Literacy Profile (Teacher’s Book)

Introduction

This profile is designed to give an idea of how a child is progressing through the
Foundation and Key Stage 1 Literacy objectives. The profile could be carried out once a
year, once a term or when a new child enters the school. The results should be used to
aid future teaching.

It may not always be necessary to carry out the full profile. The scores a child achieves
in some sections can help you determine which other sections are appropriate, e.g. if a
child scores lowly when reading the Reception High Frequency Words then there is no
point in making them attempt the KS1 High Frequency Words. If a child achieves full
marks in a section then there is no need to repeat that section the next time.

A box is provided in the top right hand corner of each page for you to record the date
that the page was completed.

The Test

1. Letter Recognition (Sounds)

Point to each letter and ask the child to tell you the sound that the letter makes.

2. Letter Recognition (Names)

Point to each letter and ask the child to tell you the name of that letter.

3. Letter Construction (From Letter Sounds)

Read through the following letter sounds asking the child to write the letters in the
correct boxes. Make sure that they cannot see an alphabet frieze or anything else they
could use to copy. For uniformity, reversed letters should be marked as incorrect and
capitals as correct. Allow variations of letters that the children may have seen in fonts,
e.g. “t” or “t”. Write the correct letter under any that the child gets wrong.

1. g 2. r 3. i 4. a 5. k 6. v 7. z
8. t 9. o 10. s 11. b 12. l 13. w 14. x
15. h 16. q 17. e 18. m 19. u 20. c 21. d
22. i 23. y 24. j 25. f 26. n
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4a. Recognising Initial Sounds in CVC Words

Do not allow the child to see this page of the profile.. Read each word and ask the child
to tell you the initial sound. (You may explain “intial sound”, using the example if the
child does not understand this).

4b. Recognising Final Sounds in CVC Words

Do not allow the child to see this page of the profile. Read each word and ask the child
to tell you the final sound. (You may explain “final sound”, using the example if the
child does not understand this)

4c. Recognising Medial Sounds in CVC Words

Do not allow the child to see this page of the profile. Read each word and ask the child
to tell you the medial sound. (You may explain “medial sound”, using the example if
the child does not understand this)

5a. – 5d. Blending Sounds

Ask the child to read each of the words.

6a. Identifying Consonant Digraphs

Ask the child to give the sound of each of the digraphs.

6b. Reading Words Containing Consonant Digraphs

Ask the child to read each of the words containing consonant digraphs.

7a. / 7b. Reading Words Containing Long Vowel Sounds / Vowel Phonemes

Ask the child to read each of the words.

8a. Spelling CVC Words

Ask the child to spell each of the following words.

1. hut 2. nag 3. rob 4. lid 5. vet

6. bin 7. gum 8. cap 9. fed 10. jog
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8b. Spelling CCVC Words

Ask the child to spell each of the following words.

1. slim 2. crab 3. drip 4. bran 5. plot

6. flan 7. grim 8. chin 9. shed 10. thud

8c. Spelling CVCC Words

Ask the child to spell each of the following words.

1. sing 2. damp 3. dent 4. silk 5. tusk

6. mist 7. junk 8. tilt 9. neck 10. fact

8d. Spelling CCVCC Words

Ask the child to spell each of the following words.

1. clamp 2. blend 3. crust 4. drink 5. flint

6. sting 7. trash 8. swift 9. slept 10. stilt

8e. Spelling Long Vowel Words

Ask the child to spell each of the following words.

1. tight 2. need 3. boat 4. hay 5. boot

6. ride 7. burn 8. shake 9. show 10. teach

9. Reading Reception High Frequency Words

Ask the child to read each of the words. These words should be sight-recognition so
only allow a few seconds on each.

10. Spelling Reception High Frequency Words

Ask the child to spell the following words. Make sure that they cannot see page 9.
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1. I 2. a 3. up 4. we 5. on
6. at 7. he 8. is 9. go 10. am
11. to 12. my 13. no 14. in 15. of
16. me 17. it 18. and 19. for 20. you
21. are 22. cat 23. day 24. the 25. dog
26. big 27. mum 28. dad 29. all 30. get
31. was 32. she 33. see 34. yes 35. can
36. look 37. like 38. said 39. this 40. they
41. away 42. play 43. come 44. went 45. going

11. Reading KS1 High Frequency Words

Ask the child to read each of the words. These words should be sight-recognition so
only allow a few seconds on each.

12. Spelling KS1 High Frequency Words

Ask the child to spell each of the following words. You may wish to carry out this test
in stages.

1. an 2. as 3. be 4. by 5. do
6. if 7. or 8. so 9. us 10. bed
11. boy 12. but 13. dig 14. did 15. got
16. had 17. has 18. her 19. him 20. his
21. how 22. man 23. may 24. new 25. not
26. now 27. off 28. old 29. one 30. our
31. out 32. put 33. ran 34. saw 35. too
36. two 37. way 38. who 39. back 40. ball
41. been 42. call 43. came 44. can’t 45. don’t
46. door 47. down 48. from 49. girl 50. good
51. half 52. have 53. help 54. here 55. home
56. jump 57. just 58. last 59. live 60. love

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61. made 62. make 63. many 64. more 65. much
66. must 67. name 68. next 69. once 70. over
71. push 72. pull 73. seen 74. some 75. take
76. than 77. that 78. them 79. then 80. time
81. took 82. tree 83. very 84. want 85. were
86. what 87. when 88. will 89. with 90. your
91. about 92. after 93. again 94. could 95. first
96. house 97. laugh 98. night 99. their 100. there
101. these 102. three 103. water 104. where 105. would
106. little 107. people 108. school 109. should 110. sister
111. another 112. because 113. brother 114. twelve 115. Sunday
116. Wednesday 117. ten 118. August 119. six 120. brown

121. nineteen 122. March 123. Monday 124. fourteen

125. April 126. Tuesday 127. purple 128. five
129. yellow 130. nine 131. June 132. eleven
133. seven 134. black 135. May 136. four
137. February 138. white 139. twenty 140. sixteen
141. red 142. grey 143. thirteen 144. November
145. seventeen 146. July 147. pink 148. eighteen
149. blue 150. fifteen 151. Saturday 152. December
153. Thursday 154. October 155. eight 156. green
157. January 158. orange 159. September

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