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Lesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables Lesson PlanLesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables Lesson Plan
Publisher
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
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3rd - 6th
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English Language Arts
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1 day
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Year
2010
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Lesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables

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Put on your pirate hat and get ready to teach r-controlled syllables. Learners practice using words that contain ar, or, er, ir, and ur. Instructors model how to decode words to isolate vowel teams, as well as combine r-controlled sounds with other letters.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

r-controlled vowels, r-blends, syllables

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Say the ar sound using a silly pirate voice for emphasis
  • Write out the different r-controlled sounds on index cards and practice inserting them next to different letters to hear the sounds they make

Classroom Considerations

  • Some materials may require lamination before beginning
  • Fifth of 17 lessons in the Word Recognition and Fluency series 

Pros

  • Provides instructions to help scaffold activities
  • Appeals to a range of learning styles

Cons

  • Missing a general table of contents or order of activities to guide instruction

Common Core

RF.1.2.a RF.1.3.a

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