Bossy R Poems: ar, er, ir, or, ur

R-controlled vowels are so much more fun to teach with short targeted poems! All of these phonics poems are strategically embedded with plenty of bossy r vocabulary words (ar, er, ir, or, ur) to help you target your phonics instruction. . . all within the context of real reading!

Newly Expanded in November, 2020! Check out the PREVIEW above!

This poetry pack has over doubled in size from 11 to 28 r-controlled vowel phonics poems!

A few of the poems in this R-Controlled Vowels collection are included in The BIG Phonics Poetry Anthology, but most are not.

Please note: The vocabulary in the poems is geared toward second and third graders.

Poems with r-controlled vowels included in this phonics poetry collection:

ar

Carl the Shark

Clark

The Go-Cart

Charming Martians

er

I Love My Little Gertie

Monster Dinners

ir

Miranda, A Girl Giraffe

I Have a Quirky Brother

When Kirby Gets Too Dirty

or

The Monster Store

ur

The Purple Glurple

Burt

A Surfer

ar/or

Faraway Star

ar/er/or

Starving Gert

A Porcupine

Morphing Monarch

Garage Band Rock Stars

ar/er/ir/ur

The Hershey Bar

ar/er/ur

Ring Tailed Lemur

ar/ir/or

Alarming Birds

The Squirrel

er/ir/ur

Inside a Sturdy Birch Tree

er/ur

Hurtling Boulder

ar/er/or/ur

Slithering Predators

Charlotte's Web for Wilbur

Two BONUS Poems:

ar/er

Beavers' Dinner

er/ur

Burning Deck

You may also enjoy:

The BIG Phonics Poetry Anthology

Thanksgiving Phonics Poetry (r-controlled vowels & consonant digraphs!)

Have some fun teaching r-controlled vowels (bossy r) with this phonics poetry pack!

Lorrie L. Birchall

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