{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-phonics-r-controlled",
 "id": "la-phonics-r-controlled",
 "title": "Phonics: R-Controlled Vowels and Rules",
 "category": "language-arts",
 "subject": "English",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5"
 ],
 "description": "Bossy r, magic e and other spelling patterns that change vowel sounds.",
 "tags": [
  "phonics",
  "spelling rules"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Pattern",
 "backLabel": "What it does",
 "cards": [
  [
   "ar",
   "Says /ar/: car, star, farm"
  ],
  [
   "or",
   "Says /or/: corn, horse, storm"
  ],
  [
   "er",
   "Says /er/: her, fern, teacher"
  ],
  [
   "ir",
   "Says /er/: bird, girl, shirt"
  ],
  [
   "ur",
   "Says /er/: turn, burn, purple"
  ],
  [
   "ore",
   "Says /or/: more, store, shore"
  ],
  [
   "are",
   "Says /air/: care, share, scare"
  ],
  [
   "ear (air)",
   "Says /air/: bear, wear, pear"
  ],
  [
   "ear (eer)",
   "Says /eer/: ear, hear, near"
  ],
  [
   "ear (er)",
   "Says /er/: earth, learn, early"
  ],
  [
   "air",
   "Says /air/: chair, hair, fair"
  ],
  [
   "eer",
   "Says /eer/: deer, cheer, steer"
  ],
  [
   "ier",
   "Says /eer/: pier, tier"
  ],
  [
   "oar",
   "Says /or/: roar, soar, board"
  ],
  [
   "our",
   "Says /or/ or /ow-er/: four, hour, sour"
  ],
  [
   "war",
   "Says /wor/: warm, wart, warn"
  ],
  [
   "wor",
   "Says /wer/: word, work, world"
  ],
  [
   "Silent e (magic e)",
   "A silent e at the end makes the vowel say its name: cap becomes cape"
  ],
  [
   "Closed syllable",
   "Ends in a consonant and has a short vowel: cat, sun, dig"
  ],
  [
   "Open syllable",
   "Ends in a vowel and has a long vowel: go, me, hi"
  ],
  [
   "Vowel-consonant-e syllable",
   "Long vowel with silent e: cake, hope, time"
  ],
  [
   "Vowel team syllable",
   "Two vowels make one sound: rain, boat, tree"
  ],
  [
   "R-controlled syllable",
   "A vowel plus r changes the sound: car, her, corn"
  ],
  [
   "Consonant-le syllable",
   "A last syllable like ble, dle, tle: table, candle, little"
  ],
  [
   "Floss rule",
   "After a short vowel, double f, l, s or z at the end: puff, bell, miss, buzz"
  ],
  [
   "Soft c and g rule",
   "c and g are soft before e, i or y: cent, city, gem, gym"
  ],
  [
   "q needs u",
   "The letter q is nearly always followed by u: queen, quit"
  ],
  [
   "No English word ends in v",
   "Add a silent e after v: have, give, love"
  ],
  [
   "FLOSS exceptions",
   "Some short words break the floss rule: bus, gas, yes, if"
  ]
 ]
}