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Idalia Rodriguez Perez has over 30 years of experience teaching reading in public schools and higher education. The author has also directed a Reading Clinic for struggling readers, developed and directed a Reading Research Center, and is an architect of the Texas state Master Reading Teacher and Reading Specialist Certification

This guide will help teach phonemic awareness to Pre K-3 students. It presents phonemic awareness as one of the most sophisticated branches of phonological awareness through interactive activities that allows the student to succeed in learning the sounds represented by the letters of the alphabet.

Introduction     v
The Sounds in Words: A Theoretical Perspective     1
Phonemic Awareness: An Overview     5
Questions and Answers about Phonemic Awareness     15
Phonemic Awareness Assessment     21
Fundamentals of Phonemic Awareness Every Practitioner Must Know     25
Instruction and Strategies     33
References     95
Appendixes
Practice and Reinforcement Activities     97
Literary Selections     101
Books That Support Phonetic Elements     131
Websites     133
English and Spanish Form Letters     135
Common Phonogram Patterns or Rimes     137