Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify, manipulate, and use the sounds in spoken words (called phonemes) within words. Phonemes are the smallest unit of spoken language. Phonemic awareness can be broken down into six tasks varying in complexity. These include the ability to isolate sounds, blend sounds, segment sounds, add sounds, delete sounds, and substitute sounds.

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Video: Phonemes (5 min)

Image: Phonemic Awareness Task Chart

Image: Phonemic Awareness Task Chart

Video: Initial Phoneme Isolation (1 min)

Video: Final Phoneme Isolation (1 min)

Video: Medial Phoneme Isolation (1 min)

Video: Blending Phonemes (2 min)

Video: Segmenting Phonemes (1 min)

Video: Adding Phonemes (1 min)

Video: Deleting Phonemes (1 min)

Video: Substituting Phonemes (1 min)

Video: How to Teach Phonemic Awareness in Kindergarten (15 min)

Website: What is Phonemic Awareness?

All about Phonemic Awareness - Sarah's Teaching SnippetsHello! I’m back with another blog post about one of my favorite topics. I’ve blogged about phonemic awareness a few times already, but it’s such an important topic that we’re going for it again! Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of smaller parts and these parts can be pulled apart ... Read More about All about Phonemic Awareness

Website: Tips for Teaching Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic Awareness Strategies.pdf

PDF: Strategies for Teaching Phonemic Awareness

Video: Teaching Phonemic Awareness (22 min)

Video: Phonemic Awareness & Dyslexia (1 hr)

Video: Elkonin Sound Boxes (5 min)

Website: Free Printable Elkonin Boxes

Resource: Hands On Lessons for Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Spelling

This website has TONS of activities for grades Pk-5 in the area of Phonemic Awareness (use the toolbar on the left to navigate through the various grades)

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