1. 3.1 Lemon Words: The Schwa

2. What is this?

3. Wagon is spelled with an o in the second syllable, but what does it sound like?
It sounds like a /ĭ/ or a /ŭ/. We call this a schwa sound.

4. e oxen More schwa words basket jacket Boston tonsil salad helmet
pocket
denim
lemon
More schwa words e
Even though they are spelled with different letters, they make the /ĭ/ sound.

5. The trick is learning how to spell them!

6. The trick is learning how to spell them!

7. How to mark a schwa word:e
lĕmon
c c

8. Read these schwa words and mark them using a schwa
denim
falcon
rocket
magnet
packet
seven
velvet
bucket
racket
pollen
melon
ticket