FREE R Controlled Vowels Posters!

Teaching r-controlled vowels

These r controlled vowel posters are perfect for use in your classroom when teaching and practicing words containing r controlled vowels. So what is an r controlled vowel? When a vowel is followed by an r, the r changes the sound that the vowel makes.  That vowel is called an r-controlled vowel.  Sometimes teachers refer to the “r” as the “bossy r” because the r “bosses” the vowel to make a new sound.  When the “a” is followed by r, it makes the sound you hear in “bar” or “car”.  When the “o” is followed by the r, it makes the sound you hear in the word “corn”.  The “ir”, “ur” and “er” make the same sound /er/ as in the words “bird”, “fur” and “her”.   It is important to teach students to recognize and practice words containing r-controlled vowels.

Visual cues often help our young readers learn phonics rules. Display these posters in your classroom or within your small group intervention area.

Post around the classroom or print and send them home with your students ar, er, ir, or, and ur are all here!

The R-Controlled Vowel Posters can be downloaded for FREE in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store.

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