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

After being given access to Word Warm-ups Live, students need a Word Warm-ups Live assignment so they can work. You can choose the student's first assignment using the Phonics/Word Analysis Assessment tool built into Read Live, or you can manually assign it based on your knowledge of the student.

To choose a student's assignment using the Assess Phonics/Word Analysis tool:

In the Staff Member Module: 

1. Open the Student Activity page.
2. Open the Applications level of the page for the student you need to assess.
3. Choose the Phonics/Word Analysis Assessment button  under the Assignment column. 
4. 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. 
5. If you need help with administering the phonics assessment, review the Assessment instructions PDF.
6. 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. 
7. Choose Start Selected Assessment to begin assessing the student.
8. 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.
9. 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).
10. Choose Next to continue to the next item.
11. 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.
12. 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. 
13. 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. 
14. The phonics assessment can add access, and an assignment, to Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, or both. 
15. Note that continuing with the current assignment is always among the options provided. 
16. Choose Next.
17. 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.

In the Read Naturally Live or Word Warm-ups Live student modules: 

1. If the student does not have an existing Word Warm-ups Live assignment:
   1. When the student has logged in, choose the Assess Phonics/Word Analysis button on the Word Warm-ups Live tile.
   2. Log in using your user name and password.
2. If the student has an existing assignment, open the Teacher Menu, and choose Assess Phonics/Word Analysis.
3. Choose Assess Decoding Skills.
4. If you need help with administering the phonics assessment, review the Assessment instructions PDF.
5. 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. 
6. Choose Start Selected Assessment to begin assessing the student.
7. 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.
8. 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).
9. Choose Next to continue to the next item.
10. 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.
11. 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. 
12. 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. 
13. The phonics assessment can add access, and an assignment, to Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, or both. 
14. Note that continuing with the current assignment is always among the options provided. 
15. Choose Next.
16. 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.

To manually set 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