This week in phonics and spelling, we are introducing r-controlled vowels, or “bossy r.” \u00a0\u201cBossy r\u201d is bossy but polite. It lets the vowel go first,\u00a0but it doesn\u2019t let it say its sound. \u00a0Today, students learned that er, ir, and ur all make the same sound. \u00a0We then brainstormed and selected our er words. \u00a0Since the er spelling of “bossy r” is the most common, students will be encouraged to use this pattern as the first choice when making an educated guess of how to spell a word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week in phonics and spelling, we are introducing r-controlled vowels, or “bossy r.” \u00a0\u201cBossy r\u201d is bossy but polite. It lets the vowel go first,\u00a0but it doesn\u2019t let it say its sound. \u00a0Today, students learned that er, ir, and ur all make the same sound. \u00a0We then brainstormed and selected our er words. \u00a0Since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n