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Comprehension Screenings

Screenings to be used in conjunction with other assessments in isolating specific difficulties with reading comprehension.
Reading Comprehension Screening PDF 2nd Grade

Reading Comprehension Screening PDF 3rd Grade

Reading Comprehension Screening PDF 4th Grade

Reading Comprehension Screening PDF 5th Grade

Depth of Oral Language

This chart can be used to demonstrate the idea of words with similar meanings but different intensities. Students can sort these words for “problem” into three piles: big problems, little problems, medium problems.
Open/Download Depth of Oral Language Chart (PDF)

Instructional Charts - small

These small versions of the classroom charts are sized for use with small groups of students. All of the files below are sized for 8.5 in. by 11 in. cardstock. The Neuhaus instruction these are used for include: Basic Language Skills, Language Enrichment, Multisensory Reading and Spelling, Foundations for Language, Scientific Spelling, Structured Handwriting, and Written Composition.

Basic Language Skills Schedule print on white cardstock	Describing Hierarchy chart print on orange cardstock
Foundations for Language Schedule print on white cardstock	W.O.W./Copying chart (Watch Our Writing/Copying) print on light blue cardstock
S.O.S./Dictation chart (Save Our Spelling/Dictation) print on light green cardstock	L.L.P. chart (Listening Learning Posture) print on canary yellow cardstock

Naming Screening and Benchmarks

A quick two-minute screening can be administered individually to students (grades 2-6) to measure their oral language. Includes naming categories and benchmarks.
Open/Download Naming Screening and Benchmarks (PDF)

Pictures for Retelling

Ready-made pictures to print or show in a powerpoint to accompany retelling activities in The Colors and shapes of Language
Open/Download The Colors and Shapes of Language I

Open/Download The Colors and Shapes of Language II

Rapid Recognition Chart Generator

Enter a list of five words, letters, sounds, or Final Stable Syllables, and generate 5 Rapid Recognition charts to use with your students. Rapid Word Recognition Charts and Rapid Letter Recognition Charts are used in many Neuhaus curricula.

Open/Download Rapid Recognition Chart Generator (Requires Microsoft Excel)

Scaffold Cards for Independent Reading

After students have developed good metacognitive thinking skills for reading, question generation guided by these cards and careful teacher modeling can aid independent reading in both narrative and expository text.
Scaffolding Cards for Narrative Text

Scaffolding Cards for Expository Text

Word Bingo Card Generator

Enter a list of 24 words and generate 22 unique bingo cards and a scrambled list of your words. Great for word origin and parts of speech practice. Word Bingo is an activity in Multisensory Grammar.
Open/Download Word Bingo Card Generator (Requires Microsofdiv> t Excel)

Word Profiles

Word profiles including syllables, phonemes, letters, graphemes, syllable types, origin, derivatives and figurative language can be used with the passages from Practices for Developing Accuracy and Fluency or as a guide for general vocabulary building.

Word Webs

This is a list of suggested semantic webs, multiple meaning webs, and derivative webs to be used in conjunction with stories in Practices for Developing Accuracy and Fluency. Print the Word Web Wizard , and use it with web forms from Developing Metacognitive Skills.