Prioritizing Blending and Segmenting in Phonemic Awareness Instruction

In this conversation, Becky Pallone and Michael Hart discuss how their phonemic awareness instruction  has evolved over time. They emphasize the importance of blending and segmenting as key skills in phonemic awareness and highlight the benefits of incorporating letters in phonemic awareness instruction. They will also provide practical tips for you! 

Takeaways

• Incorporating letters in phonemic awareness can strengthen letter-sound correspondence.
• Teachers should prioritize blending and segmenting in phonemic awareness instruction.
• Teacher knowledge and curriculum are both important in phonemic awareness instruction. 

Resources 

• Measured Mom CVC Word List
• Pam Kastner Wakelet Resources: The Literacy Collection
• Explicit Instruction, Anita Archer
• Continuous Phonation Webinar, Selina Gonzales Frye
• University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI)
• Goyen Foundation Twitter/X

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