Caterpillar check up Read your way through the caterpillars.

Caterpillar check up Read your way through the caterpillars. Consonant Soun f ff fl ip fresh huff lift d dd drag mend k c q ck x(ks) clap crab quick sick box b bb block brim w wh u when quick swam twist y yam v ve van have g gg glad grin t tt sting trim hint cost h hem s ss se x(ks) c j jab scan mess skill fox slop r rr rag ferry well held milk l ll yelp belt elf p pp plop press span kept m mm smog ramp lump ng tang wing n nn snag z zz s zap jazz ch chat such sh shut rush th thick moth th than them 78 1 Student Book ISBN 978 1 74135 156 9

Year 2 Placement Test Name: Date: Class: 1 Colour the picture if you hear a in the picture name. /6 IS 2 Colour the picture if you hear s ss se x(ks) c in the picture name. /6 IS 3 Write a stroke on the line for each sound in the picture name. /5 CS 4 Write the number to show how many sounds you hear in each picture. /5 CS ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Year 2 Placement Test Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 1

Year 2 Placement Test 5 Count the sounds in the words. Write the letter or letters for each sound in a separate box. /10 S call yard push stir that which chain there song over 6 Write the letters that are at the top of each column to finish the words below. /15 SG s ss se x c un mi e hou cro fo w wh u et q ick t in en ater ee e ea sh thr t b ch tr 7 Write words that rhyme in the rings. /6 R ring sang long ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Year 2 Placement Test Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 2

Year 2 Placement Test 8 Write words that rhyme. /8 R fell game jump sang 9 Write the letters that are in the box to finish the words. Write one of your words for each picture. /18 B cl fl pl ag ane ub ower br dr gr st tw nd ess ush um een in ne sa ay 10 Make real words with each set of letters. /12 O m n j r d ust r f h c sl ope f n t b sm all ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Year 2 Placement Test Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 3

Year 2 Placement Test 11 Read the words. Cross out the ones that don t make sense. /35 RC game name rame yame same hame tame been reen seen feen green treen fl een jump bump hump lump tump pump vump kind fi nd gind mind tind hind blind hard dard pard card yard nard vard 12 Write a word from the brackets to finish the sentence. /8 H The car went on the. I how to do it. Did you the bird? Put the chair. I see tents. Today they some cake. We have to the beach. Mum put balls in the box. rode road no know hear here there their too two ate eight bean been for four Concept Activities Score Comments IS Identifying Sounds 1, 2 /12 CS Counting Sounds 3, 4 /10 S Segmenting 5 /10 SG Selecting Graphemes 6 /15 R Rhyming Words 7, 8 /14 B Blends 9 /18 O Onset and Rime 10 /12 RC Reading and Comprehending 11 /35 H Homophones 12 /8 ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Year 2 Placement Test Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 4

Year 2 Placement Test Answers Name: Date: Class: 1 Colour the picture if you hear a in the picture name. /6 IS 2 Colour the picture if you hear s ss se x(ks) c in the picture name. /6 IS 3 Write a stroke on the line for each sound in the picture name. /5 CS II IIII IIII III III 4 Write the number to show how many sounds you hear in each picture. /5 CS 4 4 2 3 5 ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Answers Year 2 Placement Test Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 1

Year 2 Placement Test Answers 5 Count the sounds in the words. Write the letter or letters for each sound in a separate box. /10 S call yard push stir that c a ll y ar d p u sh s t ir th a t which chain there song over wh i ch ch ai n th ere s o ng o v er 6 Write the letters that are at the top of each column to finish the words below. /15 SG s ss se x c s un mi c e hou se cro ss fo x w wh u w et q u ick t w in wh en w ater ee e ea sh e thr ee ea t b ea ch tr ee 7 Write words that rhyme in the rings. /6 R ring sang long Te T to acher e k chec ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Answers Year 2 Placement Test Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 2

Year 2 Placement Test Answers 8 Write words that rhyme. /8 R Te T to acher e k chec fell game jump sang 9 Write the letters that are in the box to finish the words. Write one of your words for each picture. /18 B cl fl pl br dr gr st tw nd fl dr tw pl flag ag ane ub ower br drum st nest ess ush um een cl dr nd fl plane gr brush st sand in ne sa ay 10 Make real words with each set of letters. /12 O m n j r d ust dust rust must just r f h c sl ope rope hope cope slope f n t b sm all fall tall ball small ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Answers Year 2 Placement Test Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 3

Year 2 Placement Test Answers 11 Read the words. Cross out the ones that don t make sense. /35 RC game name rame yame same hame tame been reen seen feen green treen fl een jump bump hump lump tump pump vump kind fi nd gind mind tind hind blind hard dard pard card yard nard vard 12 Write a word from the brackets to finish the sentence. /8 H road The car went on the. I know how to do it. Did you hear the bird? Put the chair there. I see two tents. Today they ate some cake. We have been to the beach. Mum put four balls in the box. rode road no know hear here there their too two ate eight bean been for four Concept Activities Score Comments IS Identifying Sounds 1, 2 /12 CS Counting Sounds 3, 4 /10 S Segmenting 5 /10 SG Selecting Graphemes 6 /15 R Rhyming Words 7, 8 /14 B Blends 9 /18 O Onset and Rime 10 /12 RC Reading and Comprehending 11 /35 H Homophones 12 /8 ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Answers Year 2 Placement Test Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 4

Year 2 Class Results Checklist Class Results Checklist Complete this checklist using your students scores from the Year 2 Placement Test. If a student scores less than the minimum score they should complete the suggested remediation outlined on the following sheet. The first four concepts: Identifying Sounds, Counting Sounds, Segmenting and Selecting Graphemes are core spelling concepts. The remaining five concepts: Rhyming Words, Blends, Onset and Rime, Reading and Comprehending and Homophones are language concepts that are important to Year 2 students. Concept IS CS S SG R B O RC H Student Names Minimum Score 6/12 5/10 5/10 8/15 7/14 9/18 6/12 18/35 4/8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Year 2 Class Results Checklist Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 1

Year 2 Suggested Remediation Suggested Remediation Spelling Concepts If a student scores poorly with any of the spelling concepts: Identifying Sounds, Counting Sounds, Segmenting and Selecting Graphemes they will benefit from the following teacher-led, whole class activities: Chants and Actions (use Let s Sing the Sounds CD, pages 12 13 in the Teacher Book or Online). Student or Teacher Charts such as Sound Off and Find it First (see Teacher Book page 16 onwards). Flash Cards. Segmenting Tool at Online. Student Books which practise these concepts. Language Concepts If a student scores poorly with the language concepts: Rhyming Words, Blends, Onset and Rime, Reading and Comprehending or Homophones they will benefit from the explicit teaching of activities that cover these concepts as they arise in the program. The first several instances these concepts are covered in Year 2 are listed below. Rhyming Words 2 Student Book Unit 3, Activity 3 Unit 7, Activity 3 Unit 9, Activity 3 Online Games Blends 2 Student Book Unit 1, Activity 4 Unit 2, Activity 7 Unit 6, Activity 7 Online Games Unit 2 Match Up: Word Beginnings and Endings Unit 3 Match Up: Word Beginnings and Endings Unit 4 Match Up: Word Beginnings and Endings Onset and Rime 2 Student Book Unit 3, Activity 3 Unit 7, Activity 3 Unit 9, Activity 3 Online Games Reading and Comprehension 2 Student Book Unit 3, Activity 7 Unit 7, Activity 6 Unit 9, Activity 6 Homophones 2 Student Book Unit 13, Activity 9 Unit 15, Activity 9 Unit 18, Activity 4 Online Word Lists and Tools Unit 18 Segmenting Tool Unit 35 Segmenting Tool ISBN 978 1 74135 3112 Year 2 Suggested Remediation Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2014 2