In the sorting activity with final-letter boxes, which literacy skill is primarily assessed?

• A. Letter-sound correspondence
• B. Reading fluency
• C. Spelling accuracy
• D. Comprehension

Answer: (A)

This task centers on connecting sounds to letters, specifically how the final sound of a word maps to the letter that represents it. In the final-letter sorting, students listen to or think about how a word ends and choose the box with the letter that makes that ending sound. That ability—recognizing a phoneme and identifying its corresponding grapheme—is what letter-sound correspondence measures. It’s a foundational skill for decoding and early spelling, because knowing which letter stands for a particular sound lets children read and write more accurately.

Reading fluency focuses on speed and smoothness in connected text, which this activity doesn’t directly assess. Spelling accuracy would involve producing the full, correct spelling of a word, not just identifying the ending letter. Comprehension is about understanding meaning, not linking sounds to letters.