Phonemic Awareness
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What is Phonemic Awareness?
Phonemic Awareness: The ability to hear and manipulate sounds in words.
- Phonemic awareness is not phonics.
- Phonemic awareness is auditory and does not involve words in print
*Definition excerpted @ University of Oregon's Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
Examples of Phonemic Awareness Skills:
- Blending: What word am I trying to say? Mmmmm--oooooo--p.
- Segmentation (first sound isolation): What is the first sound in mop?
- Segmentation (last sound isolation): What is the last sound in mop?
- Segmentation (complete): What are all the sounds you hear in mop?
"One of the most compelling and well-established findings in the research on beginning reading is the important relationship between phonemic awareness and reading acquisition." Kame'enui, et. al., 1997
Excellent Resource
Patti's Phonemic Awareness Activities
Assess Phonemic Awareness
Is your child ready to read? Quick & Simple Test to Find Out:
Pre-Reading Assessment: Concepts of Print
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