Explain how explicitly teaching a student to use a strategy that focuses their attention on phonemic elements in a word is different from asking them to perform a task that demonstrates their phonemic awareness.

Read Chapters 7-10 Answer the following as a new thread in this discussion board forum: a. It is easy to confuse the assessment of a student’s level of phonemic awareness with instructional activities. If a child does not know how to rhyme words, for example, asking them to do so will let the teacher know they need instruction in this area; however, continually asking them to practice rhyming without any explicit instruction in how to rhyme is not likely to improve their abilities. Explain how explicitly teaching a student to use a strategy that focuses their attention on phonemic elements in a word is different from asking them to perform a task that demonstrates their phonemic awareness. b. Discuss the different purposes visual images serve in textbooks or instructional materials and in the media such as television, the internet, and magazine advertisements. How does the purpose of the image change the way we interact with it as a viewer? Why is it important to teach our students to be aware of the different purposes for visual imagery.