Free printable · Sound: ar
ar Decodable Story – The Star Car (Free Printable)
A short decodable story that practises the ar sound, plus a matching handwriting sheet. Every word can be sounded out by a child who has learned vowel teams, apart from a few common tricky words.
Download the free PDF (2 pages, A4)Prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use.
For parents
- Read the story together three times this week. Your child colours a star each time.
- Point to each word as they read. a and r together say ar, like in car. Cover the end of the word and blend.
- Hunt for the ar words and write six of them in the boxes.
- Finish with the tracing sheet: trace the grey words, then write each one on its own.
For teachers
- Fits a systematic synthetic phonics sequence at Set 3 · Vowel teams, after teaching the ar spelling. Suits Year 1.
- Tracing sheet uses the NSW / ACT Foundation handwriting style.
- 79 words, 10 different ar words, short sentences.
- Use for small-group reading, repeated reading for fluency, or homework.
- Photocopy freely for your class.
ar words in this story
- car
- star
- dark
- parks
- yard
- barks
- far
- jar
- scarf
- start
Tricky words used
- has
- a
- is
- the
- his
- of
- they
- what
- to
Common words that can't be fully sounded out yet. Practise them by sight.
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Practise ar with Digby
In Wombat Words, your child reads stories like this one aloud and Digby follows along, then they trace the tricky words in their school's handwriting style. You get a report showing which sounds they've mastered.