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Reading Difficulty Checklist

This document is a reading difficulty checklist that can be used to informally diagnose a student's reading abilities. It lists several signs that a student may be struggling with reading, including difficulty with letter names and sounds, rhyming, sight words, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. The checklist is meant to help identify specific areas a student has trouble with so teachers can provide targeted support.

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Reading Difficulty Checklist

This document is a reading difficulty checklist that can be used to informally diagnose a student's reading abilities. It lists several signs that a student may be struggling with reading, including difficulty with letter names and sounds, rhyming, sight words, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. The checklist is meant to help identify specific areas a student has trouble with so teachers can provide targeted support.

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Reading Difficulty Checklist

Informal Diagnostic Inventory


Student Name: Date:

Has difficulty naming letters and remembering letters


Has difficulty blending sounds into words
Has difficulty manipulating sounds within words
Has trouble recognizing or making rhymes
Confuses similar letters (d/b; p/q)
Adds, omits, or transposes sounds in words (friends/friend; progess/progress;
beard/bread)
Confuses visually similar words (supper/slipper)
Has difficulty recognizing sight words
Tires easily while reading
Loses place while reading
Reads slowly
Guesses at words while reading
Substitutes or eliminates words while reading
Omits or adds parts of words while reading
Reads without expression
Reads without recognizing punctuation
Exhibits weak comprehension of information or ideas read
Avoids or dislikes reading

Teacher Comments

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These pages are excerpted from Language-Based Learning Disabilities by Patricia W. Newhall

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