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  • Phoneme Identification Skill Explainer

Quick Look: Isolating Phonemes

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Produced by Reading Universe, a partnership of WETA, Barksdale Reading Institute, and First Book
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Teacher: Let's all say the name of this picture. What is this, everybody? 

Teacher and Students: Horse. Horse

Teacher: Yes. Now, let's rollercoaster horse. Let me see you ...

Teacher and students:  /h/, /or/, /s/. 

Teacher: What's the ending sound? 

Students: /Ssss/. 

Teacher: Very nice job.

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