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The following is an outline of the subjects that will be covered in the new, upcoming Advanced Books. Also indicated is where the
subjects can be found in our existing "old" books.
NOTE: This is not set in stone. We reserve the right to change the order of the subjects for optimum presentation. (When we are
knee-deep in the revision of a book, we may find that a certain subject is better covered in a different sequence or in a different
light.)
New Adanced Book #1
Vowel combinations with the letter "Y"
(now available)
Teaches the vowel combinations that include the letter Y: -ay (stay, day, etc.), -ey (they, hey, key), -uy (buy, guy), -oy (boy, toy), oi (boil, coin) and -ye (eye, bye).
Also teaches the three main spellings of the "ay" sound -- -ay (as in day), -ai- (as in rain) and a-e (as in gate).
And indirectly teaches that "I", "eye", "pie", "kite" and "my" are different spellings of the same vowel sound.
New Advanced Book #2
Y endings in two-syllable words
(now available)
Teaches the important, high-frequency words that break this rule (body, copy, pretty, etc.)
New Advanced Book #3
Crazy Consonants
(now available)
Teaches the different pronunciations of the "ea" vowel combination (meat, head and great).
The different pronunciations of the "ai" vowel combination (rain, said, again).
The different pronunciation of the "ee" vowel combination (seen, been).
The different uses and sounds of the "ie" combination (field, cookie, pie). (Note that "ei" is taught in a later book.)
The "qu" digraph and its use in words like queen, quit, etc.
That some double vowels are actually sounded out (video, idea, diet, quiet,
Introduction to homophones (same pronunciation, different spellings) such as sea/see, week/weak, tail/tale,
maid/made, male/mail, etc.
New Advanced Book #6
"R" controlled Vowels with Silent E
(now available)
The two different pronunciations of the "ow" vowel combination (grow vs. now).
The "aw" and "ew" vowel combinations (draw, new, etc.)
That the "ew" sound has different spellings (moon, cute, grew, shoe, move, etc.).
The "ou" and "au" vowel combinations (e.g. count, out, house, haunt, cause and because)
New Advanced Book #8
"R" controlled Vowels with Vowel Pairs
(now available)
The "air" sound and its different spellings (chair, care, bear, their and there). Also teaches "are" as an exception.
The "ear" sound and its different spellings (clear, here, deer).
The "our" sound and its different spellings (shower, our).
The "or" sound and its different spellings (pour, poor, fore, for).
New Advanced Book #9
More "W" controlled Long Vowels
(Coming soon)
Teaches the beginning of word "W" controlled vowels (word, work, want, etc.)
Currently taught in Old Progressive Phonics Book #13.
New Advanced Book #10
Silent Letters(coming soon)
Teaches the basic concept of verbs, and the three basic "add-ons" -- "s" (he runs), "ed" (she jumped) and "ing" (the dog is running).
The three pronunciations of the "-ed" add-on: as a "t" (jumped), as a "d" (dressed) and as "-ed" (waited).
A very brief introduction to the subject of irregular verbs.
Currently, only partially taught in Old Progressive Phonics Book #12
New Advanced Book #14
Common Endings
(coming soon)
Teaches the basics of punctation --what is a sentence, commas, periods/full stops, exclamation marks, question marks (and
question structure) and quotation marks..
Currently taught in Old Progressive Phonics Book #15.
New Advanced Book #16
Contractions
(coming soon)
Teaches the most common contractions in the English language (won't, can't, doesn't, I'm, I've, etc.).
Teaches you're vs. your, and they're, their and there.
Teaches apostrophes and possessives.
Currently taught in Old Progressive Phonics Books #14 and 15.
New Advanced Book #17
Syllables
(coming soon)
To help kids be able to read bigger and better words, the rules of syllables are taught. Some points will be re-caps of rules taught
earlier, but this is a complete listing of the essential rules of syllables.
Currently taught (but only partially taught) in Old Progressive Phonics Book #15.