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The ai and ar Sounds
These words sound the same but are spelled differently, giving scholars a chance to practice spelling patterns and rhyming words. First they read that the /ai/ vowel sound can be made with three different spellings. Learners label three...
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/ar/ Word List
The tart dart left a hard scar on the large shark. Here's an exercise designed to help readers develop the phonemic awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in words. The exercise, the third in the series of 16 and featuring...
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Phonics: Letter-Sound Correspondence, Letter-Sound Folder Sort
Practice letter-sound correspondence using an activity that challenges pupils to sort images based on their final sounds. Pairs choose four final sounds to place in an open file folder, take turns selecting image cards, pronouncing the...
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Phonics: ar Sound
For this early childhood phonics worksheet, students practice the ar sound as they choose the correct words to match the 9 pictures.
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AR Bingo
In this ar words instructional activity, students play bingo with words on a bingo card that contain the sound ar in them. Students play with 16 words on a bingo card. There are 4 cards with the same words in different orders.
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Some "ar" Words
In this vocabulary worksheet, students say and study 15 words containing the sound "ar." Students put them in alphabetical order, then draw pictures for them.
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Introduce -ar
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound "ar" and identify words that commonly use the sound. Students listen to their teacher say words and identify...
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Phonics Endings --ar: Worksheet #2
Six colorful pictures all contain words that end in -ar. One space is left in front for learners to fill in the correct consonant or two. Turn this into a quiz or game to challenge your young writers!
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Medial Match
Early readers get together and match medial phonemes. They take turns picking picture cards from a pile; they say each word, then determine whether the pair has matching medial sounds.
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Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Isolating, Phoneme Quest
In this phonics activity, little learners glue picture cards under the initial, medial, and final phonemes represented by the lead sound cards. An image of a shark broken into three parts represents the initial phoneme /sh/, the medial...
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Rhyming Words: The -at Family
Explore rhyming words with your kindergarten or first grade class. Learners review words that end in at, an, ar, aw, and more. This is a comprehensive review of the topic. It is visually-appealing and bound to get your class rhyming.
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Reintroduce -ar
Students discuss the sound of |ar|. In this ar lesson, students locate the ar sound in a group of mixed letters. Students respond to only ar words.
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Phonics lesson for -ar
First graders identify words associated with the -ar sound. They read sentences and compose a story that include words with the -ar sound. The assessment portion of instructional activity involves students in spelling words with the...
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Car Race
In this language arts worksheet, students investigate the sounds of /ar/. Students complete words and rhyme words. The examples are written in DeNelian printing.
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Spelling practice: r controlled vowels
In this spelling worksheet, 3rd graders practice writing their spelling words with r controlled vowels with ar sounds. Students copy 20 spelling words.
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Bringing a Scene to Life With Sound Words
In this sound words worksheet, learners read a scene from Megamind and add sound words to it to make it come to life. Students read a scene called "Megamind's Hideout".
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Right on Target
For this r-controlled words activity, students examine 7 sets of letter and unscramble them to form "ar" words. Students then match the 7 words to the matching pictures.
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Words With "Ar"
In this language arts worksheet, students learn 6 words that have the "ar" sound. Kids practice writing the words on the primary lines. Students then draw a car and a guitar.
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High Frequency and Spelling Words: 14
For this high frequency and spelling words worksheet, Learners choose the correct word that represents the pictures, fill in the blanks to sentences read stories, and circle ar words. There are a total of 4 activities to be completed on...
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International Phonetic Alphabet: Vowel Sounds
In this phonics activity, students list as many words as possible that contain the vowel sound of "a as in hat" or "ar as in car". No other examples are provided.
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Phonograms
In this phonograms practice instructional activity, students read 2 sentences, identify the "ar' and "ea" phonograms, and draw pictures pertaining to each of the sentences.
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Lesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables
Put on your pirate hat and get ready to teach r-controlled syllables. Learners practice using words that contain ar, or, er, ir, and ur. Instructors model how to decode words to isolate vowel teams, as well as combine r-controlled sounds...
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Reintroduce /ou/
Students demonstrate how to pronounce the "ou" sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students review the letters that make the sound in the word "cloud" and then practice making the sound. Students identify the words on the board that...
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Using Suffixes -er, -or, -ar To Make Nouns
In these grammar worksheets, students will circle nouns and verbs, fill in blanks with suitable verbs, add -er and -or to verbs to create nouns, write silly sentences using nouns that end in -ar, add the correct suffix to change verbs...