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.

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How many phonemes are in the word 'cat'?

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The word 'cat' has 3 phonemes: /k/, /æ/, /t/.

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What is blending in phonemic awareness?

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Blending is combining individual sounds 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 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.

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Give an example of a word with a short vowel sound.

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The word 'cat' has a short vowel sound /æ/.

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What is a long vowel sound?

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A long vowel sound is a vowel sound that sounds like the name of the letter.

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Give an example of a word with a long vowel sound.

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The word 'cake' has a long vowel sound /eɪ/.

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a speech sound that is not a vowel.