Scaffolding for Teaching Phonemic Awareness

Kindergarten / First Grade Phonemic Awareness Fast Activity:

	Skill	Objective	Materials	Routine	Correction
1	Onset rhyme	Students are able to blend words when given the on set rhyme.	Marker with a colored top. List of single syllable words	Teacher showing the students the marker taps the first sound of the word on the cap and slides their finger over the rest of the marker as they say the rhyme. Teacher then says "word" and the students unison respond by saying the word.	My turn. The sound are ___ ___ word ______ Your turn, do the same word. Review two words they have had and then give them the same word they missed.
2	Phonemic Blending	Students are able to blend phonemes when given by teacher	Unifix cubes or a visual showing the color squares for 2-5 syllable words List of single syllable words	Using the list of words the teacher taps a cube for each phoneme. Then the teacher places their finger back over the first cube and says “word” and slides their finger. Students say the word in unison.	My turn, the sound are ___ ___ ___ Word _______ Your turn ( same word). Review two words and repeat the word they missed.
3	Phonemic Segmentation	Students are able to segment phonemes when given a single syllable word.	List of single syllable words	Teacher says a word. Then holds up one finger for each phoneme. As the teacher holds up a finger the students say the sounds found in the word.	My turn, the word is __________, then give the signal and give the sounds. Your turn and repeat. Review two words and repeat the word they had missed.

Phonemic Awarness is a skill children should have mastered by the end of Kindergarten. This is an autory skill only and very easy to teach and provide practice. In many cases children just need practice. The chart below provides some scafolding to help your studdents master this key skill. Remember the objective is that the students are able to hear the sound. This assists the brain in hearing the sounds in the English Language which assists in decoding and spelling words later.