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Grade 2 Reading & Writing · World 3: Bossy R Ranch · Level 20
er, ir, and ur
Her, bird, turn: three spellings, one sound.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 20
- Here's a tricky one: er, ir, and ur all say the same sound, like her, bird, and nurse.
- Bird has the er sound, spelled i r.
- er, ir, and ur all make the same sound! You have to remember which spelling a word uses: her, bird, nurse.
- Your turn! Spell shirt.
- Now sort these words by their spelling.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 2.F.P.1.b — Identify and produce both long and short vowel sounds for A, E, I, O, U, including final -e, vowel digraphs, r-controlled vowels, and diphthongs.
- 2.F.P.3.a — Encode regularly spelled two-syllable words with a variety of spelling patterns (VVCC, VVCe, VCCC, VVCCC) by applying knowledge of basic phonics skills, including high-frequency words.