Phonemes
Vowel Teams
Schwa
Read the Syllables
What's Happening?
100

Digraph

What is 2 letter 1 sounds

100

What are the 4 vowel teams for long e?

ee, ea, ie, and ey
100

Sound a schwa makes

What is /uh /ih/?

100

Break this word into syllables: growth

 growth

one syllable 

100

What is happening in the word below that gives it its amount of phonemes?

yard

3 phonemes

r-controlled vowel

200

2-sound blend

two consonant letters that make two different sounds

200

What are the vowel teams for long a, long o, and long i? 

ai, ay, ow, oa, and igh

200

In the following word what syllable is the schwa in?  

awareness

a-ware-ness

1st syllable

200

Break this word into syllables: 

subzero

sub-ze-ro

200

What is happening in the word below that gives it its amount of phonemes? 

scram 

5 phonemes

3-sound blend

300

Name two trigraphs

tch and dge

300

Break the word into syllables and identify the vowel team.

achieving

a-chie-ving 

ie

300

In the following word what syllable is the schwa in? 

bacon


ba-con 

2nd syllable

300

Break this word into syllables: researcher

Bonus points if you can identify what the syllables are (ex: closed, open, VCE, Vowel Team, or R-Controlled)

re-search-er

open

r-controlled

r-controlled

300

What is happening in the word below that gives it its amount of phonemes? 

worth

3 phonemes

r-controlled vowel (er) and a digraph

400

The ways a vowel is made long

Open, VCE, and VT

400

Break the word into syllables and identify the vowel team. 

burrow

bur-row

ow

400

In the following word what syllable (or syllables) is the schwa in? 

consistent

con-sis-tent

1st and 3rd syllable

400

Break this word into syllables: limelight

Double the points if you can explain WHY. 

lime-light

ime=VCE and igh is a vowel team

400

What is happening in the word below that gives it its amount of phonemes? 

scratch

5 phonemes

3-sound blend and a trigraph

500

What is the vowel phoneme in the following words called? 

floor

worth

heart

charm


r-controlled

500

Break the word into syllables, identify the vowel team, and the schwa vowel. 

disagree

dis-a-gree

ee

2nd syllable- a

500

In the following word what syllable (or syllables) is the schwa in?

electrical

e-lec-tri-cal

1st,3rd, and 4th syllable

500

Break this word into syllables: carnivore

Double the points if you can identify what the syllables are. 

R-controlled (ar), open syllable, and r-controlled (or with the ore spelling)

500

What is happening in the word below that gives it its amount of phonemes? 

squish

4 phonemes

digraph blend and a digraph

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