Phonological Awareness
Awareness of the sound structure of language — the critical bridge between oral language and reading.
Examples & Achievements
- Recognizes and produces rhyming words ("cat, hat, bat")
- Claps out syllables in words ("el-e-phant" = 3 claps)
- Identifies the first sound in a word ("ball starts with /b/")
- Blends 2-3 phonemes into a word ("/c/ /a/ /t/ = cat")
- Identifies whether two words start with the same sound
How to Measure
- Produces a rhyming word for 4 out of 5 given words
- Correctly segments 3-syllable words into syllables
- Identifies initial phoneme in 4 out of 5 words
- PALS-PreK (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening)
- DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) - First Sound Fluency
Sources (4)
- Head Start ELOF
- Common Core K
- SLP Standards
- Montessori