Phonological Awareness
The ability to recognize and manipulate the sound structures of spoken language, including rhyming, syllable segmentation, onset-rime blending, and phoneme isolation, blending, and segmentation.
What the research says
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Prerequisites
Foundational skill — no prerequisites indexed.
What mastery looks like
Limited awareness of sounds in words
- Does not recognize rhyming words
- Cannot clap syllables in own name
- Shows little interest in sound play
Beginning to notice and enjoy sound patterns
- Enjoys rhyming songs and books
- Can identify some rhyming pairs with support
- Begins to clap syllables in familiar words
Actively manipulates sounds with support
- Generates rhyming words
- Segments words into syllables independently
- Identifies beginning sounds in words
- Blends onset and rime
Independently manipulates phonemes
- Isolates initial, medial, and final phonemes
- Segments CVC words into individual sounds
- Blends phonemes to form words
- Substitutes phonemes to create new words
Flexibly applies phonological knowledge
- Manipulates sounds in multisyllabic words
- Uses phonological awareness to support spelling and reading
- Plays creatively with language sounds
Related activities
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Formal assessments
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Standardised assessment view
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