Schwas
This is the symbol for a schwa
What is an upside down e?
This two-letter prefix means "not," making a happy person look the exact opposite.
What is "un"?
This common suffix turns a single dog into a whole pack of dogs.
What is S or ES?
Mrs. Soltys has this many children.
What is 2?
This rule tells you to change the "y" to this letter before adding "-ed" to the word "cry."
What is an "i"?
This lazy vowel sound is heard at the beginning of "about" and the end of "sofa."
What is a schwa? Or short "u" sound.
Adding this prefix to "view" creates a word that means to watch something beforehand.
What is "pre"?
What must I do to the word scape before adding "ing"?
What is drop the "e"?
What is "no complaining"?
This vowel team rule says "i before e, except after..." this letter.
What is the letter c?
This part of a word—like the second part of "travel"—never holds a schwa sound.
What is a stressed or accented syllable?
This prefix means "again," which you do when you reread or rewrite.
What is "re"?
This suffix means "full of," transforming a person with a lot of hope into "hopeful."
What is "ful"?
This is Mrs. Soltys #2 rule.
What is "no interrupting"?
This rule explains why the "g" makes a soft /j/ sound in "germ" but a hard /g/ sound in "goat."
What is soft G?
This vowel makes the schwa sound in the word "balloon."
What is the letter a?
These two prefixes both mean "against," like in the words "disagree" or "antisocial."
What is "dis" or "anti"?
This suffix means "the most," used when comparing three things, like the tallest tree in the forest.
What is "est"?
This is Mrs. Soltys' favorite winter sport.
What is skiing?
This syllable type ends in a vowel and makes a long vowel sound, like the first syllable in "robot."
What is open syllable?
This word for a large gray mammal contains two schwa sounds, spelled with an "e" and an "a."
What is an elephant?
This prefix means "wrongly," which explains what happens when you misread a map.
What is "mis"?
What do I need to do turn "hop" into the past tense?
What is double the p and and an "ed".
This Garden State is where Mrs. Soltys grew up.
What is New Jersey?
These are the 3 languages English is compromised of.
What is Latin, Greek, and Anglo Saxon?