Build Words with Bossy R
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Build Words with Bossy R
A phonics worksheet for Grade 1 and Grade 2. Twelve words to build from their sounds, such as c + ar + t and f + or + k, with ar, or, er, ir and ur. With an answer key.
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Bossy R: ar and orA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.Bossy R: er, ir, and urA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Pages
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- About 15 minutes
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Read and spell words where r changes the vowel sound: car, corn, and the same sound in her, bird and turn.
Reviewed by Ms. Emily Bennett, Teacher and Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Have the child circle the vowel and the r together: they make one sound.
- Say the sounds before the sheet: ar as in car, or as in fork, and er, ir and ur, which all sound the same.
- For spelling er, ir and ur words, have the child learn the common ones by sight, as the sound gives no clue.
Common mistakes
- Reading the short vowel and then the r, so "car" becomes "cah-r". The vowel and the r make one sound.
- Spelling "bird" as "burd" or "berd". The three spellings sound the same: learn which word uses which.
- Mixing up ar and or, as in "farm" and "form". Say both words and listen.
