Webresource: When Two Vowels Go Walking

This is a part of their newsletter, please contact Rosanna at the info at the bottom of the email for more information on this group or to attend any of these events.--Tabbi
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Community Service Opportunity on October 26, 2007 - Sandia Ranger District

Friday the 26th of October 10a.m. to 2p.m.
Sandia Ranger Station on South 14.

Volunteer "Labor" Workday

The teens will be doing landscaping work under the supervision of the Forest Rangers to include moving rocks, weeding and digging up undesirable vegetation.

If we have only 15 or less teens we may be helping to stain a deck at the helicopter pad site. If we have a big turnout we may get to do both.

The teens must follow certain safety regulations to include:
Wear long pants
Wear long sleeves
Wear tennis shoes or boots
Wear a hat
Bring work gloves (leather if you have them) ** this is a real important one **

No exceptions. Because of liability, if anyone comes in shorts or open toed shoes or such they will not be allowed to participate.

The teens need to bring a sack lunch and drink for our lunch break. This is certainly a project where parents are welcome to participate, too.

If you plan to attend this community service project, please RSVP with Rosanna at 401-4080 or email her at info@ABQTeenDrive.com. It is not mandatory that you RSVP, but it will help us to give an approximate head count to the Ranger Station so they can plan accordingly. Additionally, if anyone is interested in carpooling/caravaning on the way there, please email info@ABQTeenDrive.com.


There's Still Time to Name That Newsletter!

We said we wanted to hear your clever name ideas for the D.R.I.V.E. email newsletter, and you teens have sent some great ones!

You still have time to submit your suggestions to info@ABQTeenDrive.com.

All submissions received by Thursday, October 11 will appear on the ballott for the group to vote on at the Putt Putt Social on the 12th.

Remember, the winner gets $5.




If anyone has any questions or comments, please contact Rosanna at 401-4080 or email info@abqteendrive.com.


















By Matthew Davis
One of the most famous of all phonics rules is “When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.” This rule has been taught in many phonics programs and in thousands of elementary classrooms over the years. There is a song version of this rule, which the clever people at PBS and Between the Lions have made into a cute animated video. The song presents several examples of the rule: “In boat,” the singer explains, “you hear the ‘o’ but not the ‘a’. In meat you hear the ‘e’; the ‘a’ sits quietly. The second vowel you see but you don’t say.” You can watch the whole video here. There are
PBS Kids: Between the Lions: Video Clips
also several musical interpretations of the song on YouTube. Here’s a bouncy version of the tune by Korean students. For an acoustic guitar version by a young strummer, click here. To hear the walking-talking rule mixed in with other traditional phonics lore and set to rap music, click here.

Read the whole article here:

http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/about/CommonKnowledge/v20III_2007/v20_III_2007_vowels.htm