Skill Spotlight: Phonological Awareness

• Subject: English Language Arts (ELA)

• Grade: K

What is my child learning?

A major focus in early kindergarten is phonological awareness, or the ability to recognize and produce sounds in spoken language. Phonological awareness skills include rhyme recognition as well as counting and identifying syllables within words. Phonological awareness is a key foundational reading skill. Before beginning readers can "sound out" words to read them, they must first recognize that language is made up of individual sounds and become adept at recognizing those sounds. Note that phonological awareness activities focus only on the sounds. Individual sounds are not yet linked to a specific written letter or letter combination.

📅 Coming tomorrow

This week’s activity is called “Pass the Rhyme.” You and your kid will be practicing an important reading skill called phonological awareness. Look for it in your text tomorrow!