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 word that can change its meaning.

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What does it mean to blend sounds?

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Blending sounds means to combine individual sounds together to form a word.

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What is segmentation in phonemic awareness?

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

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What is an example of a phoneme?

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

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How many phonemes are in the word 'dog'?

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The word 'dog' has three phonemes: /d/, /ɔ/, and /g/.

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What is the importance of phonemic awareness?

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Phonemic awareness is crucial for learning to read and spell, as it helps children understand the relationship between sounds and letters.

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What is an example of blending sounds?

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Blending the sounds /s/, /a/, and /t/ together forms the word 'sat'.

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What is an example of segmentation?

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The word 'fish' can be segmented into three phonemes: /f/, /ɪ/, and /ʃ/.

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What is an onset in phonology?

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An onset is the initial consonant or consonant cluster of a syllable.