Phonemic Awareness by Rachel Moore https://padlet.com/racmoore/ykaat981x96a An infographic on the importance of phonemic awarness en-us 2019-05-07 18:47:01 UTC 2019-05-08 19:39:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f4da.png 1. What is Phonemic Awareness? racmoore https://padlet.com/racmoore/ykaat981x96a/wish/357783705 Phonemic Awareness is knowing the sounds in our spoken words, and the ability to break spoken words into sounds.]]> 2019-05-07 18:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/racmoore/ykaat981x96a/wish/357783705 2. Why is Phonemic Awareness important? racmoore https://padlet.com/racmoore/ykaat981x96a/wish/357784472 Phonemic awareness is the precursor to phonics and reading. Children who cannot distinguish sounds with in our spoken words have trouble identifying the print / sound relationship. This understanding is essential for proficient reading and spelling. ]]> 2019-05-07 18:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/racmoore/ykaat981x96a/wish/357784472 3. What can teachers do to promote phonemic awareness in their classes? racmoore https://padlet.com/racmoore/ykaat981x96a/wish/357784932 With struggling readers there is the model-lead-test strategy that teachers can employ, so that students are allowed the opportunity to, "hear an example of correct letter-sound mapping
(model), practice with teacher guidance (lead), and then
produce the sound independently (test)." Systematic Instruction. 
Teachers can also take time to "fine tune" their letter-sound (phoneme-grapheme) production to insure that they are correctly producing the phonemes in isolation. 
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