Phonological Awareness Skills Sequence
Skill                                                  Description                                                                  Example         
(Pre-K) Concept of Spoken Word          The ability to distinguish words in a sentence                  I like apples. (3 words)

(Pre-K) Rhyme Recognition                           The ability to recognize a rhyme                             Do pick and stick rhyme?

(K) Rhyme Completion                        The ability to complete a rhyme                              Humpty Dumpty sat on a                                                                                                                                                             wall. Humpty Dumpty had                                                                                                                                                        a great ­­­­­­­____.

(K) Rhyme Production                         The ability to produce a rhyme                               What word or pretend
word rhymes with ball?

(K) Syllable Blending                           The ability to blend syllables                                  Foot—ball together says football.     

(K) Syllable Segmentation                             The ability to segment syllables                              Clap the word parts in rainbow.(2 claps)      

(K) Syllable Deletion                           The ability to delete syllables                                 Say outside without side. (out)

(K) Phoneme Isolation
of Initial Sound                                   The ability to recognize the initial sound                 What is the first sound in dot? /d/

(K) Phoneme Isolation                         The ability to recognize the final sound                             What is the last sound in sun? /n/
of Final Sound                                                                

(1)Phoneme Blending Onset and Rime The ability to blend onset and rime                         What is the word /t/ /op/? (top)

(1) Phoneme Blending                         The ability to blend phonemes                                /p/ /i/ /g/. What’s the word? (pig)