Skill: spelling/reading pattern (ar)
This letter pattern is known as “bossy r”
“Bossy r” is bossy but polite. It lets the vowel go first, (ar) but it doesn’t let it say its sound.
Read the words listed below.
| arch | bark | chart | hard | spark |
| ark | barn | dark | march | star |
| arm | car | dart | Mark | start |
| art | card | disarm | park | tar |
| artist | Carl | far | shark | target |
| bar | carpet | farm | sharp | tart |
| barbell | cart | garden | smart | yard |
Can you think of some more words that have the “Bossy” (ar) sound? Write them.
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Dictation/Spelling Practice for (ar) words
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Read these sentences.
- Mark is smart and does not jab the shark.
- My car is dark blue.
- Mom has a jar of jam.
- There are lots of stars in the dark sky.
- Does the shark have a scar?
- The farm has a big yard.
- How far did you march?
- I hit my arm on a hard rock.
- Clark is an artist.
- Mark’s dad is smart.
- Did Carl's dart hit the target?
- We have a garden on our farmyard.
- Is it hard to pick up a barbell?
- Is it smart to disarm a cop?
- Carl sat on the carpet and read the card.
- The dog in the barn barks and barks in the dark.
- Carl put the tart in the pushcart.
- The artist hung the star on the ark.
Write two sentences. You must include at least one or more “bossy r” words in each sentence. Remember “bossy r” words in this lesson have the spelling pattern (ar).
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Please illustrate and label a word that has the bossy (ar) pattern.
These words have the (ar) spelling pattern, but do not have the usual (ar) sound.
| afterward | caterpillar | hazard |
| backward | collar | lizard |
| beggar | dollar | upward |
| blizzard | forward | wizard |