Misunderstanding: Phonemic Awareness Develops Naturally
Misunderstanding:Phonemic Awareness and Phonics are the Same Thing
Misunderstanding: Children Just Need to Learn Letter Sounds to Read
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How did humans communicate prior to written language?Pg.36

Through drawings and pictographs.

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Helping students to learn the relationship between the sounds (phonemes) in our spoken language is called what? Pg.39

Phonics

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What specific symbols do we use for every written word? Pg.40

The alphabet

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True or false: Humans are naturally wired to know written language?

False

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What is the subcategory of phonological awareness? Pg.39

Phonemic Awareness

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Every spoken word can be broken apart into? Pg.40

Phonemes

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True or False: Our brains can learn to listen for the sounds within words?

True

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What is the umbrella term for any work helping students learn to notice and/or manipulate sounds in speech? Pg.39

Phonological Awareness

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Every sound in spoken word is represented by what? Pg.40

By a letter or a combination of letters.

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