R-Controlled VowelsR-Controlled Vowels

a.k.a. “The Bossy R!”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! ARRRRR!

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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 R-controlled 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• sir• stir• whir• bird• third• quirk

• dirt• shirt• skirt• squirt• birth• girth• mirth

‘ir’ Word List – We Read

• fir• sir• stir• whir• bird• third• quirk

• dirt• shirt• skirt• squirt• birth• girth• mirth

‘ir’ Word List – You Read

• fir• sir• 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.

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!

• To read these words, read each part. Then read the whole word together.

bur gerbur ger

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.

2-Syllable Words: I Read

• barber• murmur• marker• further• former• server

• corner• garner• ardor• farther• juror• merger

2-Syllable Words: We Read

• barber• murmur• marker• further• former• server

• corner• garner• ardor• farther• juror• merger

2-Syllable Words: You Read

• barber• murmur• marker• further• former• server

• corner• garner• ardor• farther• juror• merger

Congratulations!“Looks like you’re

the one in CONTROL of R-controlled vowels! You should meet my cousin…THE BOSSY E!

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