Customers say
Customers find the book effective at teaching the schwa sound, with one noting how it adds this sound to many words. Moreover, the writing quality receives positive feedback, with customers describing it as well written. Additionally, customers appreciate its age range, with one mentioning it’s great for learners of all ages.
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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
The most common sound in the English language, Schwa, searches for a place of belonging among consonants and vowels. Even though he doesn’t have a letter, he learns that he plays an important role in words, after all.
This phonics tale is a great teaching aid for elementary students and literacy lovers, alike!
This is best used with students who’ve learned vowel sounds and are being introduced to the schwa sound. This can be used before, during, or after your literacy lessons, or as a read-aloud before explaining the concept of a schwa.
Our Top Reviews
Reviewer: Donna Daulton
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Unique and just what I needed
Review: I work in adult literacy and have found this a difficult concept to convey. I love teaching through story. This explains the concept of schwa in a cute story format.It is self-published and the cover quality is not bad but not the quality of most soft back books. It might not hold up well in children’s classrooms.
Reviewer: keegan webber
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: From LETRS training to sound wall instruction
Review: I don’t know how I ever taught schwa without this amazing book! I first heard about this book in one of my LETRS trainings and I immediately purchased. I am a literacy consultant for a company and I present on sound walls across the country and show this book in all of my presentations. This book helped me to understand schwa in more detail and it also helped me to understand how I have been adding schwa to so many sounds. I recommend this book to anyone teaching schwa and to anyone with children in elementary school. Schwa is definitely not being taught in all the classrooms so parents may be the one to introduce this sound to their children.
Reviewer: retro sales
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for teaching the not-so-lazy Schwa
Review: This book is engaging and well written. Kids enjoyed learning about the Schwa and vowels and consonants. It is a great book for story telling and teaching. Kids really enjoyed it.
Reviewer: Courtney
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: Love teaching with this book. The kids love it too.
Reviewer: Bear
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect for early elementary library
Review: This book is perfect for any age but especially for early elementary years when children are learning to read and spell. This well illustrated story is sure to help the schwa explanation stick. And there are many activities in the back of the book too.
Reviewer: Sharon Moody
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book, but watch for typo!
Review: This is a great book to teach students about the schwa sound! I love the book, however, the first one that was sent to me had a typo (see picture). Should read, “I’ve just been…UH…around. What about you?” I requested a new one and was specific about why I was requesting a new book (typo). It came today with the same typo. Need a corrected version and they need to make sure all books they send out are correct!
Reviewer: Amazon customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Clever & Adorable
Review: Oh wow, this book is so cute! I love it and wish that I had it when I was teaching! Clever and entertaining! The kids must love it!
Reviewer: kjm
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent teaching tool!
Review: I used this book with my second grade Word Detectives. They loved learning about the schwa sound through this engaging story and illustrations! There are great suggestions at the back for additional ways to learn about schwa. The author has additional materials on her website to support learning.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: EVEN STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENJOY THIS BOOK
Reviewer: Julie S
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I really like how the book helps to explain the concept of schwa in way that works for younger and older students
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