Looking for a fun engaging way for students to practice applying the letter sounds they know? With this resource, students blend and write R-Controlled vowel words. These sound codes will help students translate a sound to a letter as they work to decode words with R-Controlled vowel. Students decode each picture by writing the beginning sound of each picture. When they do that they will end up with a word with a R-Controlled vowel.   Why you will love this product? → Engaging activity for independent work, guided reading groups or literacy centers → Has students applying the letter sounds and digraphs they know → Printable and digital versions → Easy to use- just print and use → Easy to differentiate   In this product you will find: →117 Secret code cards- There are sound codes for each R-Controlled vowel spelling- AR, ER, IR, OR and UR →16 Secret Code Google Slides™ - Ready to use with directions in how to add to Google Classroom™ →16 Secret Code JPEGS - Ready to upload to Seesaw™ with a video giving directions how to do so → Sound Code Key - a visual to help students know what letter or R-controlled vowel spelling goes with which picture →Answer Keys -each secret code is numbered or named and so are the answer keys so easy to check if they decode and wrote the correct word →Visuals on Hands-On Ways to Use Sound Codes →22 versions of recording sheets- to help students focus on what they need to. There are some specifically designed for certain r-controlled vowel spellings