Phonics Based Handwriting Practice Journal - R Controlled Words and Sentences

Maximize your instructional time by integrating phonics into handwriting. This handwriting resource combines correct letter formation and neatness with phonics, sight words, and heart words. This is the perfect handwriting resource to add to your whole class literacy and phonics lessons, small groups, or independent literacy centers.

This resource includes 76 printable R controlled vowel phonics based handwriting pages and a handwriting journal cover. You can choose to give students one printable each day or create a handwriting journal for use in class as often as needed.

Included in this resource:

• R controlled vowel ar words - 6 pages
• R controlled vowel ar sentences - 10 pages
• R controlled vowel er words - 5 pages
• R controlled vowel er sentences - 10 pages
• R controlled vowel ir words - 5 pages
• R controlled vowel ir sentences - 10 pages
• R controlled vowel or words - 5 pages
• R controlled vowel or sentences - 10 pages
• R controlled vowel ur words - 5 pages
• R controlled vowel ur sentences - 10 pages

Why is handwriting so important?

Handwriting plays a vital role in literacy and cognitive development by activating neural pathways essential for reading skills. Handwriting engages fine motor skills and cognitive processes, leading to better memory retention and improved letter recognition. Developing proficient handwriting enhances language processing, fine motor skills and coordination, and creates a strong foundation for literacy and fluency.

How it works?

Word Only Pages- 4 per page

1. Look at the picture and read the word.
2. Trace the word (starting at each dot for correct letter formation)
3. Write the word (starting at each dot for correct letter formation)
4. Write the word independently on the handwriting line

Sentence Pages- 2 per page

1. Look at the picture and read the word.
2. Trace the word (starting at each dot for correct letter formation)
3. Read and Trace the Sentence (starting at each dot for correct letter formation)
4. Write the sentence independently on the handwriting line

Please note: Sight/heart words are woven throughout pages that follow the specific phonics rules AND also words that have the phonics rule, but do NOT follow the rule (heart words). Small words with long vowel sounds are included throughout (i.e. me, we, he, by, my etc.) Some sentences may have small sight words that do not follow the specific phonics rule because they are needed for a sentence to flow in a grammatically correct way. (ie. in, is, to, the, etc.)