R-Controlled Vowel Sounds
Read and spell words containing r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, ur, or, ore) and vowel-r patterns where 'r' modifies the vowel sound
Lesson
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“R-Controlled Vowel Sounds means r changes the vowel (car, her, bird)—bossy r. We will sort patterns, read and spell, then check a fresh word.”
Bring to the table
- Word cards: car, her, bird, burn, for, more
- Paper and pencil
Extra for the adult
Worked example. In car, ar is r-controlled. In bird, ir spells an /er/-type sound.
Optional challenge. For R-Controlled Vowel Sounds, sort mixed cards and explain one pair. Optional: two short sentences.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: words; patterns; spellings; support used. This session samples a few items, not mastery of every vowel-r word.
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R-Controlled Vowel Sounds means r changes the vowel (car, her, bird)—bossy r. We will sort patterns, read and spell, then check a fresh word.
Spend about 12 minutes reading and spelling r-controlled vowels, then checking a new word.
Read vowel-r patterns and spell a few words without a visible model.
Read vowel-r patterns and spell a few words without a visible model.
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Start practiceR-controlled vowels practice
Choose r-controlled spellings and patterns.
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Learning resources
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UF Literacy Institute · Practice link — not the full lesson
Lessons 77–83 Resources
Before you open · source notes
Free UFLI Foundations toolbox materials for r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur). Adult-led decoding/spelling practice; not every vowel team.
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Before you openAsk the learner to read or spell one r-controlled word from an adult-chosen card.
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Source, access and review notes
Public UF Literacy Institute Foundations toolbox page for Lessons 77–83 (R-Controlled Vowels). An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this page. Printable and slide links on the page were not downloaded in this check. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. The paid UFLI Foundations manual is separate from these free toolbox materials.
UF Literacy Institute. “Lessons 77–83 Resources.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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Check understanding
- Read words with r-controlled vowels (e.g. 'car', 'bird', 'fork', 'her')
- Recognise that 'r' changes the vowel sound (e.g. 'cat' vs 'cart')
- Spell words with common r-controlled patterns
“When your child reads words like 'car', 'bird', 'nurse', or 'fork', can they recognise that the 'r' after the vowel changes its sound, and read the word correctly?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Phonics & Word Reading
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
Standards