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Ep. 148: Hot Topic Series: Should You Teach Phonemic Awareness ‘In the Dark’ or with Print?

May 19, 2023

45:23

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

3min

The Relationship Between Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

3min

Should I Teach Nonsense Words?

2min

The Hagerty Curriculum: A Supplement to Phonics Instruction

3min

The Importance of Phonemic Awareness in Hegerty

3min

The Importance of Phonemic Awareness in Reading

4min

The Importance of Phonemic Awareness in Reading Instruction

2min

The Role of Phonemic Awareness in Learning to Read

2min

10.

How to Reduce Cognitive Load for Future Reading Tasks

4min

11.

The Importance of Phoneme Awareness in Kindergarten

3min

12.

Phonemic Awareness in the Dark

2min

13.

How to Use Canned Motions During Phonemic Awareness Instruction

3min

14.

Spelling Is the Window Into the Brain

2min

15.

How to Measure Third Grade Reading Levels

3min

16.

The Importance of Language in Teaching

3min

17.

How to Teach Phonemic Awareness to Your Students

3min

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What is Phonemic Awareness? It’s one component of your literacy instruction. Phonemic awareness means understanding that spoken words are made of individual sounds called phonemes. We want students to be able to isolate, blend, segment, and more. Can it be ‘done in the dark’? Or should we teach phonemic awareness with print? Listen and learn as we explore this important question (and more) in today’s episode.

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