Ep. 148: Hot Topic Series: Should You Teach Phonemic Awareness ‘In the Dark’ or with Print?

What is Phonemic Awareness? It’s one component of your literacy instruction. Phonemic awareness means understanding that spoken words are made of individual sounds called phonemes. We want students to be able to isolate, blend, segment, and more. Can it be ‘done in the dark’? Or should we teach phonemic awareness with print? Listen and learn as we explore this important question (and more) in today’s episode. 

Resources

• They Say You Can Do Phonemic Awareness Instruction “In the Dark”, But Should You? A Critical Evaluation of the Trend Toward Advanced Phonemic Awareness Training 
• Ep. 142: Structured Literacy in Small Group Time
• Choosing and Using Decodable Texts by Wiley Blevins
• Phonemic Awareness vs. Phonics Heggerty 
• What are Phonological Awareness and Phonemic Awareness? Heggerty 
• Free Sample Lessons Heggerty

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