In Part I of Unlocking the Mystery of Schwa, we talked about the WHAT of schwa. This post will provide a follow-up to Part I and will get into the HOW. Specifically, we'll be looking at how to teach students to identify schwa within a word and how to spell this unstressed sound using common schwa patterns. Suggestions for both decoding and encoding schwa will be provided! (Not sure what 'schwa' is? Go back and read Part I in this series!) Decoding Schwa Just to review, schwa is the relaxed vowel sound that is often found in multi-syllable words and
