Which Pair?

Worksheet Description

The “R-Controlled Vowels” worksheet is an engaging exercise designed to help students identify and differentiate between different vowel-R pairs, including “ar,” “ur,” “ir,” and “er” sounds within words. This worksheet combines listening skills with phonics to reinforce understanding.

1. Students will examine a series of pictures, each representing a word with an R-controlled vowel.
2. They will listen to the name of each picture and identify the specific vowel-R pair they hear among the choices: “ar,” “ur,” “ir,” or “er.”
3. Students will then circle the correct vowel-R pair corresponding to the word’s pronunciation.

This activity promotes active listening and phonemic awareness, allowing students to recognize and distinguish between different R-controlled vowel sounds. This is often consider a bossy R skill worksheet. Bossy R refers to the letter “R” changing the sound of the vowel before it, creating a unique sound, as in “car,” “bird,” or “fur.” This worksheet would be considered part of that series.