Dibels Information
Dibels is a short test we give all students in kindergarten. It takes about 5 to 10 minutes each time we give it. We give it to the students at the beginning of the year (BOY), middle of the year (MOY), and end of the year (EOY). Here are some short explanations about each part of the test.
First Sound Fluency: The teacher says a word and the child gives us the first sound they hear at the beginning of each word. Exampe: moon = m, sun = s, and night = n.
Letter Naming Fluency: The child has 1 minute to tell all the letter names they see on a page. Example: A F h i T l m r s b d
Phoneme Segmentation: This is done in the middle of the year(MOY). The teacher says a word and the child will tell each sound they hear in that word.
Example: hat = h a t man = m a n happy = h a p e
We call this Karote chopping words.
Nonsense Word Fluency: We also give this test in the MOY. The child looks at a nonsense word (not a real word) and sounds it out or reads the whole word.
Example: nud = n u d or they can read the whole word nud.
TRC: This is a reading test we give to see what their reading level is at BOY, MOY and EOY. We will send home information about this throughout the year.
First Sound Fluency: The teacher says a word and the child gives us the first sound they hear at the beginning of each word. Exampe: moon = m, sun = s, and night = n.
Letter Naming Fluency: The child has 1 minute to tell all the letter names they see on a page. Example: A F h i T l m r s b d
Phoneme Segmentation: This is done in the middle of the year(MOY). The teacher says a word and the child will tell each sound they hear in that word.
Example: hat = h a t man = m a n happy = h a p e
We call this Karote chopping words.
Nonsense Word Fluency: We also give this test in the MOY. The child looks at a nonsense word (not a real word) and sounds it out or reads the whole word.
Example: nud = n u d or they can read the whole word nud.
TRC: This is a reading test we give to see what their reading level is at BOY, MOY and EOY. We will send home information about this throughout the year.