Phonemic Awareness
David Mitchell Portfolio Assignment
Definition
Phonemic Awareness is a student's understanding and awareness of speech that is composed of phonemes. Along with the students being able to hear, identify, and manipulate the phonemes, Phonemic Awareness is broken into two parts, aural (ear) and oral (mouth.
Rationale
Phonemic Awareness can be difficult for some students to grasp but it is highly necessary for them to become literate. Most adult readers believe phonemic awareness is a simple skill for younger children to learn (Devries p75), however that assumption could not be farther from the truth. Although some students tend to perform at a lower level of phonemic awareness than their classmates, there are multiple types of assessments that use activities based on the seven dimensions (Devries p81).
Below are images of Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic Awareness Teaching Lesson
In the link below you will see a teacher going through a 1st grade level phonemic awareness lesson plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojd_7oViXnk
Tongue Twisters
Using tongue twisters is a great activity to help students who are having trouble with distinguishing initial sounds. It allows the child to focus on sounds instead of writing the words out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv1VWc1V1Mc
Tips for Phonemic Awareness
Attached below is an article on the University of Oregon website that show tips and instructions for teaching Phonemic Awareness http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/pa/pa_sequence.php