These R-controlled clip cards focus on the five sounds: ear, air, oar, er, and are. Often found in tricky sight words. Students may encounter this spelling pattern in their text long before the r-controlled trigraph is formally taught.
These clip cards can be a useful bridge or introduction to the skill knowledge.
Dual-colored spelling clip cards can be found HERE.
Teaching bossy r can be easy to explain until you get to the trigraphs. Then the rules are gone and some students struggle with reading and spelling the homophones like: stair and stare.
These mnemonics were created to provide visual pictures to help students remember and relate to the words. You can find the whole set HERE.
The spelling clip cards highlight the tricky trigraphs in red, with the question “Sounds like?” above three images to guide students.
Clip Cards – Often Tricky Sight Words
This can help students who are struggling with the words that are commonly confused.
The letter /ere/ can make lots of sounds. This is a tricky spelling to teach. It is mostly one of the reasons the students start to struggle with sight words. Even for students who are good at decoding, this is a very tricky thing to understand the r controlled clip cards have helpful mnemonic images for the sound connection.
1. The “ear” Sound– Examples
The “ear” sound often makes the “ear” sound, like in the words “ear”, “bear”, and “clear”. This combination of letters can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of words. Here are a few examples:
- Ear – The part of the body used for hearing.
- Bear – A large animal or to carry something.
- Clear – Free from obstruction or easy to understand.
2. The “air” Sound Trigraph -Examples
The “air” sound is commonly found in words such as “air”, “chair”, and “fair”. This sound can also be spelled with the letter combinations “are” or “ere”, as in “care” or “flare”. Here are a few examples:
- Air – The atmosphere that we breathe.
- Chair – A piece of furniture for sitting.
- Fair – Just or impartial, or an event with rides and games.
There are 100 words in the set. Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is free to join. Follow the links to my shop Pure Joy Teaching and get your download of these R clip cards today.
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