Phonemic Awareness Level 2
Part of the Phonemic Awareness skill progression -- 8 lessons, each building toward demonstrated mastery.
8 Lessons
What Your Child Will Learn
- 1
Putting Sounds Together
Learn to blend sounds together to make words, starting with onset-rime blending before progressing to full phoneme blending.
Objective: Students will blend onset and rime to produce whole words using arm blending and connected phonation techniques.45 minutes - 2
Blending CVC Words
Progress from onset-rime blending to full phoneme blending with three individual sounds, using connected phonation and starting with continuant sounds.
Objective: Students will blend three individual phonemes into CVC words using connected phonation, starting with words that begin with continuant sounds.45 minutes - 3
More Blending Practice
Extended blending practice including words beginning with stop sounds, building fluency and automaticity with 3-sound blending.
Objective: Students will blend CVC words beginning with both continuant and stop sounds with increasing fluency and accuracy.45 minutes - 4
Breaking Words Apart
Learn to segment words into individual phonemes, starting with 2-phoneme words and progressing to CVC words using finger tapping technique.
Objective: Students will segment spoken words into individual phonemes using finger tapping, starting with 2-phoneme words and progressing to CVC words.45 minutes - 5
Segmenting with Sound Boxes
Use Elkonin sound boxes with counters to make phoneme segmentation concrete and visible, building a bridge to spelling.
Objective: Students will use Elkonin boxes and counters to segment CVC words, pushing one counter into each box for each phoneme heard.45 minutes - 6
More Segmenting Practice
Extended segmenting practice with CVC words containing all short vowels, building fluency and beginning to connect segmenting to spelling.
Objective: Students will segment CVC words with all five short vowels with increasing fluency, and begin connecting the segmented sounds to letter representations.45 minutes - 7
Blending and Segmenting Together
Connect blending and segmenting as reciprocal skills, practicing both with the same words and learning to switch flexibly between the two operations.
Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding that blending and segmenting are reciprocal skills by performing both operations on the same CVC words and switching flexibly between the two.45 minutes - 8
Review and Application
Consolidate blending and segmenting skills, apply them with letter tiles, and connect phonemic awareness to beginning phonics in preparation for the PA-2 checkpoint.
Objective: Students will demonstrate mastery of blending and segmenting by applying both skills flexibly, using letter tiles to connect sounds to letters, and preparing for the PA-2 checkpoint.45 minutes
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