Ms. Dawes is a kindergarten teacher who starts each school day by saying a word, and then having the students identify the sounds in the word. For example, Ms. Dawes might say the word "goat" and ask the students to say each sound in the word, i.e., /g/ /?/ /t/. This type of segmenting is an example of what essential skill area recommended by the National Reading Panel?

a. phonemic awareness
b. vocabulary
c. phonics
d. fluency


A

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