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27. Celebrate National Schwa Day: What's the Schwa Sound & How to Teach It with Yvette Manns, Author of Phonics Read-Alouds
From Literacy in Color · Hosted by Michelle Sullivan
2025-03-11·01:00:48
Episode summary
In this episode of Literacy in Color: What exactly is the schwa sound , and why is it such an important part of the English language?
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What exactly is the schwa sound , and why is it such an important part of the English language? Yvette Manns, author of the Phonics Read-Alouds series and founder of National Schwa Day , joins me to dive deep into everything schwa—what it is, how it functions in words, and why teaching it explicitly is a game-changer for reading and spelling…