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
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Read vowel-r patterns and spell a few words without a visible model.
Can discuss the supplied example in an accessible mode; adapt directions without supplying the target answer.
Check the learner can follow the model with support before moving on. Source prerequisite ordering is not learner mastery; return to prerequisite work when needed.
Use spoken words in the learner’s accent; do not insist on a pronounced r in non-rhotic accents. Adult holds the spelling targets privately. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Read and spell words containing r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, ur, or, ore) and vowel-r patterns where 'r' modifies the vowel sound
Finite decoding/spelling sample; dialect variation is accepted. These spelling targets were not visible in the model or guided cards.
- partial: Read words with r-controlled vowels (e.g. 'car', 'bird', 'fork', 'her')
Finite decoding/spelling sample; dialect variation is accepted. These spelling targets were not visible in the model or guided cards.
- partial: Recognise that 'r' changes the vowel sound (e.g. 'cat' vs 'cart')
Finite decoding/spelling sample; dialect variation is accepted. These spelling targets were not visible in the model or guided cards.
- partial: Spell words with common r-controlled patterns
Finite decoding/spelling sample; dialect variation is accepted. These spelling targets were not visible in the model or guided cards.
- partial: When {{name}} 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?
Finite decoding/spelling sample; dialect variation is accepted. These spelling targets were not visible in the model or guided cards.
Finite decoding/spelling sample; dialect variation is accepted. These spelling targets were not visible in the model or guided cards.
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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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- 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 5–6
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