R-controlled vowels (also called Bossy R vowels) are vowels that change their sound when followed by the letter R. When R comes after a vowel, it controls the vowel and makes a new sound that is neither the short sound nor the long sound. ⸻ ✅ The 5 R-controlled vowels 1. AR → /ar/ as in car, star, farm 2. ER → /ər/ as in her, fern, water 3. IR → /ər/ as in bird, shirt, girl 4. OR → /or/ as in fork, corn, storm 5. UR → /ər/ as in fur, nurse, turn ⸻ ✅ Why are they called “Bossy R”? Because the R c

The BOSSY R rule… see lots of examples below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Comment “APP” to be the first to download “The Phonics App” where you will find all the 44 sounds of English and hundreds of words to practise reading each sound. Example words to practise blending each of these “r” controlled sounds: ar- car, hard, far, star, art, farm er- her, cover, water, anger, after, letter ir- bird, firm, first, dirt, girl, shirt or- cord, form, for ur- curl, fur, hurt, nurse, blur #phonics #earlyreading #phonemes