The journey to reading begins with phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the ability to understand that spoken words are made up of individual sounds called phonemes, and it’s one of the best early predictors for reading success. Children without mastery of it will inevitably struggle.
Phonemic awareness is the most common reason students struggle with word reading.
Bridge the Gap is a series of systematic phonemic awareness intervention lessons for students in 2nd grade and above. The lessons can be used in small groups or with individual students who struggle to decode words automatically.
The Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum, Primary Extension provides 12 weeks of daily systematic phonemic awareness. The lessons are short and engaging, designed to supplement existing literacy instruction to help students become phonemically proficient. Thank you for supporting education!
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