Reading Difficulty Checklist
Informal Diagnostic Inventory
Student Name: Date:
Has difficulty naming letters and remembering letters
Has difficulty blending sounds into words
Has difficulty manipulating sounds within words
Has trouble recognizing or making rhymes
Confuses similar letters (d/b; p/q)
Adds, omits, or transposes sounds in words (friends/friend; progess/progress;
beard/bread)
Confuses visually similar words (supper/slipper)
Has difficulty recognizing sight words
Tires easily while reading
Loses place while reading
Reads slowly
Guesses at words while reading
Substitutes or eliminates words while reading
Omits or adds parts of words while reading
Reads without expression
Reads without recognizing punctuation
Exhibits weak comprehension of information or ideas read
Avoids or dislikes reading
Teacher Comments
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These pages are excerpted from Language-Based Learning Disabilities by Patricia W. Newhall
