RControlled Vowels a k a The Bossy R

R-Controlled Vowels a. k. a. “The Bossy R!”

Meet the Bossy R “Listen up, vowels! I’m the letter R, and if you want to hang around me, you have to understand that I’M in control!”

R-Controlled Vowels • When a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) is next to the letter ‘r’, they have a different sound. • We call these “R-controlled vowels” because the letter ‘r’ controls how we say the vowel sound. • These vowel sounds are ‘ar, ’ ‘er, ’ ‘ir, ’ ‘or, ’ and ‘ur. ’ • We will learn and practice the vowel sounds for R-controlled vowels.

Day 1: ‘ar’ • The sound of ‘ar’ is the same as the letter ‘r’ saying its name. What is the name of letter ‘r’? • That’s right. When you see ‘ar, ’ just think of the name of letter ‘r. ’ • You can also think of a pirate! ARRRRRRR controlled vowels!

Get Ready to Read! ‘ar’ • We are going to read words with the vowel sound ‘ar. ’ I will read the words first; then, we will read them together, and last, you will read them by yourselves. • Some of the word families will have ‘ar’ at the end. Others will have ‘ar’ in the middle. • ‘ar’ has the most word families of all the Rcontrolled vowels! • Today, we will learn four of the word families. Next time, we will read four more.

‘ar’ Word List – I Read • • • bar car jar tar scar star card hard yard • • • large charge bark dark hark lark mark park shark

‘ar’ Word List – We Read • • • bar car jar tar scar star card hard yard • • • large charge bark dark hark lark mark park shark

‘ar’ Word List – You Read • • • bar car jar tar scar star card hard yard • • • large charge bark dark hark lark mark park shark

Review – ‘ar’ • What sound does the vowel sound ‘ar’ make? • That’s right, ‘ar’ says the sound of the name of ‘r. ’ • Next time, we’ll be practicing more word families with ‘ar’! • Your “ticket” out today is to tell me three ‘ar’ words we learned.

Day 2: ‘ar’ Continued • What sound does ‘ar’ make? • Right – it says the name of ‘r. ’ • Last time, we learned the word families –ar, -ard, -arge, and –ark. • Today we will be learning four new word families with ‘ar. ’

Get Ready to Read! ‘ar’ • We are going to read more words with the vowel sound ‘ar. ’ I will read the words first; then, we will read them together, and last, you will read them by yourselves. • All of the word families will have ‘ar’ in the middle. • Don’t forget the sound of ‘ar’ – what sound? • That’s right. ‘ar’ says the name of r. Please listen as I read the word list to you so that you will be ready to read it with me after.

‘ar’ Word List – I Read • • • arm farm harm charm barn yarn harp tarp sharp • • • art cart dart mart part tart chart smart start

‘ar’ Word List – We Read • • • arm farm harm charm barn yarn harp tarp sharp • • • art cart dart mart part tart chart smart start

‘ar’ Word List – You Read • • • arm farm harm charm barn yarn harp tarp sharp • • • art cart dart mart part tart chart smart start

Review – ‘ar’ Continued • What sound does the vowel sound ‘ar’ make? • That’s right, ‘ar’ says the sound of the name of ‘r. ’ • Next time, we’ll be practicing word families with ‘er’! • Your “ticket” out today is to tell me three ‘ar’ words we learned.

Checklist • • • ar er ir or ur

Day 3: ‘er’ • The sound of ‘er’ is the same sound as the letter ‘r. ’ What is the sound of letter ‘r’? • That’s right. When you see ‘er, ’ just think of the sound of letter ‘r. ’ • Please listen as I read the words with ‘er’ so that you can read them with me after.

Get Ready to Read! ‘er’ • We are going to read words with the vowel sound ‘er. ’ I will read the words first; then, we will read them together, and last, you will read them by yourselves. • Some of the word families will have ‘er’ at the end. Others will have ‘er’ in the middle. • ‘er’ has six different word families. • Today, we will learn these word families. Next time, we will learn the word families for another R -controlled vowel.

‘er’ Word List – I Read • • her per merge verge jerk clerk germ • • term fern stern nerve serve verve swerve

‘er’ Word List – We Read • • her per merge verge jerk clerk germ • • term fern stern nerve serve verve swerve

‘er’ Word List – You Read • • her per merge verge jerk clerk germ • • term fern stern nerve serve verve swerve

Review – ‘er’ • What sound does the vowel sound ‘er’ make? • That’s right, ‘er’ says the sound of ‘r. ’ • Next time, we’ll be practicing word families with ‘ir’! • Your “ticket” out today is to tell me three ‘er’ words we learned.

Checklist • • • ar er ir or ur

Day 4: ‘ir’ • The sound of ‘ir’ is the same sound as the letter ‘r. ’ What is the sound of letter ‘r’? • That’s right. When you see ‘ir, ’ just think of the sound of letter ‘r. ’ • You might have realized that ‘ir’ makes the same sound as ‘ir. ’ If you are trying to spell a word you may need to try both of these! • Please listen as I read the words with ‘ir’ so that you can read them with me after.

Get Ready to Read! ‘ir’ • We are going to read words with the vowel sound ‘ir. ’ I will read the words first; then, we will read them together, and last, you will read them by yourselves. • Some of the word families will have ‘ir’ at the end. Others will have ‘ir’ in the middle. • ‘ir’ has five different word families. • Today, we will learn these word families. Next time, we will learn the word families for another R -controlled vowel.

‘ir’ Word List – I Read • • fir stir whir bird third quirk • • dirt shirt skirt squirt birth girth mirth

‘ir’ Word List – We Read • • fir stir whir bird third quirk • • dirt shirt skirt squirt birth girth mirth

‘ir’ Word List – You Read • • fir stir whir bird third quirk • • dirt shirt skirt squirt birth girth mirth

Review – ‘ir’ • What sound does the vowel sound ‘ir’ make? • That’s right, ‘er’ says the sound of ‘r. ’ • Next time, we’ll be practicing word families with ‘or’! • Your “ticket” out today is to tell me three ‘ir’ words we learned.

Checklist • • • ar er ir or ur

Day 5: ‘or’ • The sound of ‘or’ is the same sound as the word or. How do you say the word or? • That’s right. When you see ‘or, ’ just read it like the word or. • Please listen as I read the words with ‘ir’ so that you can read them with me after.

Get Ready to Read! ‘or’ • We are going to read words with the vowel sound ‘or. ’ I will read the words first; then, we will read them together, and last, you will read them by yourselves. • Some of the word families will have ‘or’ at the end. Others will have ‘or’ in the middle. • ‘or’ has six different word families. • Today, we will learn these word families. Next time, we will learn the word families for another R -controlled vowel.

‘or’ Word List – I Read • • • for porch torch scorch cord sword fork pork stork form storm • • • born corn horn torn worn sworn thorn fort short snort sport

‘or’ Word List – We Read • • • for porch torch scorch cord sword fork pork stork form storm • • • born corn horn torn worn sworn thorn fort short snort sport

‘or’ Word List – You Read • • • for porch torch scorch cord sword fork pork stork form storm • • • born corn horn torn worn sworn thorn fort short snort sport

Review – ‘or’ • What sound does the vowel sound ‘or’ make? • That’s right, ‘or’ is said as or. • Next time, we’ll be practicing word families with ‘ur’! • Your “ticket” out today is to tell me three ‘or’ words we learned.

Checklist • • • ar er ir or ur

Day 6: ‘ur’ • The sound of ‘ur’ is the same as the sound for the letter ‘r. ’ What sound? • That’s right. When you see ‘ur, ’ think of the sound of the letter ‘r. ’ • ‘ur’ makes the same sound as ‘er’ and ‘ir’! • Please listen as I read the words with ‘ur’ so that you can read them with me after.

Get Ready to Read! ‘ur’ • We are going to read words with the vowel sound ‘ur. ’ I will read the words first; then, we will read them together, and last, you will read them by yourselves. • Some of the word families will have ‘ur’ at the end. Others will have ‘ur’ in the middle. • ‘ur’ has six different word families. • Today, we will learn these word families. Next time, we will practice with mixed lists from all five word families.

‘ur’ Word List – I Read • • fur blur spur curb suburb curl hurl burn • • turn churn curse nurse purse curt hurt blurt

‘ur’ Word List – We Read • • fur blur spur curb suburb curl hurl burn • • turn churn curse nurse purse curt hurt blurt

‘ur’ Word List – You Read • • fur blur spur curb suburb curl hurl burn • • turn churn curse nurse purse curt hurt blurt

Review – ‘ur’ • What sound does the vowel sound ‘ur’ make? • That’s right, ‘ur’ makes the sound of the letter r. • Next time, we’ll be practicing words from all the word families! • Your “ticket” out today is to tell me three ‘ur’ words we learned.

Checklist • • • ar er ir or ur

Day 7: Mixed Review “Not bad! I think you’re cool enough to hang out with me. But just remember who’s in control!”

Get Ready to Read! • • • Let’s review the vowel sounds. ar er ir or ur

Mixed Review – I Read • • • harm turn fort perk shirt worn park hurt skirt her • • • art fur for per smirk form harp curl bird nerve • • • yard curb sword term third short charge blur birth clerk

Mixed Review – We Read • • • harm turn fort perk shirt worn park hurt skirt her • • • art fur for per smirk form harp curl bird nerve • • • yard curb sword term third short charge blur birth clerk

Mixed Review – You Read • • • harm turn fort perk shirt worn park hurt skirt her • • • art fur for per smirk form harp curl bird nerve • • • yard curb sword term third short charge blur birth clerk

Review – Mixed Review • • Tell me the sounds of the R-controlled vowels. ar er ir or ur Next time, we’ll be reading two-syllable words that have two sets of R-controlled vowels! • Your ticket out today is to tell me five words with R-controlled vowels.

Day 8: 2 -Syllable Words • To read words with two r-controlled vowels, look at each part separately. • “Burger” has 2 r-controlled vowels! bur ger • To read these words, read each part. Then read the whole word together.

Get Ready to Read! • We are going to read 2 -syllable words with two r-controlled vowel sounds. • Read the first part. Read the second part. Then, read both parts together. • I Read, We Read, You Read.