Phonemic Awareness

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What is phonemic awareness?

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Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word that can change its meaning.

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How many phonemes are in the word 'cat'?

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3 (c, a, t)

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What is a syllable?

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A syllable is a single, unbroken sound of a spoken (or written) word.

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How many syllables are in the word 'banana'?

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3 (ba-na-na)

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What is a rhyme?

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A rhyme is when two or more words have the same ending sound.

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Which words rhyme: 'hat', 'cat', 'dog'?

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'hat' and 'cat' rhyme.

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What is an onset in a word?

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An onset is the initial consonant sound of a syllable.

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What is the onset of the word 'star'?

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s

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What is a rime in a word?

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A rime is the vowel and any following consonants in a syllable.