R-Controlled Vowels /or/ Phonics Workbook

R-Controlled Vowel /or/ Phonics Workbook is a Science of Reading aligned phonics workbook for Grades 2-3 that provides targeted practice with the /or/ sound using structured literacy activities. It is designed to help students decode, spell, and read OR words accurately and confidently.R-controlled vowels introduce multiple spelling patterns that often confuse beginning readers and spellers. Words like for, fork, storm, more, shore, and roar all use the /or/ sound, but the spelling can change. In English, /or/ commonly appears in different spellings, including:•or•ore•oarWithout structured phonics instruction, students may struggle to decode these words accurately and begin to guess instead of reading from left to right. This workbook gives students repeated, controlled exposure to OR, ORE, and OAR words so they can recognise patterns, decode with accuracy, and map spellings to sounds.Activities included:•OR, ORE, and OAR word lists•Say-Tap-Map-Write phoneme mapping for the /or/ sound•Poster-style phonics word charts for visual reference•Word sorting activities by spelling pattern (or, ore, oar)•Read and write phonics practice with R-controlled vowel /or/•Find and circle targeted vowel words in sentences•Word searches and scrambled words using /or/ patterns•Trace and colour phonics activities for engagement•Picture-sentence matching tasks•Sentence writing practice with OR, ORE, and OAR words•Decodable passages featuring the /or/ sound•Read, write, and draw activities connecting reading and comprehensionEach activity supports systematic phonics instruction and orthographic mapping, helping students store /or/ words in long-term memory.Perfect for:•Grade 2 phonics instruction•Grade 3 struggling readers•Homeschool phonics curriculum•Science of Reading classrooms•Reading intervention groups•Orton-Gillingham tutoring and structured literacy instructionThis R-Controlled Vowel /or/ workbook builds:•Decoding accuracy•Spelling pattern recognition (or, ore, oar)•Phonemic awareness•Reading fluency•Confident word readingBest for ages 7-9, this workbook gives teachers, tutors, and families a clear, focused way to teach the R-controlled vowel /or/ sound within a Science of Reading framework.