3rd Grade Packet - Murmur Diphthongs AR, OR, ER, UR, and IR

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Murmur Diphthongs

AR, OR, ER, UR, and IR

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Welcome to the Reading Horizons Discovery

Weekly Student Packet! In this packet, you’ll ﬁnd activities that

students can do independently along with some activities that require the help of a ﬂuent reader.

Guided Practice Activities

These activities need to be completed with the help of a ﬂuent reader.

Homework Pages

Each Homework Page includes a concise overview of what was covered in that week of instruction. This

information can serve as a review for the student and as a synopsis for anyone assisting in the home. This skill review

was not designed to be reading practice for the student. Each square in the Tic-Tac-Toe design of the page includes

instructions for the student. A ﬂuent reader should be available to assist in reading these instructions if necessary.

Building Words Activities

The student should cut out the accompanying letter cards. A ﬂuent reader should read the Building Words Activity

script aloud to the student while the student uses the cards to spell the words. The letter cards include both upper-

and lowercase letters. Encourage the student to practice proper capitalization by only using the uppercase letters

when necessary.

Independent Practice Activities

These activities are designed to allow the student to complete them independently. In some cases, small portions

of the activities below (like instructions) may require minimal involvement by a ﬂuent reader.

Cloze Passages

The student should use the words on the second page of the activity to ﬁll in the blanks on the ﬁrst page. The

passages are designed to include only words that students have learned the necessary skills to read independently.

Building Words Transfer Cards

The Building Words Transfer Card uses words from the Building Words Activity in sentences designed to help

students practice reading skills.

Practice Pages

Instructions at the top may need to be read to the student.

Sort and Spell Activities

Sort and Spell activities include three parts: the Word Sort, Fill-in-the-Blank Sentences, and Word Sort Questions.

The Word Sort Questions are designed to challenge the student to think critically, so many of these questions will

need to be read to the student. The other parts are designed for independent practice.

In the Word Sort, the words can be cut out and moved into the appropriate columns on the sort page. The student

could also use the words in the bank as a reference and write the words into the correct columns. The student

should use the words from the sort to complete the Fill-in-the-Blank sentences.

Happy Reading and Spelling!

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Weekly Spelling Homework

Name Date

Word Bank

1. Spell and prove two skill words

from the word bank.

2. Write a sentence using at

least two skill words from the

word bank.

3. Spell and prove two skill words

from the word bank.

4. Spell and prove two root words

(+) from the word bank. Then

rewrite the words adding the

-er sux to make new words.

5. Spell and prove three skill

words from the word bank.

6. Change the beginning sound of

horn to make a new word.

7. Spell and prove two skill words

from the word bank.

8. Spell and prove two skill words

from the word bank that have

the same vowel sound.

9. Spell and prove two skill words

from the word bank.

(Form A) Spelling Lesson Week 21: Murmur Diphthongs AR, OR, ER, UR, IR

Spelling Skill: A Murmur Diphthong is a vowel followed by the consonant r, which changes the vowel to a sound

that is neither long nor short. The sound of Murmur Diphthong AR is pronounced /ar/ as in the word car. The

sound of Murmur Diphthong OR is pronounced /or/ as in the word or. Spelling with Murmur Diphthongs ER, UR,

and IR can be tricky since they all make the sound /er/. The most common spelling for /er/ is e-r, followed by u-r,

and nally i-r.

The plus sign (+) appears in front of words that can have a sux added. When praccing spelling words with

suxes, rst prove the root word then rewrite the word with the sux and underline the sux.

Example Word

march

teach/teacher

Skill Words

march

+teach

horn

+charm

stir

border

bird

enter

porch

percent

curb

carpet

+dance

yarn

purchase

Most Common Words

father

own

below

country

school

Spelling Tic Tac Toe

Using words from the word bank above, complete at least 3 squares in a row. Show your work on the back

of this page in the corresponding squares (e.g., if you choose to complete the activity in square 1, write

your response in the grid on the back of this page in the square with the number 1). Return this page to

your teacher.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

Ar Er Or Ur Ir C D F

H M N P S T

Building Words

Review Activity for Spelling Lesson Week 21

Murmur Diphthongs AR, OR, ER, UR, and IR

Review Activities Lesson Week 21

f d c ir ur or er ar

t s p n m h

Review Activities Lesson Week 21

Building Words

Review Activity for Spelling Lesson Week 21

Murmur Diphthongs AR, OR, ER, UR, and IR

42 Sounds Cards (one of the following for each student):

Vowels Consonants

Skill Review

For skill informaon, see Grade 3 Instructor Cards for Spelling Lesson Week 21.

Building Words

Let’s pracce spelling words with Murmur Diphthongs.

1. Say the word arm. What vowel sound do you hear? (/ar/) Correct. Now spell arm. I bumped my arm on

the shelf.

2. Add a Digraph to change arm to charm. The house was full of charm.

3. Say the word short. What vowel sound do you hear? (/or/) Correct. Now spell short. This stool is short.

4. Change short to spell sport. Her favorite sport is hockey.

5. Say the word her. What vowel sound do you hear? (/er/) Correct. Now spell her. Which spelling for /er/

did you use? E-r is the correct spelling. We enjoy listening to her stories.

6. Remove the h in her and add leers to spell the word stern. The captain had a stern look.

7. Say the word turn. What vowel sound do you hear? (/er/) Correct. Now spell turn. Which spelling for

/er/ did you use? U-r is the correct spelling. You can turn around to see your surprise.

8. Use the same spelling for the vowel sound and change turn to spell surf. They are learning to surf

the waves.

9. Say the word dirt. What vowel sound do you hear? (/er/) Correct. Now spell dirt. Which spelling for /er/

did you use? I-r is the correct spelling. Let’s clean the dirt o the oor.

10. Change the rst leer in the word dirt to spell shirt. Someone le a blue shirt on the chair.

Beat the Clock

Ask students to use the Sounds Cards from this lesson to form as many words as they can in a specic amount

of me (1-5 minutes depending on the needs of your students).

Bonus Acvity

Have students write one sentence using as many words from the lesson as they can.

Transfer

Have students read the words and the sentence from Building Words Transfer Card Lesson Week 21. Check for

accuracy and automacity.

ar orer ur ir sc d f h m n