Hallie Kay. (1995, September). A test for assessing phonemic awareness in young children. The Reading Teacher, 49(1), 20-29.