Year 1R-controlled vowels
or words
The letters o and r work together to make the /or/ sound.
or/or/ as in organs
Words with or
Tap a word to see its sounds and hear it.
or at the start
or in the middle
Read or in a sentence.
Every sentence is checked against the sound.
- 1I have a short horn.
- 2The corn is on the fork.
- 3A torch is on the porch.
- 4The horse ran in the storm.
How to teach or
- Introduce the r-controlled digraph. Explain that the letter r changes the way the vowel sounds.
- Model saying the target phoneme three times.
- Students repeat.
- Check articulation and correct mouth placement.
- Identify the phoneme in the example words.
- Explain the spelling generalisation: or is the most common spelling of the /or/ phoneme
Other ways to spell /or/
- oar
- oor
- ore
- our
- al
Decodable stories with or.
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Make a whole or lesson.
Slides, words and sentences, matched to the sounds your class has learned.