Learning and manipulating the sounds in spoken words.
“Before children learn to read print, they need to become aware of how the sounds in words work. They must understand that words are made up of individual speech sounds, or phonemes. A child’s skill in phonological awareness is a good predictor of later reading success or difficulty.”
– Reading Rockets
Continuum of Skills:
Simple to Complex
Assessment
Assessment is the process of asking questions about students’ reading skills and gathering information to answer those questions.
-Stephanie Stollar
District Learning Inventories
For Kindergarten to Grade 2
Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST)
The Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST) can be found in this resource that is in many schools and at this link.
Instruction
Guided Phonics and Beyond
Resources by Tara West
UFLI Foundations
University of Florida Literacy Institute website and companion manual
