Roadways (Feb 5)

Phonological Awareness vs. Phonemic Awareness

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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

• Phonolological awareness is a broad skill that involves identifying and manipulating units of oral language. These "units" include words, syllables, onsets and rhymes.

• Phonemic awareness refers to the specific ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

PAST

• PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS SCREENING TEST (PAST). David A. Kilpatrick, Ph.D.

• Essential for Grades 1 - 5

• Pre-K & K will use an assessment from Heggerty that will be distributed next week

THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF READING

• Phonemic Awareness

• Fluency

• Strategies for Comprehending Text

• New Vocabulary

• Phonics

THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF READING

• Fluency - ability to read with speed accuracy and expression

• Comprehension - understanding surface meaning (e.g. basic retell) and deeper meaning (e.g. inferencing)

• New Vocabulary - learning unfamiliar words. It helps to review these with students before reading.

• Phonics - correlating sounds to letters (e.g. word play with actual words and letters you can see