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Teresa Evans

Bird and Shark Rhyming Match: r Controlled Vowels

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
What do a bird and a shark have in common? Work on r-controlled vowels with a phonics matching game. Kids examine the 12 words on a game board, then add the card that has the correct matching r-controlled vowel. 
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Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin

Lesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
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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Curated OER

R- Controlled Vowels

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this r controlled vowels worksheet, students circle the correct letters from a column that spell the words seen in a picture above, then write the word beneath the letters.
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Curated OER

Home Spelling Practice: R-Controlled Vowel: "ur"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, learners study a list of 20 words that have the sound of R controlled vowel "ur". Students write each word one time on the lines.
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Rock ’N Learn

The Corny Fort: R-controlled Vowel "or"

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonics "or" sound worksheet, students analyze 10 words in a word bank and circle those with the R-controlled sound of "or." Students then find the hidden pictures of these words in a scene of a fort.
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Curated OER

R-Controlled Vowels: Beginning Sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this r controlled, beginning sounds vowel worksheet, students circle the letters that spell the word seen in a picture, then write the words.
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University of Pennsylvania

The Reading Road

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Practice r-controlled vowel sounds and words with a series of phonics activities. Ranging from straightforward instruction sheets to a fun rhyming story about video games, the exercises will interest all of your learners, regardless of...
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McGraw Hill

Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

First Grade Skills Unit 4

For Teachers 1st Standards
Twenty-eight lessons make a unit that focuses on skills practice. Lessons explore r-controlled vowels, past tense verbs, nouns, adjectives, and two-syllable words. Pupils read a story, answer questions, and draft a descriptive essay...
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Curated OER

Sing Your Way Through Phonics Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize and spell sets of words with r-controlled vowels. They become familiar with r-controlled spelling patterns.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We Can Do It!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 10)

For Teachers 1st Standards
English language development lessons are brought to you in poems, picture cards, and grand discussions in a We Can Do It! themed unit. Topics of discussion include daily challenges, parts of a whole, words that describe what we...
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Curated OER

Spelling: R-Controlled Vowels "or" and "ir"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 20 words with r-controlled vowels or/ir. Parents are given 2 suggested activities to help students study the words.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We Can Do It!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 10)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Scholars participate in chants, grand discussions, and complete practice pages in a We Can Do It! themed unit. Designed to provide extra support, the assortment of lessons cover topics such as r-controlled vowels, comparatives...
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Rock ’N Learn

The Corny Fort

For Students K - 2nd
In this identifying words with r-controlled vowels activity, students circle words with the same vowel sound as fork and the hidden pictures of these words. Students find 10 answers.
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American English

Welcome to the Color Vowel Chart

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Focus English language learners' attention on word stress and phrase stress with a pronunciation chart that breaks the sounds into moving and non-moving vowel sounds. The chart tool uses colors and key words to indicate...
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Starfall

My Horse Glory

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, learners are shown parts of words with missing r-controlled vowels; they write the word and rhyme.
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Curated OER

Phonics Jeopardy

For Teachers 1st
In this phonics PowerPoint, 1st graders participate in a game show similar to "Jeopardy" in which they identify pictures that have a beginning sound corresponding to the given vowel pattern, blend, or digraph.
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Curated OER

Spelling Connections Grade 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, students read ten sentences with a scrambled word in bold type within them. Students unscramble the word so it would make sense within the sentence. All words have the "or" spelling pattern.
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Curated OER

Picture Hunt: R Control O

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars use the r controlled o sound to sound out words and identify items and people in a picture. In this r controlled o lesson plan, students use the internet to complete their activity.
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Curated OER

Home Spelling Practice: Vowel Sound of O and Or

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling learning exercise, students learn to spell a list of words that all have R-controlled vowel "or" or the sound of O as in "fought". Students write each word one time on the lines. There are optional at-home activities on...
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Curated OER

Word Washer Vowels

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Here is a perfect activity for all your kinesthetic learners. They practice long and short vowel discrimination as they hang out the paper articles of clothing on a clothes line. They each take turns pulling word clothes out of a pretend...
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Mari

Word Herd

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Practice r-controlled vowels with a phonics game and worksheet. After rolling the dice, kids land on spaces on the game board and then find the matching r-controlled word in their stack of cards.
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Curated OER

"Arrrrr" said the Pirate

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice decoding r-controlled vowels. Through various activities, they identify the change made to a vowel sound by adding "r." They decode words and spell them using Elkonin boxes. To conclude the lesson, students identify...
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Curated OER

Inspire a Life of Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Making letters out of goop, sight word bingo, tic-tac-toe vowels. Download this packet loaded with activities designed to engage beginning readers. Although designed for adults, many of the activities are appropriate for any...