Free printable r-controlled — er phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
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Jane had a big fern. Its green stem did not perk up. “It needs water,” said her mother. Jane got a big pot from under the sink. She filled it with water. But the pot was too much for her to hold up! Her big sister, Kim, saw her. “I can help you with that,” said Kim. Together, they carried the super big pot of water over to the fern. Jane held one side and her sister held the other. After they gave it a drink, the fern looked better. “Thank you, sister,” Jane whispered to Kim.
er, ir and ur all say the same sound, /er/, as in her, bird and fur.
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The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
her, fern, herd, jerk, perk, term, perm, verb, herb, after
zer, jerm, verk, derb, ferp, slern
ER, IR and UR words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.
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4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's r-controlled — er words. Each one opens as its own file.
Cut-apart word cards to sort: Real Words or Nonsense Words. Answer key on page 2.
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These free r-controlled (er) worksheets provide structured phonics practice for the ER r-controlled vowel. Activities include a decodable passage embedding target words in a fun story, a word sort activity to distinguish real and nonsense words, phrasing practice cards for fluency building, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for automaticity. Each worksheet prints cleanly on standard US Letter paper.
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