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 is a blend?

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A blend is when two or more consonants are combined together, and each sound can still be heard.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with an open vocal tract, such as a, e, i, o, u.

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a letter that represents a speech sound made by partially or completely blocking the airflow.

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How do you identify the beginning sound of a word?

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The beginning sound of a word is the first phoneme you hear when the word is spoken.

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What is a rhyming word?

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A rhyming word is a word that has the same ending sound as another word.

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What is segmentation?

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Segmentation is the process of breaking a word into its individual sounds.

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What is blending?

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Blending is the process of combining individual sounds to form a word.

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What is a sight word?

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A sight word is a word that is recognized instantly without needing to sound it out.

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