Tic-Tac-Toe: Bossy R

Can you win this game of phonics tic-tac-toe? This worksheet will ask students to play two games of tic-tac-toe, drawing O’s over the words with an r-controlled vowel like ir, ur, er, or, and ar, X’s over the words without an r-controlled vowel. Then, they can try to find three in a row to win the game! 

Designed for first and second graders, this worksheet is a fun, engaging way for students to practice their phonics skills. The ability to identify and categorize phonics patterns in words can help early readers as they begin to sound out and decode words, making them more fluent readers in the future. 

Check out more Bossy R worksheets here: R-Controlled Vowels: Bossy R Crossword and Sentence Scrambles: R-Controlled Vowels.