Pirate R is on the hunt for buried treasure!
When his map leads him to a dead-end, he decides he's not leaving empty-handed and he'll take the vowels instead.
After bossing the vowels around and changing their sounds, will they find a common goal and will Pirate R learn to be less controlling?

This phonics tale is a great teaching aid for elementary students and literacy lovers, alike!

This is best used with students who've learned vowel sounds and are being introduced to r-controlled vowels. This can be used before, during, or after your literacy lessons, or as a read-aloud before explaining the concept of a r-controlled vowels. Please note that this story covers the r-controlled vowel spellings of ar, er, ir, or, and ur represented as the sounds. /ar/ /or/ and /er/. There will be a sequel for r-controlled vowels with long vowel sounds.