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 segmenting in phonemic awareness?

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Segmenting is breaking a word down into its individual sounds.

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What is an example of a phoneme in the word 'cat'?

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The phonemes in 'cat' are /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 purpose of phonemic awareness activities?

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Phonemic awareness activities help children develop the skills needed for reading and spelling.

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What is an example of a blending activity?

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An example of a blending activity is saying the sounds /s/, /a/, /t/ and asking what word they make together.

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What is an example of a segmenting activity?

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An example of a segmenting activity is saying the word 'fish' and asking a child to say the sounds /f/, /ɪ/, /ʃ/.

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What is the difference between phonemic awareness and phonics?

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Phonemic awareness is about sounds in spoken language, while phonics involves the relationship between sounds and their written symbols.

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