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R-controlled vowels: Go Fish!

by Anna G November 9, 2014 17 Comments

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Today you can download a free game of Go Fish to practice those tricky r-controlled vowel words.

My early reader LOVED this r controlled vowels activity. We played it three times in a row!

I’ve been sharing free phonics readers for over a month now.  Sometimes my early reader needs some extra work on a particular phonics pattern.  I created this set of r-controlled vowel Go Fish cards to help him with those tricky letter combinations: er, ur, ar, or, and ir.

Rules for Play

My early reader LOVED this r controlled vowels activity. We played it three times in a row!

Feel free to make up your own rules!  This is how we played:

1. Pass out five cards to each player.  Put the rest of the cards face down in the center pile.

Depending on the ability of the players, you might play with the cards face up.  Since my little guy is just a preschooler, we played this way.  It allowed me to help him out and kept the game from getting too frustrating for him.

Children who are reading these words without too much difficulty will want to keep the cards close to them.

My early reader LOVED this r controlled vowels activity. We played it three times in a row!

2. Before the first player begins, each player may make a set from his hands and place it in a pile in front of him.   A set is three cards with the same r-controlled vowel.

You’ll notice that I put pictures on each card.  I emphasized that when my son made a set, he needed to read the words aloud.  Since these phonics patterns are new (and difficult), I wanted to give him a lot of support.

You can download a set without pictures if you’d like.

My early reader LOVED this r controlled vowels activity. We played it three times in a row!

3. The first player looks at his hand and asks for a particular pattern from another player.   For example, “Ben, do you have any ar words?”  If Ben has that particular pattern, he must give up all the cards that match.  If the person who asked now has a set of 3, he may set those cards down in a pile.  If Ben does not have that particular pattern, he says, “Go Fish.”  Then the first player draws a single card. If the card he draws matches the pattern he asked for, he may use it to make a set (but only if it matches what he asked for).

4. When a player runs out of cards, he draws five cards immediately if it is his turn.  (If it’s not his turn, he waits to draw five more cards.)  He may not put down a set from the cards he draws – even if he has three of a kind.  (This was a little confusing for my son, so I ended up letting him make a set from these 5 cards.)

5. When there are no more cards in the center pile, players may continue to ask each other for cards until no more sets can be made. Players may then make sets from the remaining cards in their hands.

6. Whoever has the most sets, wins.

My early reader LOVED this r controlled vowels activity. We played it three times in a row!

 

The download comes with five pages of words and five pages of fish for the fronts of the cards.  The first set has pictures; the second set has just the words.  Those little black lines are to help you cut the cards evenly.

If I were playing this with a more experienced reader, I’d use the second set.  You might want to play with the first set until your child is starting to recognize r-controlled vowel words in his reading. Then switch over to the set without pictures.

How to print:

There are nine words for each pattern, for a total of 45 cards.  Print pages 2-11  front to back to get the fish on the opposite sides — or just print the even numbered cards (page is my Terms of Use).

Get the set with pictures HERE.

Get the set without pictures HERE.

Enjoy!

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Other free printables for you to check out:

  • R-controlled Vowels phonics readers
  • Short a UNO
  • Short e Crazy 8’s

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  1. Amber {Laptime Songs} says

    November 13, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    My daughter is going to LOVE this game. She already loves to play go fish and gets mixed up by that sneaky r and it’s tricky ways. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Anna Geiger says

      November 25, 2014 at 6:32 am

      You’re very welcome, Amber!

      Reply
  2. Rebecca says

    December 15, 2015 at 3:46 am

    Many thanks for this resource. It will be very useful for practising these tricky sounds.

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    • Anna Geiger says

      December 19, 2015 at 3:44 pm

      You’re welcome, Rebecca!

      Reply
  3. Eman says

    October 31, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    thanks for those useful resources,I wanted to ask about the ending sound flash cards? Are they available?
    thanks

    Reply
  4. Samantha says

    February 9, 2017 at 11:25 am

    Just used this in my first grade class as an r-controlled review game and my kids LOVE it!! Thank you so much for this AWESOME resource!

    Reply
    • Anna Geiger says

      February 10, 2017 at 1:12 pm

      I’m so glad to hear that, Samantha!

      Reply
  5. Paul says

    March 31, 2017 at 2:34 am

    The little black lines are nice, but they don’t divide all of the cards evenly. I think a grid would be better. Also, the “Go Fish” sets don’t have any dividing lines.

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    • Anna Geiger says

      March 31, 2017 at 4:56 am

      Thanks for the feedback, Paul. I think this is the only set I tried lines with instead of grids. I can put this on my to do list, to go back and update. Also, the reason the Go Fish cards don’t have lines is because they are supposed to be the backs of the cards.

      Reply
  6. Grateful Educator says

    February 21, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    I am a retired principal and educator of 37 years, and just want to applaud you for providing all of these sound, quality, educational materials for FREE to parents, teachers, and other who work with young children! Unbelievable! It used to be that teachers shared so freely with others all the time. In these days of “pay for what I’ve created” websites, it is refreshing to find someone who is only in it for the betterment of educating the kids! (I understand the desire and need to make money off of your hard work, so I’m really not criticizing these folks! Honestly!) What you’re doing is just so unusual! Somone who freely shares their hours and hours of work with others! Bless you for being such a giver! Your work is fantastic and is perfect for young children! Thank you for your gift!

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    • Anna G says

      March 1, 2018 at 5:37 pm

      This is extremely kind and generous of you to say, although I should be upfront and say that I do sell things here too. 🙂 Thankfully I am able to offer over 90% of my resources for free. It’s a joy to do!

      Reply

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