Phonemes
R-Controlled Spellings
Schwa
Read the Syllables
Random Facts
100

Diagraph

What is 2 letter 1 sounds

100

What letters work together to spell the r-controlled vowel sound in four? 

our

100

Sound a schwa makes

What is /uh /ih/?

100

Break this word into syllables: partnership

 part-ner-ship

100

What are the two r-controlled vowel phonemes and spellings you see in this word? 

earthworm

ear spells /er/ and or spells /er/

200

Phoneme

What is a sound?

200

What letters work together to spell the r-controlled vowel sound in more?

ore

200

In the following word what syllable is the schwa in and what sound does it make?  attention


What is the at-ten-tion?

1st syllable and /uh/

200

Break this word into syllables: surviving


sur-vi-ving

200
What kind of vowel phoneme is /oo/ as in ooze? 

other vowel phoneme

300

2 sound blend

What is 2 phonemes and 2 graphemes?

300

What letters work together to spell the r-controlled vowel sound in department?

ar

300

In the following word what syllable is the schwa in and what sound does it make? duplicate


What is du-pli-cate?

2nd syllable /uh/

300

Break this word into syllables: unavoidable?

What is un-a-void-a-ble

300

What are the four spellings that we learning for /ar/ as in care?

ar, are, air, ear

400

Name 2 trigraphs

What is dge and tch?

400

What letters work together to spell the r-controlled vowel sound in skirt?

ir

400

In the following word what syllable is the schwa in and what sound does it make? cylinder

What is Cyl-in-der?

2nd syllable /ih/

400

Break this word into syllables: predictable


For double points: Is there a schwa?  If so, what is the sound?

What is pre-dict-a-ble

400

6 ways we learned to spell the r-controlled vowel phoneme /er/?

er, ir, ur, ear, ar, or

500

The ways a vowel is made long

What is open syllable, VCE, VT

500

What letters work together to spell the r-controlled vowel phoneme in churn?

ur

500

In the following word what syllable is the schwa in and what sound does it make? Necessarily


What is nec-es-sar-i-ly?

4th syllable /uh/

500

Break this word into syllables: conventional


For double points: Is there a schwa?  If so, what is the sound?

What is con-ven-tion-al?

500

What are the two r-controlled vowel phonemes and spellings you see in this word?

birthmark

ir spells /er/ and ar spells /ar

M
e
n
u