Level 8

Level 8 – Phonemic Segmentation

Blending Phonemes to make words: a word is presented, with the individual phonemes isolated.  The child needs to put the phonemes together to make the word.

Phonemic segmentation :  a child is given a word and is required to isolate the individual phonemes.  Please not: these tasks can be presented as onset and rime e.g. /p/ar…k/ or phoneme by phoneme e.g. /p/. /ar./ /k/

In most children the ability to synthesise (blend) sounds into words occurs earlier than analytic (segmentation) skills (Bryen & Gerber, 1987; Caravolas & Bruck, 1993; Solomons, 1992; Torgesen et al., 1992; Yopp, 1992).  Thus it is easier to respond to the word “cat” when presented with the sounds c- at or c-a-t, than it is to supply c-a-t when asked to tell what sounds you hear in “cat” (cited in Hepinstall 2002)

                                                               

Drawing Lines on Pictures

An example is given below of how to represent the phonemes in words by drawing lines through a picture.  Many pictures can be collected from magazines or anywhere and mad into activities.  Children can use counters on top of the pictures or just point as they say the word.