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Games for bossy r words

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Looking for free reading games?  You’ll love these no-prep games for teaching bossy r words!

Just print and play these free, NO PREP reading games for teaching bossy r words. There are 9 games in the pack!

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A few weeks ago, I shared my printable no-prep games to help teach beginning blends.  I created a set of similar games to teach bossy r words.  And when I told my Five that we were going to play some four-in-a-row reading games, he showed unusual enthusiasm.

“YAY! I love those games!”  (This was a  nice contrast from what he usually says when I tell him we are going to play some learning games…)

These games follow the same format as my no-prep blends games.

Here’s how to play this 2-person game:

1. Print a board that focuses on the phonics pattern you wish to teach (ar, ir, er, ur, or).   You may print in color or black and white.

Just print and play these free, NO PREP reading games for teaching bossy r words. There are 9 games in the pack!

 

2. Collect round playing pieces for each player. Make sure you each have a different color.  In the past we’ve used clear transparent counters, which have proven to be a great manipulative for so many activities.  But this time around we played with our Do-a-Dot markers.

Just print and play these free, NO PREP reading games for teaching bossy r words. There are 9 games in the pack!

2. Take turns reading a word. If you read it correctly, you may cover it with one of your pieces or dot with your marker.

3. Whoever gets four in a row first, wins!

As it turned out, we kept playing on each board after one of us had four in a row.  We took turns reading words at lightning speed and dotting them with our markers.  I was really happy to see how well my Five is doing with bossy r words!

The download has nine games:

  • Game 1: ar words
  • Game 2: er words
  • Game 3: ir words
  • Game 4: ur words
  • Game 5: or words
  • Game 6: er & or words
  • Game 7: ar &  ir words
  • Game 8: ur & or words
  • Game 9: ar, er, ir, or,&  ur words

I’ve included the games in both black-and-white and color.  Have fun!

Have you seen our other freebies for bossy r words?

  • Bossy r Go Fish
  • Bossy r game: Is it a real word?
  • More free bossy r games

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Decodable Fluency Pyramids – Level 2 – CVCE, Vowel Teams, R-Controlled & More

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These fluency pyramids will give students practice reading CVCE words, words with vowel teams, and words r-controlled vowels!

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11 Comments

  1. Rachel Margaillan

    May 2, 2019 at 8:16 am

    Thank you so much ! I downloaded all you readers and activities with the bossy R . my little girl is having a great time ! As I also teach my two boys 9, and 10, it’s great to have some resources easy to prepare for her.

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  2. diane

    May 25, 2018 at 2:24 pm

    I can not express enough how much I value your web sight. Thank you so much for your generous gifts you give to all. I love to teach my children, and I love to add the element of fun for them. You help me add that.

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    • Anna G

      June 2, 2018 at 3:38 pm

      Thank you for your kind words, Diane!

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  3. Edna Siu

    September 1, 2015 at 10:19 pm

    Amy, it is so helpful to both parents and teachers, although I am not currently a mom or a teacher of little kids, I teach kids Bible in a local church, I have a group of parents who are having this age kids, I am so thankful for your materials that I can refer to them and help them to teach their kids.
    I am always thrilled to see some beautiful aids that will make moms’ lives easier, even their do not know how to start to finish, your webpage is so fantastic that they do not have to “suffer”, what I am talking about is that my group of parents are mainly immigrants from main land China, they probably had a chance to learn English, even they had, they can barely speak daily English, so when they come to face the children’s growing up, they have big challenge to help them to start studying or simple reading. I am glad that your plentiful resource is giving these moms a big hand. Thanks a bunch.

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 4, 2015 at 5:53 pm

      Thank you so much, Edna for passing along my site – I’m thankful my resources can help the parents you know!

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  4. Ann F

    August 30, 2015 at 3:33 pm

    Thanks so much for the Bossy R game. I know my students will love it, especially if they get to use the paint markers. They love to make a mess with them. On second thought, I may have them use highlighters….!

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 4, 2015 at 5:54 pm

      Yes, do a dot markers are used under close supervision at our house. 🙂

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  5. Amber

    August 26, 2015 at 6:59 pm

    Anna, you are amazing! Your resources are absolutely incredible and my children love your activities. They learn so much from what you post. Thank you for providing such wondering learning activities that allow me to enrich my children’s lives.

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    • Anna Geiger

      August 28, 2015 at 6:32 pm

      Thanks for such an uplifting comment, Amber! It really brightened my day. 🙂

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