Or, Ore and Oar Words

Group the spellings that sound alike, such as or, ore and oar, and read them together. Encourage your child to read sentences aloud to check that the word fits. Check with the answer key.

Sort words like storm, shore and roar by or, ore or oar, then answer three riddles. An r-controlled vowel has an r after it. The r changes the vowel sound, so we call it bossy r. The or sound in fork can be spelled three ways. The directions on the page read: Read each word in the word bank. Then, write each word under or, ore or oar. Then, read each riddle and write the answer from the word bank. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade vowels, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with r-controlled vowels. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Beyond ar, or, er, ir and ur, 2nd graders meet ore and oar, which sound like or, and air, are and ear, which make the sound in hair. These spellings are inconsistent, which is why they get extra practice (RF.2.3.E).

All three sound the same, so the spelling has to be learned word by word. Sorting words into three columns, then reading each column aloud, helps the spellings stick. The review asks children to pick between choices like therd, thurd and third.

An original story about a girl on a stormy farm morning. Children underline sixteen words with ar, or, er, ir or ur, then sort them on page two and answer two questions in sentences.

Yes. All eight r-controlled vowel sheets have an answer key, including the story and the review.

2nd graders tell long and short vowels apart in one syllable words, learn the common vowel team spellings, and read two syllable words with long vowels (RF.2.3.A to RF.2.3.C). They also meet spellings that make the same sound in different ways, like er, ir and ur.

A vowel team is two letters that work together for one vowel sound, like ai in snail or ee in sheep. A diphthong is a vowel sound that slides as you say it, like ou in shout or oy in boy. The diphthong pages also include au and aw and the two sounds of oo, as in moon and book.

Some patterns have a favorite spot in a word. Ay and oy usually come at the end, as in play and toy, while ai and oi come in the middle, as in rain and coin. The sort pages help children notice these patterns, and the sentence pages give practice choosing the right spelling.