Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Phonological Awareness: 

• • • The auditory awareness and understanding of the sound structure of spoken language apart from its meaning.

    • A broader, more global sound awareness than phonemic awareness and encompasses awareness of sentence, word, syllable and rhyme.

Phonemic Awareness Framework Exemplar: 

• • • • Quick, oral activity with active student engagement

      • Student listens for focus concept or sound

      • Student identifies focus concept or sound

      • Students repeats focus concept or sound 

      • Activity within framework is repeated with focus concept or sound multiple times 

Strategies for Supporting Phonological Awareness