ELA21.3.8e

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.8e
Decode and encode multisyllabic words using knowledge of stress or accent to pronounce a word correctly, including the schwa sound when appropriate.

Unpacked Content

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

COS Examples

Examples: the noun con’/vict vs. the verb con/vict’; the noun pro’/duce vs. the verb pro/duce’

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