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Phonemic Awareness

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Phoneme Segmentation

Children break a word into its separate sounds, saying each sound as they tap out or count it. Then they write and read the sounds.

How To:
Teacher: How many sounds are in grab?
Children: /g/ /r/ /a/ /b/. Four sounds.