Standard 7 Phonological Awareness/Phonemic Awareness ACAP Prep

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What is phonological awareness?

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Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize and work with sounds in spoken language. It includes skills like identifying rhymes, syllables, and individual sounds (phonemes).

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What is phonemic awareness?

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Phonemic awareness is a specific type of phonological awareness that focuses on the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in words.

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Give an example of a phoneme.

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

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What is a rhyme?

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A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of the words, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is a syllable?

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A syllable is a single, unbroken sound of a spoken (or written) word. For example, the word 'banana' has three syllables: ba-na-na.

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How many syllables are in the word 'elephant'?

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The word 'elephant' has three syllables: el-e-phant.

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What does it mean to blend sounds?

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Blending sounds means to combine individual sounds to form a word. For example, blending /d/, /o/, and /g/ makes the word 'dog'.

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What is segmenting in phonemic awareness?

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Segmenting is the ability to break a word down into its individual sounds. For example, the word 'fish' can be segmented into /f/, /ɪ/, and /ʃ/.

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What is an example of a word with a silent letter?

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The word 'knight' has a silent 'k'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial sound in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'