Pillar 2: Phonics

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

1. Importance of Phonemic Awareness

• Considered a necessary, but not sufficient skill for reading.

2. PILLAR 2: Phonics

• Essential in early literacy.

A. Definition of Phonics

• Instruction aimed at helping children:

  • Learn and understand the alphabetic principle (relationship between spoken sounds and written language).

  • Recognize that this relationship is predictable.

B. Benefits of Phonics

• Helps children read familiar and unfamiliar words.

• Supports reading fluency.

C. Relationship to Phonemic Awareness

• Phonemic awareness is crucial for phonics instruction.

• Juel (pg. 410): "Without phonemic awareness, phonics instruction is meaningless."

3. Additional Resource

• Bonnie Terry (2017). What is Phonics? [Video File]. Retrieved from Youtube.