2nd grade
Read and Draw: Bossy R
Four bossy R sentences to read and draw: a shark in a purple shirt, a bird on a fork and stars over a barn.
Phonics worksheet · Bossy R and diphthongs
Bossy R Bingo
Two different bingo cards with 16 ar, or, er, ir and ur words, plus the caller’s list. Play in pairs or as a class.
- Grade level
- 2nd grade
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- R-controlled vowels, Diphthongs, Spelling one sound many ways
What kids do
“Listen for the word. Find it on your card and color it. Four in a row? Shout “Bingo!””
Printed on the sheet:
- Caller’s list: tick each word as you call it
Words on this sheet
jarfortstircork curbpurse firmcurbharpgerm dirtdirtgermyarddartcorktorchsnortherdfirmhurtpurse
Teacher tip
Before the game, have kids sort the caller’s words by their r team so they hear er, ir and ur all say the same sound.
How to use it
- Call the r “bossy” and act it out: the r pushes the vowel to make a new sound.
- Say the sound with a picture: ar like a pirate, or like a fork, ou like “ouch”.
- Send it home with a note asking families to listen to their child read the words.
Watch for
er, ir and ur sound the same, so spelling them is about memory. Group words by spelling.
Talk about it
- Which spellings make the same sound?
- How did you figure out that word?
Take it further
Write a pirate story full of ar words.
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