AREA: Phonological Awareness

Phonemic Awareness Activities

These activities help students hear the individual sounds in spoken words. This supports the student’s early reading and spelling skills. An assessment that can identify a student’s need for this skill is easyCBM Phoneme Segmentation.

The following activities are from the Florida Center for Reading Research: http://www.fcrr.org

  1. A. Say and Slide Phonemes (Elkonin) - Students hear the individual sounds using pictures.
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    B . Phoneme Split and Say (Elkonin) - This is similar to the "Say and Slide Phonemes" with longer words.
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  2. Phoneme Closed Sort - Students hear the individual phonemes using pictures; there are pictures with 2-5 phonemes; as well as, an extension for syllables.
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  3. Phoneme Go Fish - Students hear the beginning sounds using pictures.
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