Placing students in Word Warm-ups Live using a phonics assessment

Each student in Word Warm-ups Live starts with a default assignment in Level 1, Section B: Short Vowels. You can use Read Live's Assess Phonics/Word Analysis tool to assess and adjust a student's assignment over time. To do so: 

1. Open the Teacher Menu in Word Warm-ups Live or Read Naturally Live, and choose Assess Phonics/Word Analysis.
2. Choose Assess Letter Sounds Knowledge to test the student on the sounds of the letters of the alphabet
   or
   Choose Assess Decoding Skills to test the student on words and word parts. 
3. If you need help with administering the phonics assessment, review the Assessment instructions PDF.
4. Make appropriate selections from the Assessment Level and Skills to assess dropdowns based on your knowledge of the student. 
   The default selections on this page are based on information Read Live has about the student's previous phonics assessments; Read Naturally Live assignment; and grade. 
5. Choose Start Selected Assessment to begin assessing the student.
6. Ask the student to clearly pronounce each word part or word, and then to wait until you tell them to continue.
   If the student makes an error, do not provide the correct response.
7. Score the student's response as follows:
   1. Choose Correct or Incorrect.
      Note: If you choose Incorrect, the Response field will allow you to enter what the student said using the letters (or sound symbols) that make sense to you (e.g., if the test item was "fon" and the student said "phone," you could enter phone, fone, or fōn in the notes field).
   2. Enter any additional information you want recorded about the student's response under Notes (e.g., you might enter SD for slowly decoded, SC for self corrected, correct vowel sound).
8. Choose Next to continue to the next item.
9. As the student completes each set of 5 or 6 items, review the student's performance. 
   When the student correctly answered 80% or more of the test items, you can choose to continue with another set of items or to see suggested assignments based on the current assessment. 
   When the student does not answer 80% of the items in a set correctly, the assessment will suggest assignments related on that set.
10. Choose Next.
    If the student continues to the next set of items, return to step 6 above. 
    If the student did not continue to the next set, a list of possible assignments based on the most recent assessment is shown. 
11. Choose an assignment from the suggestions on the right side of the page. 
    These assignments are based on the phonics assessment the student has just taken, along with other information Read Live has about the student. 
12. The phonics assessment can add access, and an assignment, to Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, or both. 
13. Note that continuing with the current assignment is always among the options provided. 
14. Choose Next.
15. Choose Yes to confirm any new assignment.
    The student's application access and assignments are changed to reflect the choices you made as a result of the phonics assessment.

From the Staff Member Module's Student Activity page, you can also assess each student using the printable phonics assessment. Based on that assessment, you can also edit the student's assignment. 

To assess a student's Word Warm-ups Live placement:

1. Log into the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Student Activity.
3. Choose the Application-Specific Actions button at the top of the page.
4. Choose Word Warm-ups Live from the menu.
5. Choose the Print Phonics Assessment button.
   A PDF opens in a separate browser tab. The PDF document includes a screening assessment and separate phonics assessments for Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3, along with detailed administration instructions.
6. Print the PDF, including the student worksheet.
7. Follow the administration instructions to administer a phonics placement assessment. 

To change a student's assignment or Goal from the Student Module:

1. Click Teacher in the header.
2. Enter your User ID and Password.
3. Click Log in.
4. Click Change Level/Section/Goal.
5. Use the Level, Section, and Word List Goal controls to alter the student's assignment and goal as necessary.
6. Click Save.
7. If you are changing the current section while the student is already working on an exercise, a dialog asks when you want to apply the change. 
   Click Immediately to apply the changes now, resetting the student's current exercise.
   - or -
   Click Next Exercise to allow the student to finish the current exercise first, before the changes are applied.
8. If you choose to apply the changes immediately, a dialog opens to confirm the resetting of the current exercise. Click Yes to do so.

To change a student's Word Warm-ups Live placement from the Staff Module:

1. Log in to the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Student Activity.
3. Use the search feature at the top of the page to find the student whose placement assignment you need to change.
4. Expand the applications list for the student.
5. Choose the Edit button next to the student's current Word Warm-ups Live assignment.
6. Use the Level, Section, and Word List Goal controls to alter the student's assignment and goal as necessary.
7. Click Save & Close.

See Also

• Adding a Student 
• Assigning Access to Word Warm-ups Live
• Changing a student's Level, Section, or Goal