DIBELS Foundations
Reading/Early Literacy Skills
First Sound Fluency
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Benchmarks
100
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
What does the acronym DIBELS mean?
100
What are two indicators of phonemic awareness as measured by DIBELS?
First Sound Fluency and Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
100
First sound fluency provides an indication of whether or not sutdents are mastering the early phonemic awareness skills of:
Producing sounds in spoken words
100
What is Phoneme Segmentation Fluency?
A direct measure of a student's fluency segmentation in a spoken word into its component parts or sound segments.
100
DIBELS measures have benchmark goals. The goals are made up of 2 components. They are a score and a point in time. Name the three categories of benchmark scores.
At or Above Below Well-below
200
Name the Big 5 ideas in Reading to which DIBELS are connected:
Phonemic Awareness Phonics (Alphabetic Principle) Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension
200
True or False:There is a predictable sequence of skills through which most children must pass in order to develop the broad skill of reading comprehension.
True.
200
True or False: Teaching and learning phonemic awareness does not happen in isolation
True
200
What do you do if a child repeats the entire word?
Give them the prompt to tell all the sound you hear in the word and circle the entire word.
200
Students who score at or above benchmark goals have what percent chance of reaching future reading outcomes?
80% - 90%
300
True or False: Although there is a fairly stable pattern of growth or trajectory of reading skills across a school year, growth is not linear. There is an "upness" and "downness."
True
300
Knowing how to segment phonemes (sounds) will help in learning the _____________ principle and learning phonics.
alphabetic
300
Define Phonemic Awareness
The ability to recognize, produce, and manipulate sounds in spoken language
300
Give three scoring rules for PSF
Underline each correct sound segment student says. Put a slash through segments pronounced incorrectly. Write SC over slash if corrected within 3 seconds.
300
Students who score well-below benchmark have what percent/chance of reaching future goals if instruction stays the same?
10% - 20%
400
Name the DIBELS Measures:
First Sound Fluency Phoneme Segmentation Fluency Letter Naming Fluency Oral Reading Fluency /Retell Daze
400
In first sound fluency, the assessor says a series of words one at a time to the student and the student says the first __________ in the word.
sound
400
Is a Schwa sound counted as an error?
No?
400
We use Benchmark goals to help drive instruction within an Outcomes Driven framework for educational decision - making. How many times a year are benchmarks used to make decisions?
Three
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Name 3 important features about DIBELS that make it a useful assessment tool of basic early literacy skills.
Sensitive to small amounts of change Repeatable Efficient Economical Dynamic --- measure growth and development over time Measure individual, group, class Assess the Core components of reading -- the BIG Ideas of early literacy skills that are critical for children to be successful readers.
500
What is the reading skill that develops simultaneously along with the foundational skills?
Vocabulary / Comprehension / Background Knowledge
500
Name 2 scoring rules for FSF
1. Circle Correct Responses 2. Slash Zero for Incorrect Responses 3. If the student self-corrects write a SC over the slash
500
What are some approved accommodations?
Assisted Technology for hearing impairments.
500
What is the focus of an outcomes-driven model/ framework of instruction?
Identify and validate need for support. Evaluate effectiveness of support. Provide instruction to reach desired reading outcomes.
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