R Controlled Vowels Snap Game

R Controlled Vowels Snap! is one of our r controlled vowels games for 1st grade. Every card has 6 pictures, and any two cards share exactly one picture. Students find the match, snap their fingers, and say the word and its sound pattern: “Car! ar!” You get 31 game cards for ar, er, ir, or and ur, with directions for three games.

Student Benefits

• Students learn that r changes the vowel sound, so they read words like car and bird with the right sound.
• Students hear that er, ir and ur can make the same sound, which helps them think about the right spelling.
• Students group words by r-controlled vowel, which trains them to notice the pattern in new words they read.

What’s Included

• How to Play page: directions for Snap Race, The Tower and Partner Practice, plus the Snap Rule.
• Picture Key: every picture in the game, sorted by pattern, to preview before you play.
• 31 picture and word cards: in color and in black and white.
• 31 picture cards: the same cards without words, in color and in black and white.
• Card backs: optional, to print back-to-back with the cards.
• My Snap Sheet: a recording page with one column for each pattern.
• R Controlled Vowels Detective: a color-by-sound page with an answer key.

Differentiation

Level 1 is the picture and word cards. Level 2 is the picture cards. It has the same 31 cards, so students at both levels can play the same game.

Standards

RF.1.3b
Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
RF.1.3e
Decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables. (This fits words like spider, turtle, water and hammer.)
L.1.2d
Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
L.1.2e
Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.

FAQ

How many students can play? Snap Race and The Tower are for 2 to 4 players. Partner Practice is for two students at a center.

How do I prep the cards? Print in color or in black and white, on cardstock or on regular pages. Then laminate, and cut out the cards.

Is it included with the Library Card? Yes.