The Magic of Reading and Phonics · Foundational Skills

Cracking the Code: Phonemic Awareness

Focusing on isolating, blending, and segmenting individual sounds in spoken words to build a base for reading.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does changing one sound in a word create a brand new meaning?
  2. 2Why is it important to hear every individual sound in a word before we write it?
  3. 3How do sounds work together to form the building blocks of our language?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.2.C
Grade: 1st Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: The Magic of Reading and Phonics
Period: Foundational Skills

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