Two words.
Without it, children may face challenges in learning how to read and write.
With it, children have a greater chance of reading and writing success.
WHAT IS PHONEMIC AWARENESS?
According to the University of Oregon, PHONEMIC AWARENESS (PA) is:
- the ability to hear and manipulate the sounds in spoken words and the understanding that spoken words and syllables are made up of sequences of speech sounds
- essential to learning to read in an alphabetic writing system, because letters represent sounds or phonemes. Without phonemic awareness, phonics makes little sense.
- fundamental to mapping speech to print. If a child cannot hear that "man" and "moon" begin with the same sound or cannot blend the sounds /rrrrrruuuuuunnnnn/ into the word "run", he or she may have great difficulty connecting sounds with their written symbols or blending sounds to make a word.
- a strong predictor of children who experience early reading success.
Children can be at different levels of development. The image below shows a continuum of PA development in children. More information regarding this image can be found here --> Reading First
There are many assessments and activities available to teachers and districts. I have created a product and uploaded it to my Teachers Pay Teachers and Teacher's Notebook stores.
To celebrate this new product, I am running a Teacher's Notebook Giveaway!
Not done yet...
I am also giving away this product to 5 lucky winners that have visited this blog!!! This product is valued at $10 and includes over 100 printable pages of assessments and activities covering phonemic awareness areas.
SOME SAMPLES OF WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT
Enter the giveaway below starting on July 14th and be sure to share with your friends and colleagues! :)
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Peace, Love, and Giveaways,
Mary Korty
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