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Knowledge
- Some sounds in words have a stronger emphasis or are heard more clearly and loudly than other sounds within the words.
- The schwa sound refers to an "empty" vowel in an unaccented syllable, meaning the spelling for the vowel sound is difficult to identify.
Skills
- Decode multisyllabic words using knowledge of stressed and unstressed syllables and the schwa sound, such as the noun con'/vict, vs. the verb con/vict'; the noun pro'/duce vs. the verb pro/duce'.
- Encode multisyllabic words using knowledge of the stressed and unstressed syllables and the schwa sound.
Understanding
- Knowing stresses and accents in words and how they are pronounced, can help them read and spell the correct word required by the context.
Vocabulary
- Decode
- Encode
- Multisyllabic words
- Stress
- Accent
- Pronounce
- Schwa sound
