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.

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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 'apple'?

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2 (ap-ple)

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What is blending in phonemic awareness?

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Blending is combining individual sounds to form a word.

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What is segmenting in phonemic awareness?

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Segmenting is breaking a word into its individual sounds.

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How do you spell the word 'sun'?

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s-u-n

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What is the missing letter in the word 'h_a_t'?

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a

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Which letter is different: b, d, p?

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p