Sounds and Letters · Vocabulary and Language

Phonemic Awareness

Hearing, identifying, and manipulating individual sounds in spoken words.

Key Questions

  1. 1How many different sounds can you hear in your own name?
  2. 2What is the very first sound you hear when I say the word sun?
  3. 3What word do we get if we put these three sounds together?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9EFLA01
Year: Foundation
Subject: English
Unit: Sounds and Letters
Period: Vocabulary and Language

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