Grade 1 Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns: Phonemic Awareness
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Teaching Phonemic Awareness
What it is
Phonemic awareness is hearing and working with the individual sounds in spoken words: knowing that cat has three sounds, or that changing the first sound of cat makes hat.
When a child is ready
It comes before and alongside letter sounds; a child who can rhyme and clap syllables is ready to isolate first sounds.
If they struggle
Keep it oral. Say a word slowly, stretch the sounds, and have the child count them on fingers. Practice first sounds, then last sounds, then middle sounds, a few minutes a day.
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