Phonemic Awareness Continuum
Phonological Awareness Continuum
Receptive and Expressive Language
Concepts of Print
Letter Formation
100

What level involves separating out individual sounds in words?

Phoneme Isolation

100

What level are students at when they can manipulate sounds in words? (Most complex skill and contains several skills)

Phoneme Manipulation

100

What is the third vocabulary skill acquired? (Refers to the words we need to know to understand what we read; part of receptive vocabulary)

Reading Vocabulary

100

Refers to reading left to right, and top to bottom. 

Directionality

100

Writing requires what skills?

Fine-Motor Skills

200

What is the level called when students can combine sounds in a word?

Blending

200

What level are students at when they can segment sentences into words?

Sentence Segmentation

200

What is the second vocabulary skill acquired? (Consists of the words we use when we speak; part of expressive vocab)

Speaking Vocabulary

200

What is the term for everyday life print (labels and logos)?

Environmental Print

200

How can we teach pencil control?

  • Use pencil grips 
  • Use playdough or putty to strengthen hands 
300

What level are students at if they can can divide the word into individual sounds and are able to count or identify how many sounds in a word?

Segmenting

300

What level are students at when they can identify and produce words with the same initial sound?

Alliteration

300

What is the last vocabulary skill acquired? (Consists of words we use when we write; part of expressive vocab)

Writing Vocabulary

300

What is the first stage of early Print Awareness?

Books are held correctly

300

How can we teach letter formation?

  • Build upper and lowercase letters
  • Trace letters
  • Draw letters in sand
400

What level are students at when they can manipulate the word by deleting sounds to make a new word?

Deletion

400

What level are students at when students can blend and segment syllables of spoken words?

Syllable Segmentation 

400

What is the first vocabulary skill acquired? (Refers to the words we need to know to understand what we hear; part of receptive vocab)

Listening Vocabulary

400

What is a strategy to promote print awareness and tracking print?

  • Labeling key objects around the room 
  • Posters with captions and pictures
  • Oversized books
  • Point out elements of a book (title, author, heading, etc.
400

Why should we teach student in various forms?

It helps to separate letter formation and pencil skills.

500

What is the most complex/highest level of the phonemic awareness continuum? (Occurs when students can identify the sounds, locate the sounds in the words, and switch them with other sounds)

Substitution

500

What level are students at when students can match and identify sounds of words?

Rhyme

500

This term relates to listening vocab and when acquired, students can understand a story that is being read aloud (Develops before reading comprehension).

Listening Comprehension

500

Refers to the knowledge of Words v. Pictures and Letters v. Words.

Differentiation

500

Why does writing correctly from the start help students?

It helps reduce letter reversals, messy handwriting, and errors.

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