Description:

The Bossy R pirates are back! Bossy R Trail 2 tackles the trickiest r-controlled vowels: er, ir, and ur, three spellings for one sound. Students race along the trail and complete a challenge on every space they land on.

What's included:

• A full-color game board with 14 er, ir, and ur words (her, fern, shirt, turn, nurse, girl, purple, germ, first, burger, curl, perfect, dirt, surf)

• 8 challenge cards

• A blank game board, so students can build their own trail with Bossy R words

• Blank challenge cards for creating your own challenges

How to play: Players roll a die and move along the trail. On each word space, they read the word and draw a challenge card. Roll Again, Move Ahead Two, and Move Back Two spaces add a fun twist. The first player to reach the finish wins!

Skills practiced:

• Reading r-controlled vowels: er, ir, ur /er/

• Segmenting sounds (ex. bird: /b/ /er/ /d/)

• Counting and labeling syllables

• Rhyming

• Using words in oral and written sentences

Pairs perfectly with Bossy R Trail (ar, or, ore).

Perfect for: literacy centers, small groups, intervention, partner practice, early finishers, and family game night.

Grades: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (also great for older students who need r-controlled vowel practice)

Tags: phonics, r-controlled vowels, bossy r, phonics games, literacy centers, science of reading, small group, decoding