R-controlled vowels Decoding Drills are here! After learning a new phonics skill, students need to apply that skill in word reading. Decoding Drills provide students the opportunity to practice their newly learned skills in a fun and engaging format.

--DISTANCE LEARNING UPDATE - August 17, 2020---

***I have now added DIGITAL versions of these Decoding Drills that have been formatted for use with Google Drive! You can access them at no extra cost in the download!***

The use of nonsense words in Decoding Drills helps students build speed and automaticity when reading. The use of real words in Decoding Drills provides students exposure to words with that skill. This means that this practice will improve student fluency when reading.

The skills used here spiral, meaning that as students progress through the phonics skills, they continue to review past skills. This resource is excellent for guided reading warm-ups, lesson introductions and reviews, small-group work, independent practice, homework, and more!

This resource includes sets for each of the following R-controlled vowels:

• ar
• er
• ir
• or
• ur
• air
• are
• ire
• ear
• oar
• ore
• our

The skills are broken into 3 separate sets + 1 set of mixed review.

• Set 1 – ar, er, ir, or, ur
• Set 2 – ire, are, ore
• Set 3 – air, ear, oar, our
• Mixed Review: ALL R-controlled vowels listed above