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Phonics: R-Controlled Vowels and Rules
Bossy r, magic e and other spelling patterns that change vowel sounds.
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- arPatternSays /ar/: car, star, farm
- orPatternSays /or/: corn, horse, storm
- erPatternSays /er/: her, fern, teacher
- irPatternSays /er/: bird, girl, shirt
- urPatternSays /er/: turn, burn, purple
- orePatternSays /or/: more, store, shore
- arePatternSays /air/: care, share, scare
- ear (air)PatternSays /air/: bear, wear, pear
- ear (eer)PatternSays /eer/: ear, hear, near
- ear (er)PatternSays /er/: earth, learn, early
- airPatternSays /air/: chair, hair, fair
- eerPatternSays /eer/: deer, cheer, steer
- ierPatternSays /eer/: pier, tier
- oarPatternSays /or/: roar, soar, board
- ourPatternSays /or/ or /ow-er/: four, hour, sour
- warPatternSays /wor/: warm, wart, warn
- worPatternSays /wer/: word, work, world
- Silent e (magic e)PatternA silent e at the end makes the vowel say its name: cap becomes cape
- Closed syllablePatternEnds in a consonant and has a short vowel: cat, sun, dig
- Open syllablePatternEnds in a vowel and has a long vowel: go, me, hi
- Vowel-consonant-e syllablePatternLong vowel with silent e: cake, hope, time
- Vowel team syllablePatternTwo vowels make one sound: rain, boat, tree
- R-controlled syllablePatternA vowel plus r changes the sound: car, her, corn
- Consonant-le syllablePatternA last syllable like ble, dle, tle: table, candle, little
- Floss rulePatternAfter a short vowel, double f, l, s or z at the end: puff, bell, miss, buzz
- Soft c and g rulePatternc and g are soft before e, i or y: cent, city, gem, gym
- q needs uPatternThe letter q is nearly always followed by u: queen, quit
- No English word ends in vPatternAdd a silent e after v: have, give, love
- FLOSS exceptionsPatternSome short words break the floss rule: bus, gas, yes, if
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