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SEGEMTING ACTIVITY

All of these phonological awareness competencies anticipate the most granular of the segmenting
activities, the segmentation of words into discrete phonemes. It is this level of phonological
awareness that people call phonemic awareness. Such progression from the most accessible to the
most discrete phonological awareness competency is cumulative and natural.

Let's take a look at one small-group activity. As you work through small-group lessons, keep a tally
sheet that lists the specific letters you’re addressing, as well as the students in the group. This will
enable you to record areas of continued need for each student, allowing you to group your students
more effectively for subsequent instruction. Doing this will actually free you from aimless lessons and
will be of greater benefit to the individual learners in your classroom.