Phonemic Awareness

How often do you teach phonemic awareness?

• Every Day

• A few times a week

• Several times a month

• When my students show a need for it

• I do not currently teach it

How comfortable do you feel teaching phonemic awareness?

• Extremely comfortable

• Pretty comfortable

• Somewhat comfortable

• Not too comfortable

Phonics and Phonemic Awareness are the same things and therefore, the terms can be used interchangeably.

• True

• False

How many sounds (i.e., phonemes) in the word, "sun?"

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

How many sounds (i.e., phonemes) in the word, "laughed?"

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Which of the following are phonemic awareness activities? Select all that apply.

• writing spelling words

• Isolating Sounds: Identifying the first, middle, and last sounds in words.

• Segmenting words: wish has 3 phonemes and is broken up this like: /w/ /i/ /sh/

• Manipulate sounds within words: Change the /w/ to /d/. What word? dish

• Building words using magnetic letters.

Of the following choices, which is the least complex phonemic awareness activity?

• Blending sounds

• Deleting Sounds

• Isolating Sounds

• Segmenting Sounds

Of the following choices, which is the most complex phonemic awareness activity?

• Blending sounds

• Isolating Sounds

• Segmenting Sounds

• Substituting Sounds