Substitute Phonemes

Which of the following first-grade students has attained the highest level of phonemic awareness?

• a student who, after hearing the word hot and the sound /ĭ/, can substitute /ĭ/for /ŏ/ to make the word hit

• a student who can orally segment the word wonderful into won-der-ful

• a student who after hearing the words fish and fun, can identify that they both begin with the same phoneme, /f/

• a student who can orally segment the word train into its onset and rime

Segment the word into sounds is called …..

• syllable segmenting

• syllable blending

• phoneme segmenting

• phoneme blending

Change one sound in the word jet to make the new word pictured.

• pet

• jut

• net

• vet

Change one sound in the word vest to make the new word pictured.

• nest

• best

• pest

• rest

Change one sound in the word box to make the new word pictured.

• bob

• bow

• fox

• bop

Change one sound in the word pen to make the new word pictured.

• pet

• pin

• ten

• pan

Change one sound in the word sub to make the new word pictured.

• sun

• rub

• sob

• sum

Change one sound in the word boat to make the new word pictured.

• oat

• goat

• moat

• coat

Change one sound in the word bat to make the new word pictured.

• hat

• cat

• rat

• fat

Change one sound in the word can to make the new word pictured.

• ran

• cap

• pan

• van