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Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic awareness is the knowledge that spoken words are made of sounds that can be heard, manipulated, identified, and, separated. The sounds are called phonemes. There are 44 different phonemes in English for the 26 letters of the alphabet. Phonemic awareness is a necessary skill in learning to read.