This PowerPoint explicitly teaches the R- Controlled Vowel/ Syllable Type ar representing the /ar/ sound as in barn, card and star.

This Interactive PowerPoint is available as a stand alone resource AND it is also available as part of my:

• R- Controlled Bundle (or, ar, er, ir and ur).
• Explicit Synthetic Phonics PowerPoint Bundle (All PowerPoints).

This animated PowerPoint includes:

- An introduction to R- Controlled ar, representing the /ar/ sound.

- A child friendly Learning Intention.

- /ar/ flashcards.

- Can you see the R- Controlled vowel/ syllable type ar hiding behind each tart? A yes or no Game.

- Does the picture have the /ar/ sound? Yes or No game.

- The farmyard barn sorting game where you look at the sounds and if you see the /ar/ sound, it belongs in the yes barn and if you see a different sound than /ar/ it belongs in the no barn.

- Put the jars in the shopping cart if they have the /ar/ sound on them.

- Help Garth the cat find and decode the balls of yarn that have the /ar/ sound on them.

- Read the nonsense words on he shooting stars as they shoot across the night sky.

- Decodable Word Flashcards.

- Say and segment the word. Decide if the /ar/ sound is at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of each word.

- Look at the playing card. Sort the words into the correct piles. Yes for an /ar/ word and no for a word that does not have the /ar/ sound.

- Find the /ar/ words hiding around the garden in the park.

- Click on the ar words to feed the hungry shark.

- Decodable flashcards with the /ar/ sound.

- Decodable Sentences.

- Help the artist start her painting by reading the ar words along the track (Fluency).

- Find the picture that best matches the sentence (Comprehension).

- Word grid (Fluency).

- Formation of ar (animated in all state fonts).

It is available in 6 fonts:

· Tas

· Vic Cursive

· Sassoon

· NSW

· QLD

· SA

The decodable sentences included could also be used as dictation- where the teacher asks the students to write a sentence one word at a time, to assess learning to see if students are applying this spelling rule at the completion of the spelling session or at the end of the week.

Thanks,

Meg (@Preppingforprep).