R-Controlled Vowel Posters

What are R-Controlled Vowels? Let’s Find Out!

When an r follows a vowel, 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. It seems like a simple concept, but what makes r-controlled vowel sounds so confusing for students?

我们明白教学发音并不总是easy. That’s why we have created these r- controlled vowel posters. Students need to practice recognizing and producing the r-controlled vowels in words, and these posters do just that! The set includes five posters highlighting each of the r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, and ur). Each poster shows the vowel combination and several words and images containing each sound.

Displaying these posters in your classroom will increase awareness of common spelling patterns and provide a great visual for your RTI group instruction.

How to Make the Most of Your R-Controlled Vowels Poster Pack

1. Print the poster on letter-size paper, slip it into a clear sleeve, and use it in your guided groups as a reminder.
2. Print the posters half-sized or quarter-size and have students paste them into their writing notebooks as reference materials.
3. Print the poster on letter-size paper, slide it into a clear sleeve, and hang it on a ring as a reference tool for a learning center.

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️Turn this poster into a coloring pageby printing it in black and white.

Create a fill-in-the-blank worksheetby removing selections of text.

Place copies in students’ homework foldersfor reference.

Provide posters as digital resourcesfor virtual students.

Before You Download

This resource prints as a PDF. Please use the dropdown menu to choose between the Color or Blackline version.

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Spend more time lesson-doingand less time lesson-planningwhen you grab these activities and teaching resources too!

teaching resource Google Interactive R-Controlled Vowel Word Building Activity Build an engaging literacy center or station activity around r-controlled vowels with a Google Slides Interactive Activity. teaching resource R-Controlled Vowel Clip Cards-Digital and Print Build an engaging literacy center or station activity around r-controlled vowels with these digital and/or printable r-controlled vowel clip cards. teaching resource Match or TRASH! - R Blends Match-Up Game Practice decoding and reading 15 initial R blend words with our matching card game.