Chaining Pre- Assessment- Mrs. Mckellar

What is your name?

My first word is pit.

• pit

• hit

• pet

• putt

Answer explanation

This answer is correct because it has all of the correct sounds. /p/, /i/, /t/ and all of the correct letters.

If you got this one wrong: when you say the words, you need to listen to all of the letter sounds to make sure they match.

What word would this be?

Answer explanation

Using the picture we can see that the word is pig, so we would type in the letters p,i,g using the sounds that we know each letter makes.

If you got this one wrong: when you say the words, you need to listen to all of the letter sounds to make sure they match.

What would my word be?

Answer explanation

Using the picture we can see that the word is dig because the man is digging. We would type in the letters d,i,g using the sounds that we know each letter makes.

If you got this one wrong: when you say the words, you need to listen to all of the letter sounds to make sure they match.

What would my new word be?

• jog

• bog

• dog

• dug

Answer explanation

The word you got is dog!

Looking at the picture helps if you are stuck. If you got this one wrong: when you say the words, you need to listen to all of the letter sounds to make sure they match.

What would my new word be if I change the first letter of dog to f?

Answer explanation

Using the picture we are able to see that the word is fog. We use our knowledge of letter sounds to see what letters we need to put to make our word.

If you got this wrong, be sure to listen to the letter sounds.

What letter in each word am I changing?

cat, hat, bat.

• The vowel

• The first letter

• The last letter

• None of them

Answer explanation

We can see that in each word the first letter is changing. The vowel and the last letter stay "at" through all of the words.

If you got this one wrong: when you say the words, you need to listen to all of the letter sounds to make sure they match.