Make decoding practice meaningful and engaging with this St. Patrick’s Day–themed mystery puzzle that builds reading accuracy and confidence with ER words while complementing your favorite r-controlled vowel games. This resource includes one self-checking puzzle with 16 multiple-choice questions focused only on ER spellings, making it a perfect companion to a bossy r sort or targeted phonics review. Each sentence contains one ER word so students can isolate the pattern, apply decoding stra