True or False
Both phonics and phonological awareness are the same thing!
False!
The smallest unit of sound is called _______.
Phoneme
The written representation of phonemes is called ______.
Graphemes
True or False
Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate the spoken parts of sentences and words.
True!
Phonological awareness = oral language
How many phonemes (sounds) are in the English language?
44!
True or False:
Phonics is something you can do with your eyes closed!
False
Phonological awareness skills (not phonics) can be done with your eyes closed because you are listening to sounds.
Whereas phonics skills refers to printed text.
Remember:
Phonological skills= Sounds we hear
Phonics= Letters we read
What is the most advanced skill of phonological awareness?
Phonemic Awareness
True or False:
Phonemic awareness is not part of phonological awareness umbrella.
False!
Phonemic awareness is part of the phonological awareness umbrella; in fact, it is the most advanced stage.
True or False
Phonics comes before phonological awareness
False
Which phonological awareness skill is this?
/I/ /see/ /the/ /dog/ = 4 words
Word Awareness or specifically Sentence segmentation.
How many phonemes (sounds) does "moon" have?
/m/ /oo/ /n/
3 phonemes
Which is the phonics skill from the list (distinguish from phonological and phonemic awareness skills)?
(A) Child hears that clock rhymes with rock
(B) Child sees the written word "clock" and pronounces each phoneme/sound and then blends the sounds to say the word "clock"
(C) Child hears that clock is made up of individual sounds: /c/ /l/ /o/ /c/ /k/ sounds
Choice B
Remember phonological awareness skills can be done with your eyes closed, unlike phonics where you are reading the word and looking at the written representation.
Which phonological skill identifies the initial phonological unit of any word and refers to the string of letters that follow, usually a vowel and final consonants.
Example:
MAP: map + map
Onset and Rime
Which phonemic awareness skill is this?
Take /s/ (s sound) away from scar = car
Deletion/deleting sounds
Name 1 activity that a parent can do to practice phonics with child at home
At-Home Phonics Treasure Hunt,
Fun Phonics Writing (Practice writing letters and words with paint or write in shaving cream spread thinly on a table.)
Word Building with Magnetic Letters
Flashcards
Reading stories