How to Teach Schwa!

We have the simplest way to teach SCHWA in today's video!

Sometimes we as teachers over complicate things, so let's keep teaching schwa simple! We see tons of ways to teach SCHWA out there, most of which are all too complicated and even confuse teachers. If we are confused, odds are our students will be confused as well!

To teach schwa, you'll want to watch our
MULTISYLLABIC WORD READING STRATEGY videos HERE!
What and Why of Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategy
How to Teach Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategy
How to Plan Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategy

If you missed our video about WHAT the Sound-Spelling patterns are and
WHY we teach them, check out this video...

Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns is an effective way to teach the connection of the sounds and the spellings to children while learning to read.  This relationship between the sounds and the spellings of language is also called decoding.  Decoding our language is critical to being an adept reader.  Breaking the English language into the most common spelling patterns and teaching them explicitly in a clear scope and sequence is recommended.  You can follow our pattern or break this up to follow your Core Reading Program's scope and sequence.

In our Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets, we include the spelling patterns:

short vowels in cvc  consonants and blends  soft c and g  silent and double consonants  schwa  digraphs and trigraph  r-controlled vowels  long vowels: final silent e (vce)  long vowels: vowel teams  other long vowels  closed syllables  open syllables  variant vowels consonant-le

Sound-Spelling Patterns 

Sound-Spelling Posters and Reference Sheets
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