1st Grade R Controlled Vowel Spelling Puzzles

These r controlled vowel spelling puzzles are a great resource for students to practice r controlled vowels without a boring spelling drill. The cut-and-paste format and the hands-on puzzle pieces give students two different ways to practice reading words with r controlled vowels.

What’s Included In The R Controlled Vowel Spelling Puzzles

• 5 Cut-and-paste worksheets. There is one worksheet for the r controlled vowels: ar, er, ir, or, and ur
• 80 R-controlled vowel puzzle pieces. Students match the words with r controlled vowels to a picture.

Puzzle words include: car, farm, harp, jar, arm, barn, star, card, flower, water, spider, hammer, fern, germ, herd, ladder, stir, shirt, dirt, circle, thirty, bird, girl, skirt, horse, storm, thorn, horn, corn, fork, sport, fort, purse, nurse, fur, surf, burn, hurt, turtle, turn


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Standards

This resource covers the following standards:

RF.1.2.b
Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
RF.1.2.c
Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
RF.1.2.d
Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
RF.1.3.b
Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Quick Tips For Your Classroom

• Laminate puzzle pieces for repeated use year after year.
• Use the cut-and-paste sheets for morning work or early finisher activities.
• Pair students for a partner matching activity at your spelling center.
• Use the worksheets as a quick formative check before moving to the next spelling skill.
• Number the backs of puzzle pieces so students can self-check their matches.

How To Get The Most Out Of The R Controlled Vowel Spelling Puzzles

Whole Class: Print the worksheets and use them for r controlled vowel review, early finishers, or homework assignments
Independent Work or Spelling Centers: Print, cut, and laminate puzzle pieces. Store in a task box or baggie and keep at your spelling center

Replace rote spelling drills with these r controlled vowel spelling puzzles. Your students will love matching the puzzle pieces together and doing the cut-and-paste puzzle worksheets.

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