Bossy R Practice Worksheet
Level 1 • Beginning Readers UFLI Lesson 71
Sound Safari: The ar Team
Name:
Date:
Anchor Rule: When a and r drive together, they say /ar/ as in car!
Touch • Tap • Read
1 Sound Box Mapping: Tap and Write Each Sound
One box per sound (ar stays together!)
Say the picture word. Tap the dots below the boxes. Write each letter or letter team in its box.
1. jar
• ••
2. car
• ••
3. barn
• •• •
2 Continuous Blending: Drive the Sound Track
Slide and write the whole word
Put your finger on the letter. Slide along the arrow without stopping. Write the blended word on the line.
f
ar
m
→
p
ar
k
→
d
ar
k
→
3 Read & Match: Circle the Matching Picture
Say word aloud first
star
yard
bark
4 Fluency Sprint: Touch and Read
Color 1 star for each smooth read!
1. The red car is in the dark barn.
2. We are glad we can see a bright star.
I felt: • Super Easy • Just Right • Needed Help
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Level 2 • On-Level UFLI Lesson 71
Word Forge: R-Controlled ar
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Date:
1 Sound Chaining: One Sound Changes!
Climb the ladder from bottom to top
Read each clue. Change only one sound or add one sound to make the next word.
4. Change /b/ to /d/ → when the sun goes down:
3. Change /n/ to /k/ → sound a hound makes:
2. Add /n/ to the end → red building on a farm:
1. Start word: bar b a r
2 Vowel Sound Detective: /ă/ vs /ar/
Listen closely to the middle sound
Word Bank
cat • cart • pat • part • bat • bark
Short a: /ă/ (as in apple)
Bossy R: /ar/ (as in car)
3 Sentence Completion & Dictation
Choose: dark • yard • are
1. The children like to run and play in the green
.
2. We
ready to see the stars when it gets
.
Teacher Dictation Sentence:
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Level 3 • Challenge & Extension UFLI Lesson 71
Word Forge: Advanced ar Mastery
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Date:
1 Complex Blends & Digraphs with /ar/
4- and 5-sound words
Combine the onset blend with the r-controlled rime. Write the complete word on the line.
sm + art
sp + ark
ch + art
sh + ark
2 Compound Word Builder
Put two smaller words together
barn + yard →
star + fish →
back + yard →
3 Decodable Text Comprehension: The Farm at Dark
Read and answer
Mark drove the red car to the farm. It was dark outside, but a bright star shone over the big barn. Mark heard a dog bark across the yard. "We are safe here," Mark said as he pushed the wooden cart inside.
1. Where did Mark drive his red car?
2. What shone over the big barn when it got dark?
UFLI Foundations Lesson 71 Page 3 of 3 • Level 3 Challenge
