Foundations Practice

A kindergarten teacher could best determine if a child has begun to develop phonemic awareness by asking the child to

• count the number of words that the child hears in a sentence as the teacher says the sentence.

• say the word cat, then say the first sound the child hears in the word.

• point to the correct letter on an alphabet chart as the teacher names specific letters.

• listen to the teacher say boat and coat, then identify whether the two words rhyme.

What is the initial sound in this word?

• /ŭ/

• s

• /n/

• /s/

When students segment a word, they _______.

• blend its sounds together

• give a rhyming word

• separate a word into its graphemes

• separate a word into all of its sounds

Phonics is different from phonemic awareness in that phonics includes awareness of sounds and ______.

• letters

• numbers

• pictures

• sentences

Change the medial sound /a/ to /i/. What is the new word.

• tick

• teck

• tuck

• tock

What is the 1st sound of the word "mat"?

• /m/

• /a/

• /t/

• /n/

What's the 2nd sound: "hot"?

• /a/

• /i/

• /o/

• /u/

Click on the two truths.

• Phonemic Awareness and Phonological Awareness are interchangeable terms.

• Phonological Awareness is an awareness of various speech sounds such as syllables, rhyme, and individual phonemes.

• Phonemic Awareness refers to the ability to consciously manipulate individual phonemes in a spoken language.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• She don't like apples.

• He doesn't likes apples.

• They doesn't like apples.

• She doesn't like apples.

What is the synonym of the word 'foundation'?

• Base

• Top

• End

• Middle