Phonemic Awareness

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What is phonemic awareness?

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Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.

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How many phonemes are in the word 'cat'?

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The word 'cat' has 3 phonemes: /k/, /æ/, /t/.

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What is the first sound in the word 'dog'?

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/d/.

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What is the last sound in the word 'fish'?

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/ʃ/.

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How many sounds are in the word 'play'?

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The word 'play' has 3 sounds: /p/, /l/, /eɪ/.

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What is the second sound in the word 'stop'?

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/t/.

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What is the third sound in the word 'sand'?

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/n/.

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What is blending in phonemic awareness?

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Blending is the ability to combine individual sounds to form a word.

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What is segmenting in phonemic awareness?

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Segmenting is the ability to break a word down into its individual sounds.