DORA (K-12)
DORA Phonemic Awareness
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DORA Phonemic Awareness - For Parents
By the time children are between three and four years old, they have learned most of the approximately 40 phonemes (discrete sounds in words) which comprise the English language. The ability to hear and manipulate these discrete sounds in spoken words is referred to as "phonemic awareness." Children who have good phonemic awareness can often recognize/decode words and spell/write better than others. Some research has indicated that phonemic awareness is one of the best predictors of reading success. Others further argue that phonemic awareness is both the prerequisite and consequence of learning to read.
DORA Phonemic Awareness is available for a thorough assessment of oral phonemic awareness skills.
- Measures nine phonemic awareness skills
- Interactive technology features a mix of audio and multimedia images to engage all students
In DORA Phonemic Awareness, children are presented with a number of audio and picture-only items, ideal for non-readers or struggling readers, and asked to manipulate the sounds in these items to produce a new word. Specific phonemic awareness categories tested include: 1) addition, 2) deletion, 3) substitution, 4) identification, 5) categorization, 6) blending, 7) segmenting, 8) isolation, and 9) rhyming.
Fast, Powerful Results
DORA Phonemic Awareness‘s web-based platform allows for ease of use, leading to dramatic reading score improvement, and time and cost savings. Individual student reports are instantly available for parents to download, view, or print.
These reports may be used to:
- Guide home instruction
- Easily share students’ reading profiles with teacher
- Deliver accurate measures of student progress