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?

pleat

4 phonemes

2-sound blend and a vowel team

200

Phoneme

What is a sound?

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?  

attention


at-ten-tion?

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

2 sound blend

What is 2 phonemes and 2 graphemes?

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: prepaid

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

pre-paid

open

vowel team

300

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

drench

5 phonemes

2-sound blend and a digraph blend 

400

Name 2 trigraphs

What is dge and tch?

400

Break the word into syllables and identify the vowel team. 

keystroke 

key-stroke

ey

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

The ways a vowel is made long

What is open syllable, VCE, VT

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: advocate

Double the points if you can identify the schwa syllable. 

ad-vo-cate

2nd syllable and 3rd syllable

500

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

squish

4 phonemes

digraph blend and a digraph