TReaching Phonemic Awareness

Levels of Phonomic Awarenes:
1. Rhythm & Rhyme: "fox" and "box"

• word patterns (sound matching): 
• syllables (syllable counting): clap

2. Parts of a Word: m-an, c-at, sl-eep

• syllable splitting: 
• phoneme blending (blur sounds into word)

3. Sequence of Sounds: "what sound did you hear first?"

• identify where sound is heard in the word (approximation)
• identify beginning, middle, ending sounds (phoneme isolation)

4. Separation of Sounds: "how many sounds are in the word tree?"

• Phoneme Counting
• Identifying individual sounds (phoneme segmentation)

5. Manipulation of Sounds: pan without "p" or fish without "f"

• substitute sounds of a word (phoneme substitution)
• Omit sounds of a word (phoneme deletion)

Connecting/extending phonemic awareness into written language:
Build or draw something simple, like a circle. Show how it is made up of parts. Children then can see "parts make a whole" in both sounding or spelling a word, as well as in drawing an object.

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GAME  IDEAS 

Silly Willy Song:
Sing Skip to My Lou, but replace words...

"Silly Willy, who should I choose?" (repeat 3x)
"I choose _____________ (Ethan BEethan)."


London Bridge
Sing london Bridge, but replace "my Fair lady" with...

"find a word that rhymes with _________." (person asks: "dog")
"_____________!" (other person responds with rhyming word: "jog!")