Teaching Reading, Phonics, R controlled vowels

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TEACHING READING

Phonics

R controlled Vowels

ar—far er—brother ir—first or—fork ur—turn

Tell children that when r follows a vowel it makes it give a different sound. The r controls the vowel.

Call a group of words:

bat, cat, fat

Have the children listen to the words with the r sound at the end

instead of the t sound and hear the difference.

bar, car, far

Provide a list of words with different r controlled vowels:

purse, fork, bird, start

Let the children call them and then circle the two letters that show the r

controlled vowel.

Find pictures of words with the r controlled vowels and let children paste

them in their notebooks and write the words under them.