Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. This goal focuses on helping first-grade students develop this crucial skill by engaging in activities that enhance their understanding of the sounds in words. Through phonemic awareness exercises, students learn to distinguish and manipulate sounds, which strengthens their ability to decode and read words accurately. By recognizing and manipulating phonemes, students lay the foundation for successful reading and word recognition.
Goals for Phonemic Awareness:
Goal 1: Identify initial, medial, and final sounds in spoken words.
Goal 2: Segment words into individual sounds (phonemes).
Goal 3: Blend sounds together to form words.
Goal 4: Manipulate sounds by adding, deleting, or substituting phonemes in words.
Goal 5: Recognize and generate rhyming words.
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