Phonological/Phonemic Awareness Skills

Question 1

Phonological/Phonemic awareness skills:

Answer 1

Rhyming, Initial/Final sound identification, Segmenting, Substitution, Blending

Question 2

Rhyme detection/production:

Answer 2

3-4 years of age (correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words)

Question 3

Initial/final phoneme identification

Answer 3

5 years of age (identifying the first and last sounds of the word)

Question 4

Syllable segmentation

Answer 4

5 years of age (breaking down the syllables in a word)

Question 5

Phoneme blending

Answer 5

6 years of age (joining of the phonemes to make a word)

Question 6

Phoneme blending

Answer 6

6 years of age (joining of the phonemes to make a word)

Question 7

Phoneme Segmentation:

Answer 7

6 years of age (breaking down the phonemes in a word)

Question 8

Syllable deletion

Answer 8

6 years of age (a phonological pattern where children will omit the syllable in a multisyllabic word)

Question 9

Phoneme deletion

Answer 9

6 years of age (a phonological pattern where children will omit the phoneme in a multi phonemic word)

Question 10

Phoneme addition:

Answer 10

6-7 years of age (adding phonemes to a given word to produce a new word.)

Question 11

Phoneme substitution

Answer 11

6-7 years of age (strategy that helps develop students’ phonemic awareness, which is part of phonological awareness)

Question 12

Chronological order of development (3 - 7 years)

Answer 12

Rhyme detection 3-4
Initial/Final phoneme identification 5
Syllable segmentation 5
Phoneme blending 6
Phoneme segmentation 6
Syllable deletion 6
Phoneme deletion 6
Phoneme addition: 6-7
Phoneme substitution: 6-7