RCI-00382 · Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic Awareness — Teen Foundation Creative Challenge · Self-Paced

Hear, identify and manipulate the sound structures that underpin confident reading. This version is designed for ages 13–15 at foundation level through independent digital learning.

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What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure sound discrimination with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop increasingly independent blending with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop applied segmenting with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop confident phoneme manipulation with clear guided foundations.
  • Apply Phonemic Awareness skills through playful creation appropriate to ages 13–15.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Listening for SoundsFocus: sound discrimination

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 13–15.

Unit 2 · Blend It TogetherFocus: blending

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 13–15.

Unit 3 · Break Words ApartFocus: segmenting

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 13–15.

Unit 4 · Sound Change ChallengeFocus: phoneme manipulation

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 13–15.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Teen learners (ages 13–15) who want to develop sound discrimination, blending, segmenting, phoneme manipulation at Foundation level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Phonemic Awareness, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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