Which phonemic skill involves identifying a single sound in a spoken word?

Which phonemic skill involves identifying a single sound in a spoken word?

• A. Phoneme blending
• B. Phoneme isolation
• C. Phoneme substitution
• D. Phoneme deletion

Answer: (B)

Identifying a single sound within a spoken word is phoneme isolation. This skill means you can hear and name one specific sound in a word, such as the first sound in "bat" being /b/. It helps kids map sounds to letters for reading and spelling. It’s different from blending, which is putting individual sounds together to form a word; substitution, which is changing one sound to another in a word; and deletion, which is removing a sound from a word.

Identifying a single sound within a spoken word is phoneme isolation. This skill means you can hear and name one specific sound in a word, such as the first sound in "bat" being /b/. It helps kids map sounds to letters for reading and spelling. It’s different from blending, which is putting individual sounds together to form a word; substitution, which is changing one sound to another in a word; and deletion, which is removing a sound from a word.