Phonemic Awareness
Reading, rhyming, singing and talking - beginning from birth - profoundly influence literacy and language development, the foundations for all other learning.
The results last a lifetime.
The two best predictors of early reading success are
alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.
Simply put, Phonemic awareness is an understanding that words are made up of sounds.
Below is a continuum of Phonological Awareness;
Rhyme matching the endings of words cat, hat, bat, sat
Alliteration producing groups of words that begin ten tiny tadpoles
with the same initial sound
Sentence identifying the words in a sentence The dog ran away.
Segmentation 1 2 3 4
Syllable break words into syllables or "beats" bas ket ball
Segmentation
Compound Words blend together and break apart 2 rain bow
separate words
Onset and Rime blend and break apart the initial consonant(s) /r/ /ope/
Blend and Segment from the vowel and consonant(s) ending /sh/ /ake/
Phoneme Blending blend sounds into words and break words at, pop,
and Segmenting into individual sounds step, slack
These skills do not involve print or letter names,
they are about hearing and producing sounds in words.
Once a child has developed a strong phonemic awareness, he is ready to connect letters to those sounds and blend them together to read words. He is also ready to break apart sounds in a word and connect these sounds to letters to write words.
Have fun with oral language!
Below is a continuum of Phonological Awareness;
Rhyme matching the endings of words cat, hat, bat, sat
Alliteration producing groups of words that begin ten tiny tadpoles
with the same initial sound
Sentence identifying the words in a sentence The dog ran away.
Segmentation 1 2 3 4
Syllable break words into syllables or "beats" bas ket ball
Segmentation
Compound Words blend together and break apart 2 rain bow
separate words
Onset and Rime blend and break apart the initial consonant(s) /r/ /ope/
Blend and Segment from the vowel and consonant(s) ending /sh/ /ake/
Phoneme Blending blend sounds into words and break words at, pop,
and Segmenting into individual sounds step, slack
These skills do not involve print or letter names,
they are about hearing and producing sounds in words.
Once a child has developed a strong phonemic awareness, he is ready to connect letters to those sounds and blend them together to read words. He is also ready to break apart sounds in a word and connect these sounds to letters to write words.
Have fun with oral language!
Check out Sweet For Kindergarten on YouTube. She is posting daily 5 minute phonological awareness lessons!