R-Controlled Worksheet — All 5 + Sort (Free PDF)

All five r-controlled patterns — ar, or, er, ir, ur — plus the sort, in one 7-page file.

What’s inside

• An instructions page.
• AR and OR pages, each with a mouth tip.
• ER, IR and UR pages, and the Bossy-R Sort page.

Every word in this PDF (106)

Handy for checking the list fits your child before printing, or for making your own games.

large, lark, bar, mark, barn, mars, car, park, card, part, cart, scar, charm, shard, dark, sharp, dart, spark, far, start, farm, star, hard, harm, tart, harp, tar, jar, yard, lard, yarn, born, port, cord, cork, snort, corn, fort, sport, fork, store, form, stork, horn, storm, more, sworn, nor, thorn, north, torch, torn, porch, worn, fern, perm, germ, perch, her, herd, serve, herb, stern, term, mercy, verb, nerve, bird, sir, birth, skirt, chirp, smirk, dirt, firm, stir, third, gird, girl, twirl, girth, whirl, shirt, blur, lurk, burn, nurse, burst, purse, church, purple, churn, slur, curd, spur, curl, surf, curb, surge, curve, fur, turn, further, turtle, hurt, squirt

How to use it

1. One pattern per session, in the order ar, or, ur, er, ir.
2. Blend, write and re-read each page.
3. Finish with the sort once all three /ur/ spellings are known.
4. Revisit the sort a week later to check the spellings stuck.

Who it’s for

Ages 5–7 in Stage 5.

Where it fits: Stage 5 — Vowel Teams & Tricky Words

Goes well with

• R-Controlled Vowels (Free PDF): ar, er, ir, or, ur
• R-Controlled Vowels cheat sheet