Isolate
Blend
Segment
Manipulate
Phoneme isolation is the ability to separate a single sound from the other sounds in a word.
Phoneme blending is when students are given the individual sounds and are able to blend them all together to say the word.
Phoneme segmentation is the opposite of blending. It is when students are given a word and are able to stretch the word out into its individual phonemes.
Phoneme manipulation consists of three things: the ability to add sounds, take away sounds, or substitute sounds.
What is the first sound in the word "cat"?
The first sound is
/k/.
Okay, what words do the sounds
/d/ /o/ /g/ make?
DOG!
Now try to break apart the word sun into segments.
Sun is
/s/ /u/ /n/
Great job!
DOG
Change the D to F and you get FOG.
Change the G to T and you get DOT.
Change the O to I and you get DIG.