PHONEMIC

WHAT ARE PHENOMES?

• Phenoms are the smallest parts of a sound
• Phonemic awareness is the ability to notice, isolate, and manipulate sounds in words and sentences

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EXAMPLE

• Changing the first first phenom in “hat”
• “Hat” can become “cat” or “rat”

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

PHONEMICS CAN HELP YOU TEACH MATCHING

• Ex.
• What words sound the same?
• “Sip”, “sit”, “dog”
• Grade: K

PHONEMICS CAN HELP STUDENTS ISOLATE SOUNDS

• Ex.
• What’s the first sound in “cat”?
• Grade: K

PHONEMICS CAN HELP STUDENTS LEARN BLENDING

• Ex.
• What do these sounds make?
• /s/-/t/-/a/-/r/?
• Grade: k-1

PHONEMICS CAN HELP STUDENTS LEARN SEGMENTING

• What sounds do you hear in “hot”
• /h/-/o/-/t/
• Grade: 1

PHONEMICS CAN HELP STUDENTS LEARN MANIPULATION

• Say “pig”
• Now change the first sound to an “f”
• “Pig”