R-controlled vowels
IR r-controlled vowel words
Bossy-r words with ir for r-controlled vowel sorts and dictation. Examples: bird, girl.
45 words · every word is a real, classroom-safe word from Foniko's hand-tagged phonics bank.
- fir
- sir
- bird
- curl
- furl
- girl
- hurl
- stir
- whir
- dirty
- fired
- pearl
- siren
- swirl
- tapir
- third
- tired
- twirl
- viral
- weird
- whirl
- elixir
- empire
- pirate
- unfurl
- cowgirl
- jaybird
- seabird
- vampire
- bluebird
- director
- entirely
- firebird
- indirect
- inspired
- ladybird
- sapphire
- showgirl
- songbird
- blackbird
- schoolgirl
- whirlybird
- hummingbird
- mockingbird
- thunderbird
Decodable sentences
- The bird sat on the path.
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