The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/ phonics practice

Whole-class phonics practice for Really Great Reading Phonics Boost 1–5 · Unit 2 · Lesson 38. Every student spells words with The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/ and gets instant feedback — right after your direct instruction.

▶Use this lesson in Curipod

Target sound

The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/

Grade

1–5

Curriculum

RGR

⎙ What students see

Write as many words as you can using this rule: The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/.

💡 Earn 1 point per correct word! 

The Curipod slide where students are prompted to write as many words as they can with the target sound The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/.

About this lesson.

This activity pairs with Really Great Reading Phonics Boost 1–5 · Unit 2 · Lesson 38, which focuses on The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/. The curriculum teaches the sound through letter-sound correspondence and guided word reading; this Curipod activity is the productive application step: students generate and spell their own words with The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/, getting feedback in real time.

The activity surfaces gaps fast. A student who can read a word with The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/ when the teacher shows it isn't necessarily able to produce one from scratch — even fewer can produce three or four without prompting. The “spell as many as you can” structure makes that gap visible, and the class-wide view tells you who has the pattern and who's stuck.

The activity accepts any word that matches the target pattern. Students see green confirmation for words that match, and a gentle prompt for words that don't — so misconceptions get surfaced and corrected without singling anyone out.

Example target words

catsittopredbug

How it runs

Four steps. About 10 minutes.

Designed to slot in right after Really Great Reading Phonics Boost's direct instruction on The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/.

Hear the sound

You introduce The Letters ar Spell /ar/ and the Letters or Spell /or/ from the Really Great Reading Phonics Boost lesson. Students listen and identify.