Curated OER
Home Spelling Practice: Grade 4: Schwa "er", "or"
In this spelling activity, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. All words have the "er" or "or" ending sound. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home activities listed.
Quia
Quia: What Does the Schwa Sound Mean?
This site offers flash cards for practicing vowel sounds. On one side of the card is a word; on the other is the vowel sound, such as long e. Students try to determine the vowel sound when they read the word; then check to see if they...
Quia
Quia: What Does the Schwa Sound Mean? Matching
This is a matching game in which students match the word in yellow blocks with the vowel sounds in blue boxes by clicking on them consecutively.
Quia
Quia: What Does the Schwa Sound Mean? Concentration
This is a matching and memory game which requires students to not only match words with their vowel sounds, but also to remember their covered location on the grid of boxes.
Read Works
Read Works: A New Letter for the Alphabet
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses the history of the schwa sound. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
English Zone
English Zone: Pronunciation Fun Maze: But (Schwa Sound)
A printable maze where students follow words that use the schwa sound to work their way through the maze.
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Growing With Grammar: Consonant Digraphs Wr, Kn, and Ck; Schwa Sound [Pdf]
This file contains two five-day spelling/vocabulary lessons. The first lesson covers words which contain the wr, kn, and ck digraphs; the second lesson covers words which contain the schwa sound. Each lesson contains a list of words with...