Phonics sequence · step 7
R-controlled vowels
the 60 easiest of 354 words · from the giggletap curriculum
ar, er, ir, or, ur — the r changes the vowel (park, bird, turn).
- arm
- art
- car
- far
- for
- fur
- her
- jar
- sir
- war
- are
- bark
- bird
- born
- burn
- corn
- curl
- czar
- dark
- dirt
- era
- farm
- fern
- firm
- first
- fork
- fort
- girl
- girl's
- guard
- hard
- herd
- horn
- hurt
- park
- parks
- port
- quart
- quartz
- scarf
- skirt
- smart
- sort
- sport
- star
- start
- stir
- storm
- surf
- swarm
- swirl
- term
- turn
- twirl
- verb
- warm
- worm
- yard
- actor
- adverb
+ 294 more in the app, ordered for teaching
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