This sheet sorts bossy-r words into six rhyming families — ar, ark, orn, ern, irl, and urn — using anchor words like car, park, corn, fern, girl, and turn. Nine fill-in sentences reuse family members in new contexts so first graders see patterns repeat. A matching activity connects each rime ending to a model word. Learners discover that once they know a family, they can read many new words that share the same r-controlled rime.
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R-Controlled Vowels (Bossy R)
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A shiny new car drove past.
2. We played in the park today.
3. The rooster had a yellow corn.
4. A small green fern grew tall.
5. The little girl smiled big.
6. Please turn off the light.
7. My pet dog loves the dog park.
8. A bright red cob of corn grew in the field.
9. My sister is a big nice girl.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
-ark
→ park
park
-orn
→ horn
horn
-ern
→ fern
fern
-urn
→ burn
burn
R-Controlled Vowels (Bossy R)
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A shiny new car drove past.
2) We played in the park today.
3) The rooster had a yellow corn.
4) A small green fern grew tall.
5) The little girl smiled big.
6) Please turn off the light.
7) My pet dog loves the dog park.
8) A bright red cob of corn grew in the field.
9) My sister is a big nice girl.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
-ark
→ park
park
-orn
→ horn
horn
-ern
→ fern
fern
-urn
→ burn
burn
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