Schwas
Prefixes
Suffixes
Mrs. Soltys
Word Study Runaround
100

This is the symbol for a schwa

What is an upside down e?

100

This two-letter prefix means "not," making a happy person look the exact opposite.

What is "un"?

100

This common suffix turns a single dog into a whole pack of dogs.

What is S or ES?

100

Mrs. Soltys has this many children. 

What is 2?

100

This rule tells you to change the "y" to this letter before adding "-ed" to the word "cry."

What is an "i"?

200

This lazy vowel sound is heard at the beginning of "about" and the end of "sofa."

What is a schwa? Or short "u" sound. 

200

Adding this prefix to "view" creates a word that means to watch something beforehand.

What is "pre"?

200

What must I do to the word scape before adding "ing"?

What is drop the "e"?

200
What is Mrs. Soltys #1 rule?

What is "no complaining"?

200

This vowel team rule says "i before e, except after..." this letter.

What is the letter c?

300

This part of a word—like the second part of "travel"—never holds a schwa sound.

What is a stressed or accented syllable?

300

This prefix means "again," which you do when you reread or rewrite.

What is "re"?

300

This suffix means "full of," transforming a person with a lot of hope into "hopeful."

What is "ful"?

300

This is Mrs. Soltys #2 rule. 

What is "no interrupting"?

300

This rule explains why the "g" makes a soft /j/ sound in "germ" but a hard /g/ sound in "goat."

What is soft G?

400

This vowel makes the schwa sound in the word "balloon."

What is the letter a?

400

These two prefixes both mean "against," like in the words "disagree" or "antisocial."

What is "dis" or "anti"?

400

This suffix means "the most," used when comparing three things, like the tallest tree in the forest.

What is "est"?

400

This is Mrs. Soltys' favorite winter sport. 

What is skiing?

400

This syllable type ends in a vowel and makes a long vowel sound, like the first syllable in "robot."

What is open syllable?

500

This word for a large gray mammal contains two schwa sounds, spelled with an "e" and an "a."

What is an elephant?

500

This prefix means "wrongly," which explains what happens when you misread a map.

What is "mis"?

500

What do I need to do turn "hop" into the past tense?

What is double the p and and an "ed". 

500

This Garden State is where Mrs. Soltys grew up. 

What is New Jersey?

500

These are the 3 languages English is compromised of. 

What is Latin, Greek, and Anglo Saxon?

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