We are SO proud of the excellent readers that our students have become during the first half of the year! They have really been working hard. As many of our friends move up in reading levels, they will begin to come across some unexpected vowel and letter combinations. In order to prepare our readers for this, we have introduced them to R-controlled vowels this week.
When a vowel is followed by an r, it makes a special sound. These are called r-controlled vowels. For instance, /ar/ usually always sounds like the -ar in 'car', and /or/ always sounds like the -or in 'for'. The /ir/, /er/, and /ur/ sound the same as in bird, her, and fur. These all make a /ər/ sound.
Please encourage your student to notice these r-controlled vowels in their nightly reading, as well as to use them in their writing.
Here are some links for extra phonics and phonemic awareness practice:
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/soup.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/concentration/index.htm
Welcome to the class blog for Ms. Pomeroy and Mrs. Sambito's Second Grade class at Chets Creek Elementary. We are looking forward to an exciting year "walking on the wild side!"
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