Fox In The Box

Fox in the Box : An Adventure in Literacy
A Unique K-2 Assessment System

Grade Range: Kindergarten through Grade 2
Administration: Individual and some groups
Time: Fox in the Box is administered over a 2-3 week period of time. It takes about 30 minutes per child for the one-on-one activities. It is best administered activity-by-activity spending 5-7 minutes per child. There are also three small group activities that take approximately 80 minutes collectively.

Fox in the Box, especially useful for identifying primary students at risk, offers innovative tools for assessing K-2 literacy. Authentic, engaging activities-including a friendly fox puppet-help you evaluate a variety of literacy skills and meet each child’s individual needs. Individual Literacy Progress Records make it easy to administer and monitor each child’s progress over four years, and gain specific teaching insights. Literacy skills are measured each fall and spring. Teachers will benefit from gaining specific diagnostic information for each child.

Concepts measured are:

	Phonemic Awareness–The ability to recognize the individual units of sound that make words, manipulate words by segmenting them into sounds, and blend sounds into words.
	Phonics–The ability to recognize and write letters, distinguish letter sounds, understand and manipulate the sequences of letters that constitute words and decode new words
	Reading and Oral Expression–The ability to read words and sentences, correct reading errors, understand vocabulary and text, answer questions, retell a story and read aloud fluently.
	Listening and Writing–The ability to understand and remember an oral passage and to express details and events of that passage in pictures and writing.

Features and Benefits