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Phonemic Awareness

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The Research Says…

"Children who fall behind in first grade reading have a one in eight chance of ever catching up to grade level."

(Juel, 1994)

"Phoneme awareness is the single best predictor of reading success between kindergarten and second grade."

(Adams, Stanovich, 1995)

"Phonemic awareness is more highly related to learning to read than are tests of general intelligence, reading readiness, and listening comprehension."

(Stanovich, 1993)