Free printable r-controlled — ur phonics worksheets. Four practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, and rapid naming chart.
Grade: 1st-2ndPhase 4: Vowel Teams & AdvancedPattern: UR r-controlled vowel
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1 Decodable Reading Passage
A short, decodable story embedding r-controlled — ur words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Burt's Hurt Hen
Skill: R-Controlled — UR • Sight Words: the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they, said, have, with, you, are, be
Coloring page included in PDF
Ben had a pet hen. The hen got hurt when she took a bad turn and fell. Ben felt a big urge to help his hen. He ran to his mom. “My hen is hurt!” he yelled. Ben’s mom called a pet nurse. The nurse came to help. She set her bag on the grass. “She will be ok,” the nurse said. The nurse was very kind with the small hen. She put a slick cloth on her leg. Ben gave the nurse a dime from his little purse. “Thank you for your help,” Ben said. The hen felt much better and gave a quick cluck.
Circle or highlight all the UR r-controlled words in the story above. How many did you find?
Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Real Words vs Nonsense Words.
Real Words
Nonsense Words
fur
blur
slur
spur
burn
curl
hurt
surf
turn
urge
zurz
gurz
vurz
turz
hurz
furz
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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 fur on blur
a blur in slur
the slur and spur
a spur with burn
the burn on curl
a curl in hurt
the hurt and surf
a surf with turn
the turn on urge
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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 — UR
fur
fur
fur
turn
turn
curse
burn
fur
churn
churn
curse
burn
churn
burn
curse
turn
Target words: fur, burn, turn, curse, churn
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5 Word Search
Find and circle the r-controlled — ur words hidden in the grid. Words go across, down, and diagonally — a fun way to reinforce r-controlled — ur word recognition.
R-Controlled — UR Word Search
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📖 Decodable Readers for R-Controlled — UR
Next step: once your child can sound out these words, have them read a matching decodable mini-book. Each R-Controlled — UR reader is a printable story + coloring page using only sounds they've learned.
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.
