Year 3 · English · Reading
Vowel teams and bossy r
Read and spell words with the vowel teams oi/oy, oa/ow and the r-controlled vowels ar, or, er, ir, ur.
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- 3D lesson: Vowel teams and bossy r — Build words with oi and oy, choose oa, ow or o-e for long o, meet bossy r (ar, or, er, ir, ur) and join chunks to read long words with Kiri.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 1 (Years 0–3), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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