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1 R-Controlled Syllable

What do these words have in common? art

March

or

sport shirt

birth

her

clerk

fur

turn

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We call this type of syllable r­controlled. The abbreviation is rc. Why do you think it has this name? __________________________________________________________ Fold back this bottom section, or place a sheet of paper over it._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

NOTE TO INSTRUCTOR: Please copy this page as an overhead transparency to introduce r­controlled syllables. Record the following correct responses in any order.

1. All of the words have only one vowel.

2. The vowels are followed by the letter r.

3. The letter r controls the vowel and changes it to say ar as in art and or as in sport. The other three vowels have the same sound: ur as in turn, ir as in birth, and er as in her.

4. All are one­syllable words.

Mark the vowels by circling the vowel and the r, art.

This syllable is called r­controlled because the r changes the vowel sounds.