Phonemic Awareness Flashcards

A kindergartner can identify rhymes but cannot segment the word 'dog' into its individual sounds. Based on the phonological awareness continuum, the teacher should next focus on:

Answer: Phoneme isolation

Between rhyme recognition and full segmentation, phoneme isolation (identifying the first, last, or middle sound) is the appropriate intermediate step.

Which of the following is an example of onset-rime segmentation?

Answer: Breaking 'slip' into the onset /sl/ and the rime /ip/

Onset-rime segmentation splits a single-syllable word at the onset (consonants before the vowel) and the rime (vowel and everything after). For 'slip': onset is /sl/, rime is /ip/.

How does phonemic awareness differ from phonics?

Answer: Phonemic awareness involves spoken sounds only; phonics connects sounds to written letters

Phonemic awareness is an oral and auditory skill involving spoken phonemes; phonics instruction maps those phonemes to graphemes (written letters).

A student says the word 'flap' has three sounds rather than four. What error is the student likely making?

Answer: Treating the consonant blend /fl/ as a single phoneme instead of two

The student is treating the consonant blend /fl/ as one sound instead of two separate phonemes /f/ and /l/, resulting in an undercount of phonemes.

Which statement best describes the relationship between phonemic awareness and reading comprehension?

Answer: Strong phonemic awareness supports decoding, which frees cognitive resources for comprehension

Phonemic awareness supports decoding accuracy and automaticity. When decoding is fluent, students can devote cognitive resources to meaning-making and comprehension.

A teacher uses Elkonin boxes, having students push a chip into each box as they say each sound in a word. This activity primarily develops:

Answer: Phoneme segmentation

Elkonin boxes are a research-based tool for developing phoneme segmentation by physically representing each phoneme as a student articulates it.