segment sentences into individual words; orally blend and segment single-syllable spoken words; isolate, blend and manipulate phonemes in single-syllable words (phonological awareness)

How Bloomi helps with this

This is a readiness-year topic that builds towards the next NAPLAN year. Bloomi practises it as curriculum mastery, never test drilling.

What this looks like in the classroom

• saying the sounds when given a word; for example, “can” (“c-a-n”) or “ship” (“sh-i-p”)
• saying the word when given the sounds; for example, “l-i-p” (“lip”) or “m-u-n-ch” (“munch”)
• saying the new word when the beginning phoneme/medial/end phoneme in a word is replaced with a different phoneme; for example, “run” becomes “fun”, or “fun” becomes “fan”