English: R controlled vowels

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r controlled vowels

R controlled vowels

Meet the Bossy r

"Listen up vowels! I am the letter r, and if you want to hang around me, you have to understand that I am 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 called this R- controlled vowels, because the letter "r" controls how we say the vowel sound.

• These vowel sound are:

ir

ar

er

or

ur

The vowel sounds for R controlled vowels...

The vowel sounds for R controlled vowels...

The vowel sounds for R controlled vowels...

List of r controlled vowels...

ar

er

ir

List of r controlled vowels...

ur

or

Examples....

Complete each word using, ar, er, ir, or, ur.

st _ _

b_ _d

sh _ _ k

p _ _ se

t_ _ tle

tig _ _

c _ _ n

sh _ _ t

Let's practice!

Sort the words with r controlled vowels, and write them under one of the five types: ar, er, ir, or, ur.

barn

surf

dirt

card

ar

ur

or

er

ir

finger

her

circle

curl

worm

fork

Keep practicing!