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Grade 3 Spelling · Level 1, Your child spells long vowel and bossy r sounds inside longer words, like mistake, sunshine, carpet and squirrel.

Bossy R: er, ir, ur

Practises the er sound spelled er, ir, ur and ear, which all sound alike, as in herself, circle, curtain and curly.

The words

er, ir, ur: thirteen, curtain

  • herself
  • thunder
  • thirteen
  • circle
  • squirrel
  • dirty
  • curtain
  • turnip
  • hurry
  • furry
  • curly