R-Controlled (or) Worksheets

Free printable r-controlled — or phonics worksheets. Four practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, and rapid naming chart.

Grade: 1st-2nd Phase 4: Vowel Teams & Advanced Pattern: OR r-controlled vowel
for born corn fork fort horn port sort torn worn sport short

1 Decodable Reading Passage

A short, decodable story embedding r-controlled — or words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.

Ron's Big Storm
Skill: R-Controlled — OR  •  Sight Words: the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they, said, have, with, you, are, be
Ron's Big Storm coloring page illustration
Coloring page included in PDF
Ron had to get more corn. A big storm was on its way. He saw the cold mist. Ron must go to the store now. He went to find his short blue vest. Ron knew he had a crate to hold what he got. Ron grabbed the crate. He ran to the store for corn. “I got the corn!” Ron said. He also got more milk. Ron then ran from the storm.
Circle or highlight all the OR r-controlled words in the story above. How many did you find?
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2 Word Sort

Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Real Words vs Nonsense Words.

Real Words
Nonsense Words
for
born
corn
fork
fort
horn
port
sort
torn
worn
corz
jorz
vorz
korz
rorz
horz
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3 Phrasing Practice Cards

Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.

the for on born
a born in corn
the corn and fork
a fork with fort
the fort on horn
a horn in port
the port and sort
a sort with torn
the torn on worn
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4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)

Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!

Decodable RAN Chart — R-Controlled — OR
snort
snort
more
fort
fort
for
more
fort
torn
snort
for
torn
torn
for
more
for
Target words: for, fort, torn, snort, more
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📖 Decodable Readers

Printable mini-books for R-Controlled — OR practice. Each reader includes a story + coloring page illustration.

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Free Printable R-Controlled (or) Worksheets

These free r-controlled (or) worksheets provide structured phonics practice for the OR 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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