High-Frequency Words Assessments

Why Use High-Frequency Words Assessments

Since high-frequency words are essential to fluent reading, and because many of these words are temporarily or permanently not decodable, learning to read them with automaticity is crucial.

Recorded assessments provide a way for you to listen to students reading aloud at a time that is convenient for you. Scoring the assessment with our easy-to-use tool helps you to determine which high-frequency words require the focus of your instruction.

How to Use High-Frequency Words and Most Common Words Assessments

Assign an Assessment within the Kids A-Z Student Management area. The High-Frequency Words Assessments will present from the high-frequency words used in a set of High-Frequency Word Books. The Most Common Words Assessments will present from 15-27 high-frequency words at a time from the Learning A-Z word list. Use the "i" to see which words are in each assessment.

On Kids A-Z, have students record themselves reading the high-frequency words, which are presented to students in random order, one at a time, for three seconds (although you can disable the timer). The results of the completed assessment will appear in your Kids A-Z In Basket.

The easy-to-use online tool allows you to score the number of words a student reads correctly and automatically calculates the student's words-per-minute rate and words-correct-per-minute rate.

Use the Notes to Self field to keep track of which words individual students missed. Notes that you make in this field show up in Assessment Reports in Kids A-Z.

Use the printable or projectable versions of the High-Frequency Words Assessments for additional practice. Have the student read the words in each column; place an "X" next to those read incorrectly. Track student progress using the High-Frequency Words Graph, and provide additional practice using the High-Frequency Words Flashcards before reassessing.