Phonological Awareness Continuum Examples
*The phonological awareness continuum refers to the general advancement of instruction and learning in the sounds of language, moving from alliteration and rhyming through segmenting sentences, syllables, onset and rime.
• Rhyme- recognizing & producing words with the same ending sound. Ex: What word rhymes with word cat? Or Does cat rhyme with the word hat?
• Alliteration- recognizing and producing words with the same beginning sound. Ex: having students recognize words that have the same beginning sound and sort the pictures.
• Segmenting-being able to separate a sentence into words. Ex: How many words are in this sentence: Sally walks to the store. (5)
• Syllables-refers to blending or segmenting syllables into words. Ex: How many syllables
• Rhyme- recognizing & producing words with the same ending sound. Ex: What word rhymes with word cat? Or Does cat rhyme with the word hat?
• Alliteration- recognizing and producing words with the same beginning sound. Ex: having students recognize words that have the same beginning sound and sort the pictures.
• Segmenting-being able to separate a sentence into words. Ex: How many words are in this sentence: Sally walks to the store. (5)
• Syllables-refers to blending or segmenting syllables into words. Ex: How many syllables