Are you struggling with the cycle assessments for EL Skills Block? Try these quick cycle assessments instead that will take a fraction of the time! Included is a decoding, spelling, and phonological awareness quick assessment, along with teacher trackers to record student's progress all on one sheet. There is very little printing needed for these cycle assessments to help make your life easier. NOTE: These cycle assessments are different than the cycle assessments provided by EL. ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ ・・ A B O U T・ T H I S・ R E S O U R C E・・ ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ These materials will help YOU: Quickly assess students on each skills block cycle skill Record student's cycle progress all on one sheet Get a quick view of how your class is doing as a whole Track student's decoding, spelling, and phonological awareness progress Track student's progress based on EL's cycle assessments OR the cycle assessments included in this resource Here’s what’s included: K-2 Cycle Assessment Trackers (includes each cycle skill) Generic EL Skills Block cycle tracker (to use with EL's cycle assessments) Decoding cycle assessments tracker (to track the included decoding assessments) Spelling cycle assessments tracker (to track the included spelling assessments) Phonological awareness cycle assessment tracker (to track the included phonological awareness assessments) Decoding assessment student copy Spelling assessment template student copy The kinder spelling assessments for cycles 1-12 include a specific spelling assessment sheet for each cycle. Students fill in the first or last sound in each word for the spelling assessment. Teacher copy of the assessments (these cycle assessments are different than the cycle assessments provided by EL) The spelling and phonological awareness cycle assessments need to be administered verbally. This sheet includes information for all the assessments. Assessment word blocker An assessment word blocker is included to help block out the other assessment while students read each cycle word lists. What makes this product unique? These cycle assessments are quick, consistent, and painless. The assessments are NOT extensive but only to provide a quick check so it doesn't eat up too much time. Just type in your class list ONCE! The words will auto-populate to each of the grade-level assessment trackers. Note that this follows the phonics progression as followed in the EL Skills Block curriculum. The EL Skills Block's program is research-based. More information regarding EL Skills Block can be found here. Love these, but don't teach using EL Skills Block? No problem! Check out the scope and sequence to make it easy to align with your own curriculum! Skills practiced in this resource: Kinder: 1. Phonemes: a & t 2. Phonemes: h & p 3. Phonemes: n & c 4. Phonemes: m & r 5. Phonemes: v & s 6. Phonemes: g & i 7. Phonemes: l, d & f 8. Phonemes: k & y 9. Phonemes: x, q & u 10. Phonemes: b, o & w 11. Phonemes: j, e & z 12. sh/ch/th 13. Short "a" words 14. Short "i" words 15. Short "u" words 16. Short "o" words 17. Short "e" words 18. Compare all short vowel words 19. All short vowels/words with digraphs 20. All short vowels a/i 21. -ank/-ink words 22. -ll, -ss, -ff, -zz (floss words) 23. Short vs. long vowels 24. Short vs. long vowels (week 2) 25. ar/or 1st Grade: 1. Letters: c, p, m, r, l, t, n  (CVC) 2. Letters: t, a, p, n, c, h, s, m, r, v, g, th (CVC) 3. Letters: i, ch, k, y, sh, z, d, l, f (CVC & digraphs) 4. Short u & qu 5. Letters: o, b, j, w, x (ks) In words w/ 3 & 4 phonemes (ending blends) 6. Short vowel /e/ words in 3 & 4 phonemes (ending blends) 7. “Y” as long i (ending blends & -ing) 8. wh & ck 9. -ll, -ss, -ff, -zz (-ed as /d/ & /t/) 10. Short vowels o, i, & u & beginning blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, sp, spl) 11. Diphthong: ou as /ow/  Vowels: e, o, a  Ending blends (-lt, -ft, -nd, -nk, -ng, -nt,  -ed as /id/) 12. Two-syllable w/ closed syllables 13. Repeat C12 w/ double consonants in the middle & compound words 14. Open syllables 15. CVCe (mostly long a) 16. CVCe (mostly long o & i) 17. CVCe (mostly long u & e) 18. CVCe (two-syllable & w/ suffixes -ing & -ed) 19. R-controlled a & o (ar/or) 20. R-controlled e, i & u (er/ir/ur) 21. Vowel teams: oa, ea, ai 22. ay & ow 23. ee, oo & y (as long e) 24. ie & igh 25. Two-syllable words w/ long vowel patterns (Review: ai, ea, oa, ay, ow, ee, -y, igh, ie) 2nd Grade: 1. Open & closed syllables + CVCe 2. ay/ai 3. ee/ea/y (as long e) 4. igh/ie 5. oa/ow 6. r-controlled vowels 7. oi/oy & ou/ow + "not" contractions 8. old, ost, ind, ild + "is" contractions 9. Doubling w/ suffixes (1-1-1 rule) 10. -ed as /id/, /ed/, & /it/ 11. oo/ou/ue/ew + "will" contractions 12. -tion/-sion 13. C-le words 14. C-le words 15. -k/-ck & -ic 16. ge/dge, eu & ei 17. ch/tch + "not" contractions 18. -able/-ible 19. aw/au 20. -y generalizations w/ plural endings 21. Schwa w/ "a" 22. Schwa w/ "e" & "o" 23. Schwa w/ "ate" + homophones 24. Compound words 25. cal/cle 26. ous/us Please download the FREE preview for more information! ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Please email me at [email protected] or by using the "Ask A Question" feature on TPT if you have any questions. ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ ・O T H E R・ G R E A T・ R E S O U R C E S・ ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Explore other great literacy centers in my store. 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