Phonemic Awareness: An Introduction

Phonemic Awareness

• What is it?: Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate individual sounds in words.
• What is it not?: Phonemic awareness is not phonics. Phonics refers to how letters and sounds correspond and how we decode those words.
• Why is it important?: Phonemic awareness is important for students to understand phonics. Phonemic awareness helps kids make the leap from sounds → letters → decoding.

A student's ability to manipulate individual sounds in words is a strong predictor of later reading success. Phonemic awareness also aids in vocabulary and fluency. The National Reading Panel found that "students who had a solid foundation in phonemic awareness had improved ability to read and spell in the long run."

• The Scoop:
  • Isolation
  • Blending
  • Segmenting
  • Manipulation (adding, deleting, and substituting phonemes)
• There are four main categories of phonemic awareness:

Full Show Notes Here

Additional Resources & References:

• Resources:
• Phonemic Awareness Bundle
• Phoneme Grapheme Mapping Literacy Center
• Phonemic Awareness Bundle
• References:
• What Does Phonemic Awareness Mean?
• Making the Most of Phonemic Awareness
• My Top 5 Phonemic Awareness Activities

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