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Advanced Taught in this book:

Book 5
Two-vowel Variations on the rule: When two
vowels go walking, the first one
Variations does the talking.
The “qu” digraph (a digraph is when
two letters represent one sound).
That two vowels can each make
a sound (instead of just one
making a sound).

Words taught in this book:

alien d
- again, said
- been
chief - quack, queen, quick, quicker, quit,
b quite, squeak, squeal
- both, most
- bread, breath, dead, head, heavy,
b ready, spread, sweat, read/read
- break, great, steak
- believe, chief, cookie, field, friend,
Miz Katz N. Ratz b niece, piece, thief
- alien, diet, idea, Leo, liar, lion,
A Progressive Phonics book T.M.
b piano, poem, quiet, ruin
Copyright (c) 2004–2009 by Miz Katz N. Ratz, patent pending
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Two vowels walking

In an earlier book, we learned
train
tr a in
that when two vowels go walking,
the first vowel does the talking,
and it talks by calling out its
name (its long vowel sound). e at
o
tie
tie
boat
soap
s o ap

ttoe
oe
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Rule breakers ai rule breakers

While most words follow the rule Words with “ai” almost always
(when two vowels go walking, the follow the rule (main, brain, pain,
first vowel does the talking) some etc.), but there are two important
words break the rule. words that break the rule:

We are going to learn about red eh

the rule-breaker words in this
book. said
s a id
Ted said
“red.”

eh
ag a in
again
Ben chased
the hen again.
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Ted said my nose was Ted said he paid

red . Then he said my a maid to make his
nose was blue . So when b messy bed . b
Ted said my nose was Then Ted said the
green , I said , “ Ted , b maid paid him to
that is not true .” b do the work instead. b
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Did I lose my pen again ? My dog tries to bite his

I lose it all the time . b tailagain and again
I lose my pen again and and again . And if he
again – today I have ever caught his tail , what b
lost nine . b would my dog do then ? b
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ee rule breakers
Words with “ee” almost always
follow the rule (teeth, need, green,
etc.), but there is one important
word that breaks the rule:

i My bee has been black .

b
been
e en My bee has been blue .
My bee has been green
and pink and red too . My b
Tim has been in
the trash bin. bee has been brown with
no complaint. My bee likes b
to be in a pot of paint . b
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Have you been in a I have been to the

pool ? Have you been moon . I have been
in a bath ? Have you b to the sun . But the b
been in a bath with a sun was too hot to b
big , old , big giraffe? b have any fun . b
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qu is a rule of
its own
In the English language, the “kwuh”
sound is spelled with a “Q” and a
“U,” like in queen, quit, quick and
quite.

In these words, the letter “U”

belongs with the letter “Q,” so
is NOT “walking” with the vowel
next to it.
U
Mice squeak –
they do not speak . b
quack And when they sing , b
a they squeal .
quack
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The queen was quite angry.
The queen was quite mad .
The queen said her shoes
were bad , bad , bad . b
“ I quit , ” said the queen .
“ These shoes will not tie . b
I am quite , quite happy
to say goodbye .” b
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The duck was quite quick ,
as quick as can be , but not
as quick as the quicker
queen bee . The quicker
queen bee beat the duck in
a race . “ Quack , quack , ”
said the duck with a frown b
on his face . b
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oa spelled with
just the “o”
In some words, we spell “oa”
without the “a.”

They both
live on a
boat .

moan Mo can Both my fish live in the bath

moan
where they both float in
the most .
a boat . And I can never

No, Mo take a bath because both

will not go . of them hate soap . b
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b
I think that I can Sam ate most of the
boast the most , candy . And Sam ate b
but my friends say they b most of the cake .
boast more. Which Then Sam ate most
of us can boast the of the medicine to fix b
most ? I boast his tummy ache. b
the most for sure! b
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ea makes different
sounds
Together, the “e” and “a” are tricky Most of the time, “ea” will follow
because they can make three different the rule: “When two vowels go
sounds. walking, the first one does the
talking, and it talks by calling out
E its name (makes its long vowel
sound).”
sp
speak
e ak
However, there are many words
eh with “ea” that break this rule, and
it is important to know these words.
br
bread
e ad
A
bre
break
ak
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ea can say “eh” This also happens in some words

that end in “th,” “t” and “f” –
This mostly happens in words that eh
E
end in the letter “d” –

eh
ea ea
E heath breath
ea ea beneath
breathe
death
health
bead ahead sheath wealth
mead bread wreath
knead dead
plead dread
head leaf deaf
instead sheaf
ready
spread
steady beat sweat
tread bleat meant
cheat
Note: You don’t have to read all these words. (and many
They are here for illustration purposes only. more words)
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My head is heavy ;
Ha , ha , bump – my head it is ready for bed .
fell off . It does that when I b My head is heavy ,
laugh or cough . I wish my b and my brain feels dead . b
head would stay on top , but I am ready for sleep ;
no , my head keeps falling off . I am ready for bed –
can you please pick up my b
heavy , heavy head ?
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I ran to get the bus ,b
and what did I get ? b
I got out of breath ,
and I got a lot of sweat ,
but I did not get the bus . b
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I spread my bread
with butter. I spread my
bread with jam . Then I
stand on my head to eat
my bread – what a hungry
girl I am . b
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read is very
special

The word “read” can sound like “red”

or “reed.”

Most of the time, we pronounce “read”

as “reed,” but if we are talking about
reading something in the PAST (for
example, last night or a long time ago),
we say “red.”
Last week I read a
red book . I read the
E
red book twice . Today b
read
r e ad
I will read the red
eh book again – the red b
read
r e ad book is so nice . b
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ea can say “A”

This doesn’t happen in very many
words, but it does happen in these
three words –
A
bre
break
ak
I was late to lunch .
A
I was late for mysteak .
ste
steak
ak So my dog ate the steak
– he said the steak
A
was great .
great
gre a t
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My dog , Kate , isgreat ,
great , great , but all
she will eat is steak ,
steak , steak . If I give
her steak , she will say ,
“Oh , great !” But if I give
her bread , she pretends to b
be dead . b
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I will not break a leg
if I never climb a wall . b
I will not break a nail
if I never play ball . And b
because I do not want the b
pain , I will never read a b
book , so I never break
my brain . b
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ie is different But in short, three letter words,

like the words “pie,” “tie” and “lie,”
the “ie” says “I.”
Most of the time, “ie” says “E” I
E pie
pie
thief
thi e f
E And in the word “friend,” the
“ie” says “eh.” This is just about
cookie the only word where “ie” says
“eh.”

eh
Teacher’s note: “ei” is taught in a later
Progressive Phonics book.
friend
fri e nd
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My dog ate a piece of pie .
It was so good , he said , “Oh , b
my !” He ate piece after
piece until the pie was
gone . Then to make more b
pie , he turned the oven on .
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My aunt said I was a nice
niece – a very nice
niece indeed . Such a nice
niece , not a bother nor a
beast , that I got a piece of
pie for a nice niece feast . b
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The tooth fairy is a thief ,
thief , thief who comes b
at night to steal my teeth . b
So I put a lock on my mouth , b
mouth , mouth to keep the b
tooth thief out , out , out.
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If you play cards with an Indian b
chief , you must be careful
b
not to cheat . If you cheat on a
chief , you will make the chief
mad , and to make a chief mad
is bad , bad , bad . b
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I ran through a field much
too fast , and I lost my shoe
in thefield of grass . The
field was wide , and the
grass was tall , and I could b
not see my shoe at all . b
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I believe a sleeve
b is part of my clothes. b
So I believe a sleeve
is not to wipe a nose . b
Ewwww! b
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If I eat a piece of b I will send my friend

candy , can I have a piece of pie , and my b
a cookie too ? friend will say ,
And some pie with b “ For me ? Oh, my !” b
my cookie and an
ice cream or two. b
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2 Two sounds!
And in some words, both the Here are some words and names
vowels make a sound. where both vowels make a sound:

I e alien lion
biology Maria
quiet
qu ie t diet Mario
giant piano
idea poem
liar quiet
E a Leo video

idea

I o Note to the Teacher: Prefixes and suffixes

also introduce situations where both vowels
are sounded out, for example, “rearrange” and
lion “easier.” These are taught later in Progressive
Phonics or in more advanced spelling texts.
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My dog is on a diet , If I was an alien , I

b
but he loves a piece of pie ,
so he is quite , quite quiet
when he cheats on his diet .
b
would fly up in the sky ,
but I would not want to b
have three alien eyes.
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My alien friend is not I had a good idea . My

quiet like me . My alien idea was great . I got a pen
friend is as noisy as can be . b to write it down before it was b
My alien friend is so noisy too late . But when I found some b
that I will put him in a box b b
paper to write it on , my great ,
and send him back . b big idea was gone , gone , gone . b
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is a fish
Owen

I made up a poem I did not want the rain to b

for my pet fish , Owen. b ruin my day , so I made up
The poem was short – my mind to stay inside and play . b
it was only one line – I b But I broke a window , and I b
could write a longer poem , lost my ball , so the rain did b
but I do not have the time . b ruin my day after all .
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Leo the lion is piano .

I like to play
a liar , liar , liar . I play piano well .
Leo said a bird was But my cat sings along b
on fire , fire , fire. b like a big , bad smell . b
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