1. An Overview of Phoneme Segmentation and Blending

Why Do We Teach Phoneme Segmentation and Blending?

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Princess Watts-Blount: Your first word is train. Repeat.

Students: Train.

Princess Watts-Blount: All right. Let's tap it.

Students: /t/, /r/, /ā/ /n/.

Princess Watts-Blount: All right. Now do it with your pop-it.

Students: /t/, /r/, /ā/ /n/.

Princess Watts-Blount: All right. Can somebody give me the sounds in train? Yes.

Student: /t/, /r/, /ā/ /n/.

Princess Watts-Blount: How many phonemes?

Students: Four.

Princess Watts-Blount: Four. /t/, /r/, /ā/ /n/.

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Jenifer Rogers: Here we go. We're going to blend our phonemes. We're going to blend our phonemes. I'm going to give you the sounds separate. You're going to pull them all back together for me. Here we go: /b/, /e/, /s/, /t/.

Students: Best.

Jenifer Rogers: /m/, /a/, /s/, /k/

Students: Mask.