A glossary is your toolkit for understanding specialized terms. To fully know a new word, you must know how to say it out loud.
Look at this example: procession (prə-sěsh´ən)
That spelling in parentheses is a pronunciation guide. Let's crack the code using the most common pronunciation symbols!
Common Pronunciation Rules
Study the marks over the letters. Each row below contains the symbol and three examples of how it sounds.
🌟 Special Spotlight: The Schwa (ə)
The symbol ə is called a schwa. It is the most common vowel sound in the English language! It sounds like a very quick, relaxed, lazy "uh". The tricky part is that any vowel letter (a, e, i, o, u) can make the schwa sound when it is in a part of the word that isn't stressed or emphasized.
Interactive Notebook Assessment
Instructions: Let's test your decoding skills.
1. Write down the 10 numbered words in your notebook.
2. Type your answers into the boxes below to check if you translated the symbols correctly!