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Phonics worksheet · Bossy R and diphthongs
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.
- 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
“Read each sentence. Draw a picture to show what it says.”
Printed on the sheet:
- 1. A shark wears a purple shirt.
- 2. A bird sits on a fork.
- 3. A girl rides a horse in a storm.
- 4. Four stars shine over a barn.
Teacher tip
Ask kids to circle the bossy R words before drawing.
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”.
- Say every word on the sheet together before kids start, stretching the sounds.
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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