Download Backward Number Word Sequence

Diagnostic Assessment – Knowledge
Date Assessed:
Name:
Class:
Backwards Number Word Sequence
Stage 0 – Emergent
FNWS
Early*
Task
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Stage 1 – BNWS up
to 10
Early *
Stage 2 –
BNWS up to 10 and
number words before
Early*/**
Action
“Count backwards from 10. I will tell you when to
stop.”
Stop at 0 or 1.
“Count backwards from 24. I will tell you when to
stop.”
Stop at 11.
“We are going to say the number that comes before
now. The number that comes before 2 is 1, so if I say
2 you would say 1. What is the number before….?”
3 9
5
8
“We are going to say the number that comes before
now. The number that comes before 2 is 1, so if I say
2 you would say 1. What is the number before….?”
16 20
17 11 13
“We are going to say the number that comes before
now. The number that comes before 2 is 1, so if I say
2 you would say 1. What is the number before….?”
31 47 70 236
600 2400
5000
49 900
84 650
603 000
990 000
Stage 3 –
BNWS up to 20 and number
words before
Early **/***
Stage 4 –
BNWS up to 100 and
number words before
First *
Stage 5 –
BNWS up to 1000 and
number words after
First **/***
Materials
None
Decision
Can they count back from 10? Note and
continue to Task 2
 No – rate as Stage 0
 Yes – note where they can count from
and continue to Task 2
None
Can they give the number before for numbers
to 10?
 No – rate as Stage 1
 Yes – continue to Task 3
None
Can they give the number before for numbers
up to 20?
 No – rate as Stage2
 Yes – continue to Task 4
None
Can they give the number before for numbers
up to:
 20? Rate as Stage 3
 100? Rate as Stage 4
 1000? Rate as Stage 5
 1 000 000? Rate as Stage 6
Stage 6 – BNWS up to 1 000
000 and number words
after
Second */**/***
Response/Comments
Note: Knowledge questions need to be answered with instant recall and certainty to be given as correct. If in doubt of security of knowledge do not give
that stage. Watch out for “dropping back”, in number before/after tasks – where a child has to “drop back” to 1 and count up to get the right answer. Do
not assess as correct if a child does this, but would be useful to note this in the Comments section.