PHONEMIC AWARENESS

WHAT IS A PHENOME?

• Phenomes- The smallest parts of sound in a spoken word that make a difference in how a sound changes a words meaning.
• Changing mug to rug

Phenomic Awareness is the understanding that the sounds of a spoken language work together to make words.

CHILDREN SHOW THEIR AWARENESS BY:

• Changing the phenome in the word: EX: hat to pat
• Recognizing which words begin with the same sound.
• Isolating and saying the first or last sound in a word: EX: beginning of bat is b, the ending of cat is t.

The English language has 41
Phemones.

IN CONCLUSION

• Phonemic Awareness teaches students how to find, think about, and work with sounds in a spoken language.