5 Components of Literacy

Phonemic awareness is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in words. We know that a student's skill in phonemic awareness is a good predictor of later reading success or difficulty.

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I wonder why that S looks like a snake?

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What does a B have to do with Z?

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If a student has difficulty with basic sounds how can I expect them to read the textbook?

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