Spectrum
Grade 5 Standardized Test Prep
Here you'll find a great sampling of practice standardized test questions organized into four sections: ELA, mathematics, social studies, and science. Help your learners become familiar with the types of multiple-choice questions...
Curated OER
Spelling Strategies for Success
Students identify the meaning of the suffix "er" in given words and sort according to meaning. Students pair up for proofing of work, checking for correct sorting of words in categories of: no suffix, suffix that means "more," and...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Er, Ur, Ir Lesson
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce r-controlled vowel words that incorporate "er", "ur", and "ir". Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to...
St. Charles Place Education Foundation
Reading Bear: Er, Ur, Ir Quiz
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge of words with r-controlled vowels. Words with the letters "y", "ie", "ind", and "ild" are included on the assessment. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: er, ur, ind, ir"...
Rock ’N Learn
Rock 'N Learn: Dinner Time: R Controlled Vowels Er, Ir and Ur
This printable vowels learning exercise from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will view pictures and write words that have r-controlled vowels [er, ir and ur]. An answer key and lesson...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Phonics Lesson: The Ir, Er, and Ur Girls
This phonics lesson will introduce the ir, er, and ur girls, but will focus on the /er/ sound. Learners will learn that when found together the letters e and r make the /er/ sound instead of two separate sounds. Students will have the...
Other
Printable Reading and Phonics Games
This site includes 15 different phonics and reading games to download, laminate, and cut out. Includes games for phonics blends; "When two vowels go walking;" ee; ir, ur er; tion, etc.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Little House on the Prairie
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teachers can use this flipchart while reading a portion of Little House on the Prairie from the third grade Scholastic Literacy Place series. Skills focus on phonics /ir/ and sequencing events.
Starfall
Starfall: Sorting: R Controlled
Fun with phonics. This interactive game can motivate readers. Sort R-controlled words: barn, girl, corn, star, bird, and horn.