students who have phonological awareness are able to... - Answers identify/make oral rhymes
clap the number of syllables in a word
recognize words with the same initial sounds like monkey and mother
recognize spoken language
blend sounds together (bl, tr, sk)
and divide and manipulate words
Onsets - Answers beginning consonant and consonant cluster
Tr in the word train
Rimes - Answers the vowel and following consonants within a syllable
ain in the word train
segmentation - Answers breaking a word apart
isolation - Answers separate word parts or to isolate a single sound in the word
phonemic awareness continuum - Answers 1. phoneme isolation
2. blending
3. segmentation
4. addition
5. deletion
6. substitution
phoneme isolation - Answers students hear and separate out individual sounds in words
blending - Answers students can combine sounds in a word
addition - Answers students can manipulate a word by adding a sound that is not originally in the word
Deletion - Answers students manipulate the word by deleting sounds to make a new word
substitution - Answers Highest level if phonemic awareness
students have to identify the sounds and locate the sounds in the word, but also have to switch them
with other sounds
, Quick Tip - Answers Students learn the beginning and ending sounds in consonants before the medial, or
middle, sounds in words.
Example, in the word sun, students will identify the s and n before they recognize the u sound
Test Tip - Answers Remembering that deletion and substitution are at the top of the phonemic
awareness continuum will help you identify correct answer choices on the test
Phonological awareness continuum - Answers 1. rhyme
2. alliteration
3. sentence segmentation
4. syllable segmentation
5. onset and rime blending, and segmentation
6. phoneme manipulation
alliteration - Answers students can identify and produce words with the same initial sound
example) sat, see, silly
Sentence Segmentation - Answers students can segment sentences into words as in he/ went/ to/ the/
beach.
syllable segmentation - Answers blend and segment syllables of spoken words as in hap-py, de-light,
sum-mer
onset-rime blending and segmentation - Answers students can blend or segment the onset (initial
consonant or consonant cluster) and the rime (vowel and consonant sounds, following the rime as in tr-
ack, b-at, sl-eep
Phoneme Manipulation - Answers manipulate sounds in words
Most complex skill on the continuum that includes being able to
-blend phonemes
-segment phonemes individually b-a-t
-addition and deletion
- and substitution
explicit instruction in phonemic/phonological awareness - Answers teaching children to manipulate
phonemes with letters, focusing the instruction on one or twp types and teaching children in small
groups