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LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
66 | Reading
2.0 Phonological Awareness (Continued)
At around 48 months of age At around 60 months of age
2.2 Orally blend the onsets, rimes,
and phonemes of words and orally
delete the onsets of words, with the
support of pictures or objects.*
Examples
Orally blends the onsets and rimes of words with
the support of pictures or objects.
• During a small group activity with several objects
on the table (e.g., cat, cup, mat, bus, rat, pup),
the child responds and selects the rat (or says
“rat”) when a teacher asks, “Ricardo, can you find
the r—at?”
• While playing a game of I-spy, the teacher says,
“I spy a s—un,” and the child indicates or points
to the sun or says, “sun.”
• While engaged in a game, the child selects the
picture of a bed from among three or four pictures
(or says, “bed”) when asked to put together
the letter sounds b—ed.
Deletes the onset from a spoken word with the
support of pictures or objects.
• The child selects the picture of ants from among
three or four pictures (or says, “ants”) when asked
to say “pants” without the “p” letter sound.
Orally blends individual phonemes to make a simple
word with the support of pictures or objects.
• While playing a “bingo game” during small group
time, the child chooses and marks pictures
corresponding to the words for which the
teacher sounds out the individual phonemes
(e.g., h—a—t, m—o—p, c—u—p).
• The teacher sings, “If you think you know the
word, shout it out. If you think you know the
word, tell me what you’ve heard. If you think you
know the word, shout it out . . . s—i—t.” The child
sings out “sit” along with the classmates.
• The child picks up the picture of a hat from
among three or four pictures (or says, “hat”)
when asked to put together the letter sounds
h—a—t.
* The foundations for phonological awareness are written only for older four-year-olds because much of the initial
development of phonological awareness occurs between 48 months and 60 months of age.
Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 1 • California Department of Education