Phonemic Awareness

What techniques can teachers use to teach phonological awareness?

• Flashcards with letters and sounds

• Printing practice

• Wroksheets

• Singing, clapping and tapping to identify sounds

In what age range can children isolate and identify beginning and ending sounds?

• 5-6

• 3-4

• Birth-2

• 4-5

Why might a student who has not developed strong phonological skills struggle when learning to read?

• The student may not understand the idea of a sound relating to a letter or combination of letters.

• The student may not be able to distinguish between different sounds in a word.

• The student may not be able to combine sounds together to form new words.

• All of the answers are correct.

A teacher asks a student to tell her what word can be heard in the following: /sssiiippp/. The student replies that the word is ''sip.'' What strategy is at work here?

• Phoneme manipulation

• Phoneme segmenting

• Phoneme blending

• Phonemic isolation

How many stages are there of Phonological Awareness?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Phonological awareness will not be an issue with middle grades students.

• True

• False

Phonemic awareness is the same as phonics.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a way to increase phonological awareness?

• Rhyming games

• Simon Says

• BINGO

• Breaking apart words

Which of the following is a FALSE statement about phonological awareness?

• Phonological awareness instruction should be explicit.

• Phonological awareness instruction should be conducted in small groups.

• Most students will need phonological awareness instruction every day.

• Phonological awareness instruction should be systematic.