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Week 10 · Bossy R Barn

Monday

Meet ar
// ar, or, er, ir and ur
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Meet ar

Ferris the Fox finds a red barn on the map.

Bruce the Bobcat leans on the door.

"In my barn, r is the boss," says Bruce. "Listen!"

Hear it: the bossy r

When r comes after a vowel, r is bossy.

It changes the vowel sound.

Listen to cat. Now listen to car.

The r changed the a!

HEAR IT: FIND THE AR SOUND
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which one has the sound in the middle of car?
Which one has the sound in the middle of car?
Which one has the sound in the middle of car?
Which one has the sound in the middle of car?

See it: ar

The letters a and r make one sound.

Car, star, farm and park all have ar.

The r is the boss. ar goes on one card.

READ IT: PICTURE AND WORD
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
carWhich word matches the picture?
starWhich word matches the picture?
barnWhich word matches the picture?
parkWhich word matches the picture?
HEAR IT: CAT OR CAR?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Listen to had and hard. Which one has a bossy r?
Listen to fan and farm. Which one has a bossy r?
Listen to cat and cart. Which one has a bossy r?
Listen to dark and duck. Which one has a bossy r?

Build it

BUILD THE WORD STAR
  • Say star slowly.
  • Tap the sound cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
BUILD THE WORD FARM
  • Say farm slowly.
  • Tap the sound cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
BUILD THE WORD PARK
  • Say park slowly.
  • Tap the sound cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
Read it yourself
car, star, jar, far
farm, park, barn, dark
Try it
Say car like a pirate with your grown-up. Arrr!
Then say star, farm and park.

Word Spot: stop

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Stop: S-T-O-P.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Red means ___.
Please ___ and look both ways.

Great start! Tomorrow we meet or.