Examples of Phonemic Awareness Skills
Blending: What word am I trying to say? Nnnnn-oooo--t.
Segmentation (first sound isolation): What is the first sound in not?
Segmentation (last sound isolation): What is the last sound in not?
Segmentation (complete): What are all the sounds you hear in not?
Phonics is the understanding that there is a predictable relationship between the letters and the individual sounds of spoken language.
Phonics instruction teaches children to use these relationships to read and write words.
*Researched-based reading program
*Explicit reading instruction
*Combines hand motion, sound, story and picture for each sound
1. Look at the pictures
2. Read the words
3. Retell the story
Wit and Wisdom
Wit & Wisdom® is a comprehensive K–8 English language arts curriculum crafted to help students build the knowledge and skills they need to be successful readers, exceptional writers, and effective communicators.