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Show LETRS based spelling curriculum 244 Vowel-r Combinations, Single Syllables ote to teachers:TheLETRS authors decided on callingthis syllable vowel-r syllable N instead of r-controlled. The reason is because the vowels make a variety of sounds. The vowel-r is a difficult skill to master because of its articulatory feature, as well as the numerous and variable spellings. Many vowel-r words make the same sound like ar, er, ir, or and ur. The most common spelling is with the er and least common is with the ir. Unfortunately there is not a rule to help decide if a word is spelled with ar, er, ir, or and ur. Exposure to many vowel-r words and sorting r-vowel words into common spelling patterns is the best practice. These lessons focus on single syllable words so students can focus on one vowel sound. Spelling List: er ir ur irregular germ bird hurt other herd first burn again work Day 1 Introduction to hard c and soft c (2 minutes):Vowel-rsyllable with er, ir, or, ar, and ur. The vowel sound before the letter r often changes its pronunciation. For example er, ir and ur often make the /er/ sound. This week we will focus on er, ir and ur words with the /er/ sound. The er is the most commonly used spelling and the ir is the least common. Watch youtube video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIQ4GvTShiw pelling Dictionary Activity (3 minutes):Comparethe vowel sounds in the S spelling list above. Notice that the vowels make all the same /er/ sound under the er, ir and ur columns. Check out the spelling dictionary and compare the vowel sounds under the er, ir and ur word lists. Highlight the er, ir and ur on the word lists. Unfortunately exposure to practicing writing and reading is the best way to learn the different spellings, er is often a suffix so that is easy to remember but this list does not contain suffixes. onsonants and Vowels (5 minutes):Students will colorcode the C consonants and vowels for each spelling word. They will need a black and red writing tool. The teacher will guide the students on the whiteboard or smartboard with corresponding colored writing tools. Students will do this on the 4x4 Word Sort table found in the resources. Have students write consonants in black and vowels in red on the table. Write er at the top of the |
