Questions about the Bossy R poster

What’s on the Bossy R poster?

The rule, 4 worked examples. When r follows a vowel it takes over. The vowel makes neither its short nor its long…; ar · er · ir · or · ur; ar = car, star, farm; or = for, corn, storm; er, ir, ur = her, bird, turn; Which one? = you have to learn it. Three spellings, one sound. That is why bird, herd and word all rhyme but look different.

Who is the Bossy R poster for?

Bossy R is filed under 2nd Grade (ages 7–8), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Bossy R poster?

Point at the rule before they write, not after you mark it. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Bossy R belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Bossy R?

Compound Words, Contractions and Making Plurals sit alongside Bossy R in the 2nd Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Compound WordsContractionsMaking Plurals

Is the Bossy R poster free to download and print?

Yes. Bossy R downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 2nd Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Bossy R poster print at?

Bossy R is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Bossy R loses nothing.Printing guide