Phonemic Awareness Instruction - Kindergarten

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Does the student show awareness of individual words in spoken sentences?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) tap each word in a sentence, or (b) use manipulatives to represent each word in a sentence
Can the student identify the syllables in spoken words?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) segment two-syllable words, or (b) segment three-syllable words
Can the student tell when words rhyme or generate spoken words that rhyme?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) identify words that rhyme, or (b) state words that rhyme
Can the student identify the first sound in spoken three phoneme words? The last sound? The middle sound?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) identify the first sound, (b) identify the last sound, and (c) identify the middle sound in CVC words
Can the student orally blend two and three phonemes to make one syllable words?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) blend two phonemes in a one-syllable word, and (b) blend three phonemes in a one-syllable word
Can the student orally segment the two and three phonemes in one syllable words?	Help Me Decide Have the student: (a) segment words with two phonemes, and (b) segment words with three phonemes

For more information refer to the Phonological Awareness section.

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