Identify the 'er, ir, ur' Sound in Words

In words like bird, fern, and fur, the letters E, I, or U can team up with R to make the same bossy-R sound: the /er/ sound. In this Grade 1 skill, children look, listen, read, and choose, connecting three spellings ('er', 'ir', and 'ur') to one sound in single-syllable words while avoiding short-vowel look-alikes. Support fades across three levels (picture + audio with word choices -> written word + audio with picture choices -> audio with written choices), so children move from hearing the sound to reading and listening for it.

• Phonics & Word Skills
• Phonics
• Phonemic Awareness
• Word Recognition
• Short Vowels
• Decoding
• R-Controlled Vowels
• Letter-Sound Correspondence

• ELA.1.2.B.iii
• ELA.1.F.1.3
• ZA.CAPS.EHL.G1.T3.RP
• RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
• RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
• ELA.1.2.C.i
• ENG-Y1-RWR.2 — Respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes.
• AC9E1LY12 — understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound
• 1RF3 — Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

• Identify the 'ar' Sound in Words
• Identify the 'or' Sound in Words