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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How do you spell the word 'run'?

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r u n

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What is the missing letter in 'p ___ t'?

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o

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How do you spell the word 'fox'?

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f o x

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What is a beginning blend?

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A beginning blend is when two or more consonants are combined at the start of a word, like 'fr' in 'frog'.

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Which word has a long vowel sound?

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h i has a long vowel sound.

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What is a short vowel sound?

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A short vowel sound is the sound a vowel makes in words like 'cat' or 'bed'.

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

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An example of a word with a short 'a' sound is 'cat'.

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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'.