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Student Instructions
On each page, read the words across the page from left to right, just like how you read a book.
It is not timed. It is more important to read correctly than fast.
Please read clearly and loudly so I can hear you in the recording.
You can say "I don't know" if you do not know a word and go to the next word.
1. Tap 
2. Listen to the instructions on the page.
3. Tap 
and record yourself reading the words. You can use 
to point to the words if that helps.
4. Follow the same steps for all three pages.
5. Tap 
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
This activity is based on the Beginning Diagnostic Decoding Survey from Really Great Reading. For access to a printable form of this assessment and the recording form for analysis of the results, visit https://www.reallygreatreading.com/dds. The Beginning Decoding Survey should not be administered at the beginning of first grade, but it can be given to students beginning in the second semester of first grade and any time after that. Students in second grade should be able to accurately decode all of the words listed.
