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to DRA2 Word Analysis Crosswalk
GOLD®Developmental Reading Assessment Word Analysis
GOLD® Objective GOLD® Dimension GOLD® Progression Basic Early
Literacy Skills Skills Assessed by the Task
Demonstrates
phonological awareness
Notices and discriminates
rhyme Joins in rhyming songs and games
Fills in the missing rhyming word;
generates rhyming words spontaneously Phonological Awareness Provides a word that rhymes with a word
given by the teacher
Decides whether two words rhyme
Generates a group of rhyming words when
given a word Phonological Awareness Provides a word that rhymes with a word
given by the teacher
Notices and discriminates
alliteration
Sings songs and recites rhymes and
refrains with repeating initial sounds
Shows awareness that some words begin
the same way Phonological Awareness Identifies a picture that begins with the same
sound as the first picture in the set
Matches beginning sounds of some words Phonological Awareness Provides a word that begins with the same
sound as the word given by the teacher
Isolates and identifies the beginning sound
of a word Phonemic Awareness Isolates the initial sound of a word given by
the teacher
Notices and discriminates
smaller and smaller units of
sound
Hears and shows awareness of separate
word in sentences Phonological Awareness Uses a number line to show the number of
words in a sentence
Hears and shows awareness of separate
syllables in words Phonological Awareness Claps the syllables as they say a pictured
word
Verbally separates and blends onset
and rime Phonological Awareness Segments a given word by separating the
onset from the rime
Demonstrates
phonological awareness
Notices and discriminates
smaller and smaller units of
sound
Verbally separates and blends individual
phonemes in words Phonemic Awareness Repeats segmented phonemes in a word and
then says the word
