PL1L2 PA 3 steps

Phonological Awareness

The First Three Steps Click through the following slides to see the beginning steps of phonological awareness in young learners.

Step 1: Recognize and Manipulate Segments of Sound (syllables, onset-rime)

Syllable Segmentation

Breaking words into syllables, like clapping for each part of "happy."

Onset-Rime Manipulation

Identifying and changing the beginning sound of a word, like saying "cat" and then changing it to "hat."

Step 2: Identify Letter-Sound Relationships

Letter Recognition

Children learn to recognize letters, their shapes, and how they look in print.

Sound-Letter Correspondence

Understanding that letters make specific sounds and vice versa, such as "a" for the "ah" sound.

Phoneme Isolation

Identifying the individual sounds within a word and matching them to their corresponding letters.

Step 3: Link Letter-Sound Relationships with Phonemes

Blending

Combining individual sounds to form words, like saying c-a-t to form "cat."

Decoding

Using letter-sound knowledge to sound out and read new words.

Segmenting

Breaking words into individual sounds, like saying "cat" and then identifying each sound: c-a-t