Free printable r-controlled — ur phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.
A free illustrated mini-book for R-Controlled — UR, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.
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Shelly and Dan went to the grass by the pond to play ball. Dan had the bat, and Shelly had the ball. She had a big urge to strike Dan out just once.
"Get set!" said Shelly. She hurled the ball as fast as she could. It was a blur, but it did not curve at all. Dan gave a big swing and hit it far over the grass. Shelly hurled pitch after pitch. Each one went just where Dan thought it would, and he hit them all. Soon her face felt hot.
Shelly sat on the bench to think. A fast pitch was not the trick. She turned the ball in her hand. What if she held it by the side? Then the ball might spin as she hurled it, and a spinning ball might curve.
Shelly went back to her spot. Dan grinned and held up the bat. "Bring it!" he said. Shelly turned her grip and curled her hand on the ball. Then she hurled it with a quick snap. The ball spun. It went at Dan, and then it curved away! Dan's swing missed it.
"Strike!" yelled Shelly. She felt a surge of pride and burst out laughing.
Dan's mouth fell open. "How did you do that?" he asked. "Will you show me the trick?"
Shelly set the ball in his hand and helped him curl it just right. Then she picked up the bat. It was her turn to hit.
er, ir and ur all say the same sound, /er/, as in her, bird and fur.
Print it full size for the wall, or smaller for a phonics notebook.
The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.
fur, blur, slur, spur, burn, curl, hurt, surf, turn, urge
zur, jurp, vurn, durb, gurt, flurd
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 — ur 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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A new decodable story with the same r-controlled — ur sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets.
These free r-controlled (ur) worksheets provide structured phonics practice for the UR 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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