Let's Learn SEGMENTING WORDS {Phonemic Awareness}

The video tutorial teaches how to segment words by breaking them into phonemes or sounds. It begins with identifying words within compound words like 'pancake' and 'butterfly'. Then, it progresses to segmenting short words such as 'bee' and 'dog', and longer words like 'jump' and 'shrimp'. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of segmenting for spelling and reading, demonstrating how to spell words like 'drum' by identifying each sound.

What sounds do you hear in the word 'shrimp'?

Why is segmenting words important for spelling?