Phonemic Awareness
The ability to manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.
readings
Readings on Phonemic Awareness
- Excerpts from Equipped for Reading SuccessEquipped for Reading Success was a book published by Dr David A Kilpatrick. This excerpt includes the following chapters: Understanding Phonological Awareness, Orthographic Mapping and Sight Word Learning: Why we need phonemic awareness, Assessment of Phonological Awareness: The Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST) ,
orthographic mapping
Strategies
Programs
- Heggerty"Our mission is to equip teachers with effective and engaging products and professional learning opportunities that help prepare and empower all students to become lifelong readers ... "
- Equipped For Reading Success
"A comprehensive, step-by-step program for developing phonemic awareness and fluent word recognition."
Activities to develop phonological and phonemic awareness
Lesson Resources
- Activities to develop phonological and phonemic awarenessThis resource distinguishes between phonological and phonemic awareness and presents activities which will help develop phonological awareness.
- Tools 4 ReadingTools 4 Reading supply Australian Phonem/Grapheme Cards, Kids Lips Cards and Guides and more.
- Phonemes are sounds AND articulatory gestures"Phonemes are perceptually distinct speech sounds that distinguish one word from another, e.g. the “p”, “b”, “t” and “d” in “pie”, “by”, “tie” and “die”. They’re also articulatory gestures ... "
- Why Teachers Are Adopting Sound Walls Over Word Walls"Teachers have a plethora of sources to help guide research-based best practices in teaching such as journals, professional development, educational magazines and podcasts… just to name a few. But, the most powerful learnings occur in the staffroom with your teaching buddies! These professional discussions not only cover the impact of educational research on classroom practices but also allow teachers to narrow the gap between research and reality. It is often this gap that makes it difficult for a teacher to really implement newer research-based practices into their classrooms ... "
books
Books on Phonemic Awareness
Assessments
Assessments
- Phonological Awareness Skill Mapping (PASM)"The PASM is a screening tool designed to be used with children in the early years. Research indicates that phonological awareness develops in a sequence and the PASM follows this typical developmental order ... "
- The PAST Test"The Phonological Awareness Skills Test (PAST) is an informal, verbally-administered diagnostic tool that helps a tutor, teacher, caregiver, etc., to evaluate the 14 separate aspects of Phonological Awareness in a young student. It’s usually administered to children in the early grades of elementary school. The entire test is given orally, and each section should take no longer than 3-4 minutes." This link will direct you to the test but to read more about the test follow this link: https://literacyindeschutes.org/the-14-parts-of-phonological-awareness-skills-test-past/
introduction
An Introduction to Phonological Awareness
"Phonological awareness is a broad skill that includes identifying and manipulating units of oral language – parts such as words, syllables, and onsets and rimes. Children who have phonological awareness are able to identify and make oral rhymes, can clap out the number of syllables in a word, and can recognize words with the same initial sounds like 'money' and 'mother.' (Phonemic awareness refers to the specific ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.)" (Reading Rockets)
Reading difficulties
- Things tie together when you have a really good theoryThis blog post summarises the contents of this hour-long video.
- Our goal is to develop phoneme proficiency in kidsThis blog post summarises the contents of this video.
Phonemic Awareness
44 Sounds in Spoken English