2nd grade
ear and eer
The /eer/ sound: trace hear, near and deer, color the ear and eer words, fill in the right spelling and read a sentence.
Phonics worksheet · Bossy R and diphthongs
air and are
Two spellings of the /air/ sound: trace hair, chair and care, color the air and are words, fill in the right one and read a sentence.
- Grade level
- 2nd grade
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- R-controlled vowels, Diphthongs, Spelling one sound many ways
What kids do
“Read, trace, find and fill in air and are words.”
Printed on the sheet:
- 2. Read and trace
- 3. Color every word with air or are
- 4. Write air or are to finish each word
- 5. Read the sentence. Trace the air and are words.
- A bear with long hair sat in a chair.
- 6. Draw a bear in a chair
Teacher tip
Air is a word on its own. Find it in hair and chair.
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
- What sound does the vowel make when r comes after it?
- What sound does this letter or letter team make?
Take it further
Make a bossy R anchor chart with words from class books.
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