These r-controlled vowels passages are designed to be used as a connected decodable text for consolidation of phonics knowledge of r-controlled vowels, and to support students in becoming fluent readers.

This bundle contains the following r-controlled vowels sets:

• ar (bar), a (path)
• er (her), ir (girl), ur (turn)
• air (fair), are (care)
• or (torn), aw (draw), ore (more)
• eer (peer), ear (hear)

Please note that this resource assumes an accent where:

• both 'or', 'aw' and 'ore' make the /or/ phoneme. If your accent pronounces /aw/ differently, just don't highlight these words as making the /or/ phoneme.
• both 'ar' and 'a' can make the /ar/ phoneme. E.g. dark, farm and path, fast. If your accent pronounces 'a' differently, just don't highlight these words as making the /ar/ phoneme.

Differentiated decodable passages have been developed at three entry points, with bees to identify the three different levels. 

3 levels of fluency passages:

• Level 1: shorter text with r-controlled vowels words.
• Level 2: longer text with some more complex r-controlled vowels words
• Level 3: longest text with more complex r-controlled vowels words + rich vocabulary

All of the passages are editable, so that teachers can further adjust to suit the exact needs of their students, if required. 

Each passage includes:

• Focus graphemes
• Bees to indicate Level 1, 2 or 3
• Success criteria for
  • Accuracy
  • Pace
  • Phrasing
  • Expression
  • Punctuation
• Word count
• Editable decodable fluency passage

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