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  Phonemic Awareness is a big chunk of our focus when developing the academic abilities of our students.  We work building Phonemic Awareness skills each day with our Heggrety lessons.  While we do not assign homework in Pre-K we will always share resources you can use at home to work with your child if you wish.  

    The resource I am going to share with you today is Literably.  All you have to do is log your child on and the website will automatically start the program that has been assigned to them to develop their phonemic awareness skills.  To log on enter my email address (savannahsmith@franklin.k12.al.us) and select your child's name from the list.  Within the next 24 hours, I will receive an email notification that your child's assessment has be evaluated and receive a skill print out that shows where they are. 

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