Tactile/R Controlled Vowels

Title: Curt and Bert

The teacher begins by reading the short story below.

Burt and Curt are baby birds. Mother Bird has food for her babies. “Me first,” chirps Burt. “No, me first,” blurts Curt. Mother perches on the nest. She says, “You birds must take turns.”

The teacher reads the story a second time, but this time she points at each r-controlled word and asks the students to clap each time they hear the /ur/ sound.

Next make a chart with three columns. They will be labeled Her, Bird and Turn. Explain how the /ur/ sound can be made different ways. Have a collection of r-controlled words on sticky notes and have the students take turns coming up and underlining the two letters that make the /ur/ sound. Once that has been done, the student will put it in the correct column.

End by reading the story one more time, but this time stop and let the students say the r-controlled words.

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Title: Controlled Vowels

Give students the l,w,r controlled vowels and have them correctly form the letters using clay, sand, or with glue, etc.

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Title: Letter Bingo

Idea: Each student will have a Bingo card in front of them that has letters on it. Give them something to mark their cards with and then instead of saying the letter the teacher would make say a word that has the controlled vowels you are working on it it. The students would have to determine which R, L, W, Controlled Vowels you are saying.

Title: Bossy R

Idea: Students are asked draw and color in a R on a piece of paper. They are also asked to draw and color in a vowel.

When finished coloring two students are asked to come up to the front of the room. One holds up the letter R they colored while the other stands before the R and holds up the vowel they colored.

The teacher will then walk behind the students. When she taps the student holding up the R the student will start to talk. The student will say something like I'm the boss you make the sound I want you to make. You don't make the long a sound or the short a sound. You make this sound. "ar,ar,ar," The student will continue talking bossy until stopped by the teacher. A second tap on the shoulder will cue the student to stop talking. If the student holding the vowel is tapped he/she says the sound that the bossy R told him/her to make.

This activity is not only tactile but can be used as visual and auditory.