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Strategies for teaching Phonemic Awareness
(Domain 2) -sound isolation
-sound identity
-sound blending
-sound substitution
-sound deletion
-sound segmentation
Word Awareness
(Domain 2) Awareness that sentences are made up of words.
Syllable Blending
(Domain 2) Blending 2 syllables into a word (/sis/+/ter/=sister)
Word Blending
,(Domain 2) Take two single- syllable words and combine them to make a compound
word. E.g. take cow and boy. Blend together to make cowboy
Sound Blending
(Domain 2) Taking individual sounds and blending them together into a word. /b/ /a/ /t/ =
bat
Segmentation
(Domain 2) The ability to break a word into separate phonemes.
Sound Isolation
(Domain 2) Child given a word and asked to tell which sound occurs at beginning, middle
and end of word.
Sound Identity
(Domain 2) teacher will need sets of words that all share the same beginning, middle, or
end sound but have no other shared sounds. e.g. lake, light, and low begin with /l/ sound
Sound Deletion
,(Domain 2) Identification of what results when a phoneme is removed from a given word.
Snail > Nail
Letter Recognition
(Domain 2) Ability to identify both the uppercase and lowercase letters when a teacher
says the name of the letter
Letter Naming
(Domain 2) Ability to say the name or a letter when the teacher points to it.
Letter Formation
(Domain 2) To write the uppercase and lowercase letters legibly.
Four basic strokes: circles, horizontal lines, vertical lines, slant lines
Consonant Digraph
(Domain 2) Pair of cononants that make a single sound different from the individual
sound. ex: th, sh, ph
, Consonant Blends
(Domain 2) Two or three consonants that appear together ina word, with each retaining
sound when blended (fl, gr, sp, mp)
Vowel Digraph
(Domain 2) two vowels, and occasionally three, that make one sound (rain, great, leaves)
Diphthong
(Domain 2) a vowel pain in which the sound glides from one vowel to the other- like oi,
oy, ou, and ow in foil, boy, out, and cow.
Concepts About Print
(Domain 2) conventions of print, purpose of print, function of print, print awareness, sight
vocabulary, phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, social interaction, frequent experiences,
prior knowledge or schema, motivation, fluency.
The key indicators of Reading Fluency
(Domain 3) -Accuracy
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Answers|Latest Update
Strategies for teaching Phonemic Awareness
(Domain 2) -sound isolation
-sound identity
-sound blending
-sound substitution
-sound deletion
-sound segmentation
Word Awareness
(Domain 2) Awareness that sentences are made up of words.
Syllable Blending
(Domain 2) Blending 2 syllables into a word (/sis/+/ter/=sister)
Word Blending
,(Domain 2) Take two single- syllable words and combine them to make a compound
word. E.g. take cow and boy. Blend together to make cowboy
Sound Blending
(Domain 2) Taking individual sounds and blending them together into a word. /b/ /a/ /t/ =
bat
Segmentation
(Domain 2) The ability to break a word into separate phonemes.
Sound Isolation
(Domain 2) Child given a word and asked to tell which sound occurs at beginning, middle
and end of word.
Sound Identity
(Domain 2) teacher will need sets of words that all share the same beginning, middle, or
end sound but have no other shared sounds. e.g. lake, light, and low begin with /l/ sound
Sound Deletion
,(Domain 2) Identification of what results when a phoneme is removed from a given word.
Snail > Nail
Letter Recognition
(Domain 2) Ability to identify both the uppercase and lowercase letters when a teacher
says the name of the letter
Letter Naming
(Domain 2) Ability to say the name or a letter when the teacher points to it.
Letter Formation
(Domain 2) To write the uppercase and lowercase letters legibly.
Four basic strokes: circles, horizontal lines, vertical lines, slant lines
Consonant Digraph
(Domain 2) Pair of cononants that make a single sound different from the individual
sound. ex: th, sh, ph
, Consonant Blends
(Domain 2) Two or three consonants that appear together ina word, with each retaining
sound when blended (fl, gr, sp, mp)
Vowel Digraph
(Domain 2) two vowels, and occasionally three, that make one sound (rain, great, leaves)
Diphthong
(Domain 2) a vowel pain in which the sound glides from one vowel to the other- like oi,
oy, ou, and ow in foil, boy, out, and cow.
Concepts About Print
(Domain 2) conventions of print, purpose of print, function of print, print awareness, sight
vocabulary, phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, social interaction, frequent experiences,
prior knowledge or schema, motivation, fluency.
The key indicators of Reading Fluency
(Domain 3) -Accuracy
-Rate
