Unit #19b Skills: R-controlled Vowels: er, ir, ur Introduce Sounds 1. Display the flash cards for the following r-controlled vowels: er, ir, ur 2. Say each sound aloud. 3. Say the sound aloud again slowly as you model writing the sound in the air. 4. Allow students to write the sound on their tables and say the sound simultaneously. 5. Review the sounds. Use the I ll say, We ll say, You ll Say method. Tell students, I ll say the sound first on my own. Listen carefully to the sound. Now we ll say the sound together. Now you say the sound when I point to you. Construct Words 1. Pass out Word Construction Tiles to each student. You will need the letters: h, er, sh, ir, t, f, st, ur, n, g, l, b, d 2. Choose a word from the Words to Spell section below. Say the word aloud. Repeat the word slowly. Ask students what vowel sound they hear in the word. Have students place the corresponding letter tile in the center of their desks. Repeat the process with the beginning and ending sounds. Choose other words from the Words to Spell section. Repeat. Do not choose a word from the Sight Words section. Sight words do not sound out. Words to Spell her shirt first turn girl bird dirt stern Sight Word(s) Have students use their arm and index finger to spell out the sight words. See unit #1 for instructions. some come Phonics Instruction Guide Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Sentences to Read and Write 1. Come put on a shirt. 2. Some girls can twirl. 3. They said it was hers. 4. The fern is in the dirt. Decodable Phonics Stories to Read Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b Additional Unit Resources Danco Flash Cards (Unit #19b) Danco Spelling Practice (Unit #19b) Special Sound Card (Unit #19b) Danco Fluency Chart (Unit #19b) Danco Phonics Sentences (Unit #19b) Word Construction Tiles (Unit #19b) Danco Sentence Strips (Unit #19b) Phonics Slip Strips (Unit #19b) The Story of er, ir, ur Show the Special Sound Card for er, ir, ur and tell students this story: The letters er, ir, and ur are smart triplets. They all do the same thing while they are thinking. They put their index fingers to their lips and say ər. We call this the thinking sound. Phonics Instruction Guide Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Phoneme Boxes Have students line up 4 laminated 2 x 2 construction paper squares (different colors) near the top of their desks. Say the word, her aloud slowly. Students repeat the word, her. Have students pull down each sound they hear as they say the sounds/phonemes aloud. Ask students how many sounds they hear in the word, her. [There are two phonemes: /h/ and /ər/] Please Note: Phonemes are the smallest parts of sound in spoken language. The English language has about 41 phonemes. Phonemes can be individual letters or combinations of letters. For this lesson, the r-controlled vowels er, ir, and ur are treated as one sound. Have students move the colored paper squares back to the top of their desks and repeat the steps above with these words, by saying: Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, shirt Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, first Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, turn Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, girl Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, bird Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, dirt Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, stern Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, fern Pull down the sounds you hear in the word, burn [There are three phonemes: /sh/, /ər/, and /t/] [There are four phonemes: /f/, / ər /, /s/, and /t/] [There are three phonemes: /t/, /ər/, and /n/] [There are three phonemes: /g/, /ər/, and /l/] [There are three phonemes: /b/, /ər/, and /d/] [There are three phonemes: /d/, /ər/, and /t/] [There are four phonemes: /s/, /t/, /ər/, and /n/] [There are three phonemes: /f/, /ər/, and /n/] [There are three phonemes: /b/, /ər/, and /n/] Phonics Instruction Guide Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Rhyming Phonological Awareness Activities Say, Tell me a word that rhymes with first. Say, Tell me a word that rhymes with fern. Say, Tell me a word that rhymes with dirt. [thirst, burst, cursed, worst] [learn, stern, turn, burn] [hurt, squirt] Blending Say the sounds: /t/, /w/, /ər/, /l/ aloud while you put up one finger for each sound. Have students put up a finger for each sound/phoneme they hear in the word twirl. Students should hold up their thumb for /t/, their index finger for /w/, their middle finger for /ər/, and their ring finger for /l/ as they say each sound/phoneme. Repeat two more times (faster each time). Then have students close their hands into a fist and say the word, twirl aloud. Follow the steps above for these words: Teacher says: /ch/, /ər/, /ch/ Students say: /ch/, /ər/, /ch/ /ch/, /ər/, /ch/ church Teacher says: /s/, /ər/, /f/ Students say: /s/, /ər/, /f/ /s/, /ər/, /f/ surf Teacher says: /b/, /ər/, /n/ Students say: /b/, /ər/, /n/ /b/, /ər/, /n/ burn Teacher says: /f/, /ər/, /n/ Students say: /f/, /ər/, /n/ /f/, /ər/, /n/ fern Teacher says: /s/, /t/, /ər/, /n/ Students say: /s/, /t/, /ər/, /n/ /s/, /t/, /ər/, /n/ stern Teacher says: /d/, /ər/, /t/ Students say: /d/, /ər/, /t/ /d/, /ər/, /t/ dirt Substitution Say the word, her aloud to your students. Have the students repeat the word aloud. Say, Now take off the beginning sound in, her. Replace the /h/ sound with /f/. What s the word? Students say, fur aloud. Follow the steps above for these words: Teacher says: turn Students say: turn Teacher: Replace the /t/ sound with /b/ burn Teacher says: girl Students say: girl Teacher: Replace the /g/ sound with /tw/ twirl Teacher says: surf Students say: surf Teacher: Replace the /s/ sound with /t/ turf Isolation Say the word, shirt aloud to your students. Ask students, What is the middle sound you hear in the word, shirt? [/ər/] turn What is the ending sound you hear in the word, turn? [/n/] her What is the beginning sound you hear in the word, her? [/h/] girl What is the middle sound you hear in the word, girl? [/ər/] stern What is the ending sound you hear in the word, stern? [/n/] church What is the beginning sound you hear in the word, church? [/ch/] Phonics Instruction Guide Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
er, ir, ur Special Sound Cards Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
er shirt bird burn ir first dirt surf ur turn stern church some girl fern twirl come her Come put on a shirt. Some girls can twirl. They said it was hers. The fern is in the dirt. Flash Cards Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
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Come put on a shirt. 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b Some girls can twirl. 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b They said it was hers. 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
The fern is in the dirt. 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b Who will turn first? 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b Do not burn your shirt. 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
Word Construction Tiles Words to Construct her shirt first turn girl bird dirt stern fern burn er ir ur h sh r t sts f d n g l b Word Construction Tiles Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Danco Fluency Chart Unit #19b Directions: Set a timer for one minute. Read the following list of words aloud as quickly and as accurately as you can. Read from left to right. Record how many words you read correctly at the bottom of this page. Repeat two more times. The purpose of this activity is to increase reading fluency. some come her shirt first 5 turn dirt bird girl stern 10 fern burn surf church twirl 15 some come her shirt first 20 turn dirt bird girl stern 25 fern burn surf church twirl 30 some come her shirt first 35 turn dirt bird girl stern 40 fern burn surf church twirl 45 some come her shirt first 50 turn dirt bird girl stern 55 fern burn surf church twirl 60 some come her shirt first 65 turn dirt bird girl stern 70 fern burn surf church twirl 75 some come her shirt first 80 turn dirt bird girl stern 85 fern burn surf church twirl 90 some come her shirt first 95 turn dirt bird girl stern 100 By signing below, I am acknowledging that my child has read the list above aloud to me three times. 1 st Try 2 nd Try 3 rd Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Words Words 1 st Try 2 nd Try 3 rd Words Words 1 st Try 2 nd Try Words Words 1 st Try 2 nd Try Words Words Try Words Try Words Try Words Try Words Parent/Guardian Signature: Parent/Guardian Signature: Parent/Guardian Signature: Parent/Guardian Signature: 3 rd 3 rd Danco Fluency Chart Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Spelling Words Sounds: er, ir, ur her shirt first turn girl bird dirt stern Sight Word: some Sight Word: come Dictation Sentences Come put on a shirt. Some girls can twirl. They said it was hers. The fern is in the dirt. Spelling Words & Dictation Sentences Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Name Date Trace the Word her Write the Word Write the Word Mark the Vowel Sound. shirt first turn girl Spelling Practice Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Name Date Trace the Word bird Write the Word Write the Word Mark the Vowel Sound. dirt stern some come Spelling Practice Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Name Date Directions: Read each sentence out loud. Trace over each dotted sentence. Write each sentence on your own. Draw and color a picture for each sentence. Come put on a shirt. Come put on a shirt. Some girls can twirl. Some girls can twirl. Phonics Sentences Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Name Date Directions: Read each sentence out loud. Trace over each dotted sentence. Write each sentence on your own. Draw and color a picture for each sentence. They said it was hers. They said it was hers. The fern is in the dirt. The fern is in the dirt. Phonics Sentences Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
Danco T M Phonics Readers Written by Dan Clarke, M.ed Unit #19b Skills: er, ir, ur 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
The Shirt Mitch had some shirts with spots on them. His red shirt had a burn mark on it. Some shirts had dirt on them. Mitch had to get the dirt off of his shirts. First, Mitch put his shirts in a batch of wash. Then his shirts were o.k. 1 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
Circus Fun You can have a lot of fun at a circus. Dogs can fetch things. Birds can catch things. Men can lift girls up and twirl them. Cats can turn, jump, and do tricks. The best part of the circus is the first trick after dusk. 2 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
Sisters Pam and Jan are sisters. Just after birth, Pam got hurt. Jan helped when Pam got hurt. Pam had a bad burn on her leg. Jan got her mom to help her sister up to the sink. Mom put Pam in the sink. Pam started to squirm. 3 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
The Hamster Fern, the hamster, was in a pond. Her fur was soft and it had curls. Fern was a hamster that could surf. Her best trick was after dinner. Fern surfed on top of a cracker. When it was her turn to surf, Fern did well. 4 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
Come to Church Come to church, said Dad. I have no shirt to put on, said Nick. Dad got a shirt that was in the basket to lend to Nick. Thank you, said Nick. The shirt did not have spots on it. It had starch on it. Let s get to church, said Nick. 5 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
Questions 1. What was wrong with Mitch s shirts? (Page 1) 2. What are some animals that one can see at a circus? (Page 2) 3. How did Jan help Pam? (Page 3) 4. What was Fern s best trick? (Page 4) 5. Why didn t Nick want to go to church? (Page 5) 6 2007 Danco Phonics Readers Unit #19b
Phonics Slip Strip Unit #19b sh t f st g l b d d t f b ch tw l squ m CUT THIS PART OUT ir Glue Phonics Slip Strip Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers
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Name Date Danco Phonics Support Unit #19b Directions: Choose a word from the box to complete each sentence. Write the word on the line. burn sisters some come circus 1. Mark had shirts with spots on them. 2. His red shirt had a mark on it. 3. You can have a lot of fun at the. 4. Fern and Fran are. 5. surf with your pals, said Mom. Directions: Choose a word from the box to complete each sentence. Write the word on the line. turn church fur hamster her 6. I have a as a pet. 7. Hamsters can have dark tan. 8. Dad said, Let s get to at six. 9. pal did not have dirt on her shirt. 10. It is your to surf. Danco Phonics Support Unit #19b 2007 Danco Phonics Readers