· The schwa is used to indicate the pronunciation of the vowel phoneme in many unaccented syllables (these syllables tend to make the “uh” sound).
· Vowels can be affected by the consonants surrounding it.
This portion of reading taught the differences in vowel sounds. These differences can be because of surrounding vowels, consonants, or the general nature of the word. These could be very hard to teach students because all grammar rules seem to have “but not always” tagged to the end of them. As a teacher I will have to work on finding strategies to help my students understand these vowel changes.
Right...the rules ALWAYS have exceptions, so they are really just generalizations. That's why we want kids to be able to look for their own patterns and discover generalizations through word sorts and other activities like the ones you all demonstrated in class.
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