Phonemic+Awareness

__**﻿﻿Phonemic Awareness **__
 * What is phonemic awareness? **
 * Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.
 * Examples of Phonemic Awareness Skills
 * Blending: What word am I trying to say? //Nnnnn-oooo--t//.
 * Segmentation (first sound isolation): What is the first sound in //not//?
 * Segmentation (last sound isolation): What is the last sound in //not//?
 * Segmentation (complete): What are all the sounds you hear in //not// ?


 * Why is phonemic awareness important? **
 * It improves students' word reading and comprehension.
 * It helps students learn to spell.


 * When should phonemic awareness be taught? **
 * Phonemic awareness is a skill that is typically taught in kindergarten and first grade. Teachers need to focus on teaching students to manipulate phonemes by using alphabet letter. Additionally, instruction needs to be focused on only one or two sounds rather then several different types of phoneme manipulation.

//(Begin to Read, 2010) //

__**﻿ Phonemic Awareness Strategies **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ Auditory Discrimination <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ Blending Phonemes  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ Segmenting Phonemes  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ Pushing Pennies  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ Oral Rhyming Words  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ Seven-Step Activity  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">﻿ Picture Sorts ﻿﻿  //<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">(McAndrews, 2008) //
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