Segmenting words

The ability to separate the sounds of a word is called “phoneme segmentation”. It’s a critical skill in both learning to read and write. By six and a half/seven years of age students should be able to tell you the sounds in a word. So, for example, if given the word “cat”, the student should […]

Join us as we explore the topic of phoneme segmentation and provide teaching strategies and activities to help your Kindergarten students master this skill.

Hi, friends! Today, I’d like to talk about phoneme segmentation. Stretching out CVC words can be such a tricky skill for some of our little learners. You all know what I mean! Sometimes, identifying each sound through auditory means

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Are you looking for ways to teach blending an segmenting? These skills are crucial for strong reading skills. Explore free activities to teach these skills in an engaging way. Learn the basics of blending and segmenting, try Google Slides, use manipulatives, and practice oral blending/segmentation. Access resources like word lists, Guess My Word, and Self Checking Poke Cards. Pin this post for easy reference and empower your students' phonological awareness and reading success.

Great little "cheat sheet" for teaching phoneme segmentation.

Use a set of alphabet clothespins to practice spelling words, sight words, and word families. They're easy to make and fun to use.

Teach the skill of phoneme segmentation with these hands on phoneme segmentation tools and activities. Ideal for kindergarten and first grade.

Build phonemic awareness with these Free Phoneme Word Lists and Blending and Segmenting task cards. The color coded word lists are divided into words with 2, 3, 4, and 5 phonemes and come with corresponding blending and segmenting color coded task cards. Incorporate this Science of Reading aligned resource into your daily phonics lessons to help strengthen students’ ability to decode unfamiliar words and improve reading fluency.

Arwa Saif | my_busy_kid on Instagram: "Segmenting is the opposite of blending that is break the word into individual sounds . Both blending and segmenting are the building blocks of reading and writing . While we always focus on teaching kids to blend the sounds together into words , segmenting is equally important for them as it helps in mapping sounds that further develops strong reading and writing skills . In this activity we practiced floss rule words and broke it down into…