Phonological awareness description
Phonological awareness is the term used to describe the awareness of the constituent sounds of spoken words which can be distinguished in three ways: by syllables, by onset and rime and by phoneme (the smallest unit of spoken word) Phonemic awareness …
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PhA2
segments a short spoken sentence of three to five words into separate spoken words orally blends and segments words with two and three syllables hopp-ing, fam-i-ly blends onset/rime to say a word (m/um = mum, h/at =hat, sh/op = shop) provides a word …
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PhA1
joins in rhymes and chants and songs (see Listening) repeats sounds, words, sayings, poems completes familiar phrases in texts including chants, songs and poems
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PhA3
orally blends two or three phonemes together to make a one-syllable word (a-sh, s-u-n, b-i-n, sh-i-p) orally segments words of two or three phonemes into separate phonemes (c-a-t, s-u-n, k-i-ck) identifies the number of phonemes that make up a spoken …
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PhA4
orally blends four phonemes together to make a one-syllable spoken word (s-t-o-p, stop) orally segments spoken words comprised of four phonemes into separate phonemes (fresh, f-r-e-sh) identifies the number of phonemes that make up a given word identifies …
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