WORD ANALYSIS TASKS
Here you will find specific information regarding the Word Analysis portion of the DRA2 Assessment. Generally, this is given to all Kindergarten studnets, most 1st grade students, and any students 2nd-5th who are reading significantly below grade level.
Find activities to do with your children here. Look for the heading that matches the task number listed below.
Task 1
Rhyming: Distinguishes pictured rhyming words Task 5 Letter/Word Recognition: Names capital letters Task 9 Letter/word Recognition: Recognizes high-frequency words Task 13 Rhyming: Provides words that rhyme Task 17 Letter/Word Recognition: Letter/Word Recognition: Recognizes high frequency words II Task 21 Phonemic Awareness: Segments words into phonemes Task 25 Decoding: Blends and uses initial consonant sounds Task 29 Letter/Word Recognition: Recognizes High frequency words IV Task 33 Decoding: Blends and uses initial syllables Task 37 Structural Analysis and Syllabication: uses structural analysis to determine word meaning: prefixes |
Task 2
Alliteration: Distinguishes initial sounds of pictured words Task 6 Letter/Word Recognition: Names lowercase letters Task 10 Encoding: Spells 2-3 letter high frequency words Task 14 Segmentation: Segments words into onsets and rimes Task 18 Segmentation: Segments words into syllables Task 22 Letter/Word Recognition: Recognizes high frequency words III Task 26 Decoding: Identifies words with long/short vowels Task 30 Substitutions/analogies: substitutes rimes Task 34 Structural Analysis and Syllabication: segments words into syllables Task 38 Structural Analysis and Syllabication: uses structural analysis to determine word meaning: suffixes III |
Task 3
Phonemic Awareness: Isolates the initial sound of a word Task 7 Metalanguage: Understands words used to talk about printed language concepts II Task 11 Decoding: Identifies and uses initial sounds Task 15 Phonemic Awareness: Deletes Onsets Task 19 Alliteration: Provides words that begin with the same sound Task 23 Substitutions/analogies: Substitutes onsets: rhyming words Task 27 Encoding: spells words with VCe, initial digraphs, pre-consonant nasals, suffixes Task 31 Substitutions/analogies: Uses analogies to decode words Task 35 Structural Analysis and Syllabication: uses structural analysis to determine word meaning: suffixes II Task 39 Structural Analysis and Syllabication: segments word into syllables III |
Task 4
Metalanguage: Understands words used to talk about printed language concepts I Task 8 Segmentation: Segments sentences into words Task 12 Phonemic Awareness: Blends phonemes into words Task 16 Encoding: Spells words with short vowels, high frequency words with common spelling patterns Task 20 Phonemic Awareness: Delete final sounds Task 24 Substitutions/analogies: Substitutes final sounds Task 28 Structural Analysis and Syllabication: Uses structural analysis to determine word meaning: suffixes I Task 32 Decoding: identifies words with vowel patterns Task 36 Encoding: spells words with r-controlled vowels, suffixes, initial blends, “ck”, open first syllable Task 40 Encoding: Spells words with prefixes, closed first syllables, suffixes, 3-letter initial blends, diphthongs, long vowel patterns |