Worksheet
Curated OER

Home Spelling Practice: Grade 4: Schwa "er", "or"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling learning exercise, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. All words have the "er" or "or" ending sound. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Quia

Quia: What Does the Schwa Sound Mean?

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site offers flash cards for practicing vowel sounds. On one side of the card is a word; on the other is the vowel sound, such as long e. Students try to determine the vowel sound when they read the word; then check to see if they...
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Quia

Quia: What Does the Schwa Sound Mean? Matching

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a matching game in which students match the word in yellow blocks with the vowel sounds in blue boxes by clicking on them consecutively.
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Quia

Quia: What Does the Schwa Sound Mean? Concentration

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a matching and memory game which requires students to not only match words with their vowel sounds, but also to remember their covered location on the grid of boxes.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A New Letter for the Alphabet

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses the history of the schwa sound. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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English Zone

English Zone: Pronunciation Fun Maze: But (Schwa Sound)

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
A printable maze where students follow words that use the schwa sound to work their way through the maze.
Unit Plan
Other

Growing With Grammar: Consonant Digraphs Wr, Kn, and Ck; Schwa Sound [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
This file contains two five-day spelling/vocabulary lessons. The first lesson covers words which contain the wr, kn, and ck digraphs; the second lesson covers words which contain the schwa sound. Each lesson contains a list of words with...