The Not-So-Lazy Schwa (Phonics Read-Alouds Series)

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Customers find the book effective at teaching the schwa sound, with one mentioning it explains the concept clearly. Moreover, the writing quality receives positive feedback, and customers appreciate that it’s suitable 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: Kara R. Pfanenstiel
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great read aloud about schwa sound!
Review: Great read aloud to talk about Schwa sound! My class loved it!

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: Courtney
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: Love teaching with this book. The kids love it too.

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: A Kelly
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Cute for National Schwa Day
Review: I recently found out about National Schwa Day! I have used this book for the past 2 years. It’s a cute book for 2nd graders.

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: Sue Marasciulo
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: Teach
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Great to use when teaching using UFLI phonics program. The story is a fun way to review the lesson taught. My first graders loved it!

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