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2.0 Phonological Awareness (Continued)
At around 48 months of age At around 60 months of age
Examples (Continued)
California Department of Education • Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 1
Orally takes apart compound words into their
component words.
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• The child claps out words in a compound word
as part of a circle time activity. When the teacher
says, “When I think of the word ‘book,’ I think of
clapping one time. Other words like ‘bookshelf’
have two parts. So I clap two times. Let’s clap out
the parts for ‘paintbrush.’”
• The child responds, “table” when asked, “What
word do you get when you say ‘tablecloth’ without
‘cloth’?”
• The child responds, “ball” when asked, “What
word do you get when you say ‘football’ without
‘foot’?”
• The child responds, “mail” and “box” when
asked, “What two words make ‘mailbox’?”
Orally takes apart two-syllable words into their
component syllables.
• The child claps out syllables in a two-syllable
word as part of a circle time activity. When the
teacher says, “Let’s clap out how many parts we
hear in the word ‘cook-ie.’”
• The child responds, “door” when asked, “What
word do you get when you say ‘doorknob’
without ‘knob’?”
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY