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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Which word has the same beginning sound as 'cat'?

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'cap' has the same beginning sound.

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What is a short vowel sound?

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A short vowel sound is a vowel sound that is pronounced quickly and does not sound like the name of the letter.

Front

Can you give an example of a word with a short vowel sound?

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The word 'bat' has a short vowel sound.

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What is a blend in phonics?

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A blend is when two or more consonants are combined, and each sound can be heard, like 'bl' in 'black'.

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What is a digraph?

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A digraph is two letters that make one sound, like 'sh' in 'ship'.

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How do you spell the word 'run'?

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R-U-N.

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Which word has a long vowel sound?

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The word 'cake' has a long vowel sound.

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What is a rhyme?

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A rhyme is when two or more words have the same ending sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'.