Phonemic Awareness

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Phonemic Awareness
Christa Lambert, Literacy Coach/Counselor
Fairyland Elementary
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What is Phonemic Awareness?

• the awareness that language is composed of small
  sounds
• the ability to differentiate and manipulate these
  sounds

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Why is Phonemic Awareness important?
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Levels of Phonemic Awareness

• Phonological Awareness Development Continuum

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Print before Phonemic Awareness?

• If I dont know how to differentiate sounds,
  letters dont have meaning for me.
• Sensenbaugh (1999) states you need phonemic
  awareness before and after learning to read. It
  is a foundation to learn how to spell and without
  the connection between phonemes and graphemes the
  learning is not sufficient.
• Sensenbaugh (1999) points out that phonics is not
  sufficient without a complete understanding of
  the sounds connected with a visual familiarity
  between the sound and letter/s (Sensenbaugh,
  1999).

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Stages of Development within Levels

• Students can blend syllables before they segment
  syllables
• Students can blend phonemes before they can
  segment them
• Moving too fast results in lost kids

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Listening Discrimination

• Repeat the sentence I say
• Count the words in this sentence
• Language Play with songs/poems
• Repeat short vowel sounds (a-e-i-o-u)
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom cd

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Hearing Rhyme Activities

• Cloze Read known or predictable poem, have
  students fill in rhyming words as you pause
• Language Play with Songs and Poems Willaby
  Wallaby Woo, I Was Walking Down the Road, Invent
  Rhymes with student names,
• NURSERY RHYMES The kids today dont know them!!
• Which word does not rhyme? bug rug mat
  (Odd Word Out)
• Give me a word that rhymes with ________

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Syllable Segmentation

• Explain that syllables are word parts
• Clap the syllables in the word elephant
• Count the syllables in the word elevator
• Kids names
• Teacher says syllables student blends to say
  word

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Onset-Rime Blending Segmenting

• Sesame Street w ish wish
• Teacher isolates beginning sound, S blends
• Student segments beginning sound
• Show picture, student says b
• Use student names, segment first sound

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Blending Segmenting Phonemes

• Teacher gives sounds of CVC words and student
  blends to produce word T wig Student
  wig
• Say It, Move It
• Grab Bag Student pulls out duck, says
  d---u---ck
• Students break words into sounds
• Head Belly Toes CVC
• Head Shoulders Knees Toes (4 letter blends)
• Arm Tapping to Count on Fingers

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DIBELS in Kindergarten

• Initials Sounds Fluency Phoneme Isolation
• Letter Naming Fluency
• Phoneme Segmentation Fluency f / l / a / t
• Nonsense Word Fluency short vowel sounds

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Contact Information

• christalambert_at_walkerschools.org
• Fairyland Elementary School
• 706-820-1171