Im going to read you this story but I want you to help me

COVER
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Orientation of
book
Show me the
front of the
book
Pass the book to
the child holding
it vertically by
outside edge,
spine towards the
child.

1 Point for the
correct response
PAGES 2-3
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Concepts that
print, not picture,
carries the
message.
Ill read this
story. You help
me. Show me
where to start
reading. Where
do I begin to
reading
Read the text
on Page 2
1 point for print
0 points for
picture





PAGES 4-5
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
For directions
rules
Show me where
to start
1 point for top
left
Moves left to
right on any line
Which way do I
go
1 point for left
to right
Return sweep Where do I go
after that?
1 point for
return sweep
Word by word
pointing
Point to it while
I read it
Read the text
on page 4 slowly
but fluently
1 point for exact
matching



PAGES 6
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Read the text on
page 6. The child
must not continue
word by word
pointing

Concept of first and
last.
Show me the first
part of the story.
Show me the last
part of the story
1 point If BOTH are
correct in any sense, that is
applied to the whole text or
to a line or to a word or to a
letter.
PAGES 7
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Inversion of picture (slowly and
deliberately) Show
me the bottom of
the picture
Do not mention
upside down
1 point for verbal
explanation or for pointing
to the top of the page or for
turning the book around and
pointing appropriately


PAGES 8-9
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Response to
inverted print
Where do I
begin?
Which way do
I go?
Which way
after that?
After posing
questions Read
the text on
page 8
1 point for correct
beginning and moving
right to left towards
the lower then upper
line. Or for turning
the book around and
moving it in the
conventional order.


PAGES 10-11
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Read
immediately
the bottom
line first then
the top line

Line sequence Whats wrong
with this?

1 point for comment
on line order




PAGES 12-13
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
A left page is read
before a right page
Where do I start
reading?

After posing
questions Read the
text on page 8
1 point for indicating the
left page
Word sequence Whats wrong with
this page?
Point to page
number 12 not the
text
Read the page
slowly as if it
were correctly
printed
1 point for comment on
either error
Changes to first or
last letter order
What is wrong
with this page
Point to page 13,
not the text.
Read the text on
page 13 slowly as
if it were
correctly printed
1 point for any re-ordering
of letters that is noticed
and explained.



PAGES 14-15
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Reordering of
letters within a
word
Whats wrong
with the writing
on this page?

Read the text
on page 14
clearly as if it
were correctly
printed
1 point for one error
noticed
Meaning of a
question mark
Whats this
for?
Point to the
question mark
or trace with a
pencil
1 point for
explanation of
function or name
PAGES 16-17
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Read text on page 16
Punctuation Whats this for?

Point to or trace with a
pencil the full
stop(period)
1 point
Point to or trace with a
pencil the comma
1 point
Point to or trace with a
pencil the quotation
marks
1 point
Capital and lower case letters Find a little letter like
this
DEMONSTRATION
Sand: Point to capital T
and demonstrate by
pointing to an upper case
t, if the child does not
succeed.
Stones: S
Moon: P
Shoes: W
TEST
Sand: M and H
Stones: T and B
Moon: M and I
Shoes: M and I
1 point of BOTH letters are
located






PAGES 18-19
TEST SAY ACTION SCORE
Read the text
on p. 18

Words that
contain the same
letters in a
different order
Show me was
Show me no
1 point if BOTH are
correct



PAGES 20 Have two pieces of paper that the child can hold and slide easily of the line of text
TEST SAY ACTION
SCORE
Letter concepts This story says (Read
Text)
I want you to push the
cards across the story like
this until all you can see is
only one letter
Now show me two
letters
Demonstrate the
movement of the cards
but do not do the
exercise
1 point if both are correct
Word concept Show me just one word
Now show me two words
1 point if both are correct
First and last letter concept Show me the first letter
of a word
Show me the last letter
of a word
1 point if both are correct
Capital letter concepts Show me a capital letter 1 point of correct