1. PHONEMIC AWARENESS

2. What is phonemic awareness?
The form of speech not the content of speech
Refers to an awareness of sounds in spoken, not written language
Speech is made up of a series of individual sounds that can be manipulated (phonemes)
Students who are phonemically aware can:
Rhyme
Blend isolated sounds together to form a word
Identify the number of sounds heard in a word
Segment spoken words into their constituent sounds

3. Research suggests:
Phonemic awareness can be developed in individuals by experiencing language that encourages active exploration and manipulation of sounds
Researchers have concluded that children who have received training in phonemic awareness are more successful in reading and writing
Phonemic awareness has been shown to be the most powerful predictor of later reading achievement
Research article (packet pp )

4. Components (Strategies) of Phonemic Awareness
Matching sounds to words (beginning / ending sounds) brush, car, doll
Isolate a sound in a word (initial, medial, ending sounds)
Blend individual sounds to form a word /b/, /i/, /g/ big
Substitute sounds in a word (word families)
Segment a word into its constituent sounds (Yopp)

5. Teaching Phonemic Segmentation
Rubber Band Stretch
Stretchy Names
Sound Boxes / Markers
A Song to Teach Phonemic Segmentation
Video – Strengthening Students Phonemic Awareness

6. Yopp-Singer Test of Phonemic Segmentation
Have one test sheet for each child in your class.
Assess individually in a quiet place.
Keep the assessment playful and game-like.
Explain the game to the children exactly as the directions specify (packet pp )
Model for the child what he/she needs to do with each of the practice words. Have them break apart each word with you.

7. Websites
awareness_what_does_it_.htm
content2/phonemic.p.k12.4.html