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Signs, &
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Syllables, Phonics,
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Table of Lessons

Lesson Page Description

1 1 Signs, Sounds & Sentences
2 30 Robin’s First Flight
3 57 Greet, Meet & About Me
4 77 Understand Others
5 102 Syllables, Stress and “S”
6 123 Turtle Jumps
7 151 Phonics, First & Faces

“How to Read this Book!

Read, re-read and repeat the
words out loud. To help, advance
pages with pictures of me, ‘Doctor
Know’ are included. I recommend
you skip these parts, the first
time reading this book!”

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 Turtle Jumps
- A Tale of Determination
Table of Contents

Page Description
123 Turtle Jumps
125 Action!
126 Own Way to Jump
127 Name is TJ
128 Sometimes Happy
129 Sometimes Sad
130 Glad I’m a Turtle
131 At School
133 Last One Picked
134 Slowpoke
135 Everyone to Jump
136 Can’t Jump
138 Why Can’t I Jump?
140 Many Talents
141 I Want to Jump
142 Idea
144 TJ-1 Fails
145 STJ-2
146 WAHOO!
147 Jump & Jump
148 Turtle-naut
149 Finish Homework
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Turtle Jumps Buddy Book
- Phonics, First and Faces
Table of Contents
Page Description
151 Turtle Jumps Buddy Book
152 Doctor Know
153 ‘Say Name’ Vowels
154 More Vowels
167 Review Vowels
168 Silent ‘e’
169 ‘th’ - 1 (buzz)
170 ‘th’ - 2 (blow)
171 First to Fifth
172 Sixth to Tenth
173 Faces
175 S + V Sentences
176 S + V + O Sentences
177 Describe Adverb + V
178 Describe Adjective + O
179 Invent
180 Quotes
181 Conclusion
182 More Practice
188 Credits
189 More Alford Books
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Lessons 6 & 7

Turtle
Jumps!
Phonics,
First
& Faces

123
The Start
 Lessons 6

Turtle Jumps!

Written by Douglas J. & Pakaket Alford

Illustrated by Tami Ashby

124
 Action!

Read the short story

called “Turtle Jumps”
Next, practice the words in
the “Buddy Book” called,
“Phonics, First and Faces.”
Remember, on the first read,
to skip the parts with “Doctor
Know.”

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 May we each find
our own way to jump!

126
 Hi! My name is TJ.
I am a turtle.

127
Sometimes, I am happy.

128
 Sometimes sad.

129
Mom and Dad say
I should be glad
that I am a turtle.

130
 At school I am often last. I get
to class just as the bell rings.

131
Sometimes I feel
like I don’t fit in.

132
 At recess, I am the
last one picked to play.

133
Often, I am the last to finish
board work. Sometimes, I am
called slowpoke. I don’t like that.

134
 In gym, everyone gets to jump.

135
I try, but I can’t.

136
 Everyone laughs. I laugh too,
on the outside. Inside, I am sad.

137
I ask Dad, why can’t I jump?

138
 Dad said, Well! We are turtles.
Turtles can’t jump. We don’t
have knees built for jumping.

139
Mom said, but you do have
many talents! Go find them.

140
 I want to jump. No turtle has
ever jumped but I want to jump.

141
I think and think about
jumping. I get a good idea.

142
 My friends and I build this.
We name it TJ-1, that stands
for Turtle Jumper-One.

143
We try it! Sadly, it fails.

144
 We redo it. We make the STJ-2, the
Super Turtle Jumper-Two. We try again.

145
It works! WAHOO!
I’m jumping!

146
 I jumped! I am the first
turtle to ever jump! We
worked on it. We did it!
I jump and jump and jump!

147
What should I do next? I think
I will be an… astronaut! Actually,
a TURTLE-NAUT! I want to be the
first turtle to jump in outer space.

148
 First, I have to
finish my homework.

149
A Turtle named TJ wants to jump. How
can a turtle jump? This story teaches
us all how to keep trying until we succeed.

150
Lessons 7

Turtle Jumps!
Buddy Book
Phonics, First
and Faces

The word “phonics” means the sounds letters make.

151
 Learn English!

Doctor Know reminds me to

speak, read and write English
every day! Don’t be afraid.
Like Robin and TJ have courage.
First, I read the English words
of others. Next, I find ways
to express my own ideas!

Start with sounds.

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 ‘Say Name’ Vowels

ā ape cape

ē bee sneeze

ī kite bite

ō bone phone

ū cute fruit
153
 More Vowels

ă glad dad

ĕ egg legs

ĭ pig wig

ŏ frog log

ŭ fun sun

154
 More ‘ ă ’
at
am
and
bag
can
cat
dad
gas
have
has
sad
happy

fat cat hat

155
 Other ‘ a ’ Sounds

“ah” a (uh)
baht about
haha afraid
wahoo again
want alone
walk pizza
water*

father
156
 Say Name ‘ ē ’
be
each
easy
free
he
keep knee
key
me
see
she
teach
team team
tree
we
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 More ‘ ĕ ’

bed egg
get bell
jet
leg
get
men
pen
pet
ten
wet
red

158
 Say Name ‘ ī ’

find
like
I’m
light
five
like
nine
ride
right
tight
time

write
159
 More ‘ ĭ ’
if is it
bin
big
fit
find
him
lip sit
ring

six
with
zit

in space
160
 ‘ i ‘ as an ‘ e ’ Sound

bring
kiwi
piano
pizza
ring
radio
sing
ski
spring
think

161
 ‘ y ‘ as ‘ ī ‘ Sound

by
buy
cry
dry
fly
fry
my
sky

try
162
 Say Name ‘ ō ‘

bone
close
cold
go
gold clothes
home
no
oh
open
phone
toe
slowpoke

163
 More ‘ ŏ ’

frog
off
on
dog
hot
log
mop
not
top

mom
164
 Say Name ‘ ū ‘
cute
huge
music
true
unique
use
you

blue

165
 More ‘ ŭ ’

us
up
bug
bum
sun
but
cup
cut
fun
duck
hug
jump
just
run

166
 Review Vowels

ă ā
ăt āte

ĕ ē
ĕgg ēēl

ĭ ī
ĭt īce

ŏ ō
ŏn ōK

ŭ ū
ŭp ūse

167
 Silent ‘e‘
Rule: vowels say their name
when the word ends in a silent e.

ă ā
căp cāpe
măd māde

ĕ ē
pĕt Pēte

ĭ ī
bĭt bīte
Tĭm tīme

ŏ ō
hŏp hōpe
mŏp mōpe

ŭ ū
cŭt cūte
hŭg hūge
Rule breaker: ‘have’ 168
 ‘ th ‘ - 1 (buzz)
the
that
them
then
there
these
they
this
those

father
feather
mother
other
weather
169
 ‘ th ‘ - 2 (blow)
thank
thin think
third three
thumb
thunder

bath
mouth
tooth teeth
math
month
north south
with

“th” is also part of the place in a race. 170

 First to Fifth

First   1st
Second  2nd
Third  3rd
Fourth  4th
Fifth 5th

171
 Sixth to Tenth

Sixth 6th
Seventh 7th
Eighth 8th
Ninth 9th
Tenth 10th
Words show how my face feels. 172
 Faces

happy sad
glad unhappy

scared cool

173 emotions & emoticons

 More Faces

cry laugh

smile love
I smile when I join words into sentences. 174
 S+V
Sentences
Simple sentences have
a subject and a verb.

I eat.
Panda eats.
He drinks.
She buys.
We go.
They understand.
Robin flies.
TJ jumps.

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 S+V+O
Sentences
The subject does the
verb with the object.

I eat food.
Panda eats leaves.
He drinks water.
She buys a car.
We go on a trip.
They understand English.
Robin flies to the sky.
TJ jumps in space.

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 Describe
Adverb + V
Adverbs
describe verbs.

I quickly eat.
Panda loudly eats.
He slowly drinks.
She happily buys.
Robin carefully flies.
TJ excitedly jumps.

See how adverbs often end in ‘ly.’

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 Describe
Adjectives + O
The subject does the
verb with the object.

I eat spicy food.

Panda eats green leaves.
He drinks hot coffee.
She buys a red car.

Robin flies in the blue sky.

TJ jumps in outer space.

Describe words add colors,

shapes and spices to our sentences.
178
 Invent

More inventions are made

in English than any other
language
Automobile cars, electronics
like computers and airplanes
all begin with blank pieces
of paper written on in English.

179
 Quotes
Much of the world’s knowledge
is written in English. Here are
a few quotes to think about.

Cherry blossoms briefly bloom

but last a lifetime in my memory.

Laughter is spice to life.

Success is 99% sweat and 1% idea.

I learn, least my mind be mush .

What I do speaks louder than what I say.

A smile is to my face as flavor is to food.

180
 Conclusion

Now, I know easy

English, I will
use it every day.

Practice
Improve
Apply

181
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182
 More Practice

Time (tense)

Verbs change with time.

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

Past Present Future
asked ask will ask
wondered wonder will wonder
learned learn will learn
worked work will work
talked talk will talk
flew fly will fly

183
 English Accents

English explorers settled in America,

Asia Africa and Australia. English
has different accents. Different
places use different words too.

Public Domain

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 Grammar

1) A sentence should have one noun (subject)

and one verb (action). Sentences with more
than one are hard to understand.
2) Words that describe nouns (called adjectives)
usually come before the noun. Example: yellow
car; pretty girl; handsome man.
3) Words that describe verbs (called adverbs)
often have ‘ly’ at the end.
Example: run quickly; drive slowly;
4) Period at the end of a sentence means a
brief pause.
5) Only use capital letters for proper nouns
and at the beginning of a sentence.
6) An apostrophe shows ownership like Ket’s
books. It also is used in words like can’t and
don’t which abbreviate cannot and do not.
7) Remember to use the right time version
(tense) of verbs.
8) Be careful with the use of the word ‘and.’
It can make sentences go on and on.
9) Use pronouns (I, me, my, he, she) to
replace nouns. Example: He is hungry.
She is getting something to eat.
10) Understand syllables and emphasis (stress).
Example: water [WAW-ter]
www.dictionary.com can help with emphasis
(em-fuh-sis) and pronunciation.
11) Be aware of different accents like
British, American and Australian English.

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 Questions ?

Question words include: what,

when, where, which, who and why.
For example: What should we do?
Notice the question mark at the
end of the sentence.

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 Spelling Tip
English spelling is a challenge. Here are
some tips.
1) Correctly use ‘s’ with single verbs.
For example: A parrot yells but parrots yell.
A monkey aims but monkeys aim.
For verbs ending in o or (ch,sh,s and x) add
an ‘es’ instead of ‘s.’
For examples: She goes. He washes.
Examples of tricky plurals are:
potato / potatoes;
church / churches
box / boxes
2) Often, the final ‘y’ changes to ‘ies.’
Examples: fly becomes flies.
3) A final ‘y’ after a vowel doesn’t change.
For example: play becomes plays.

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“Alford Books - Learn English One Story at a Time©”

and including “Easy English - Signs, Sounds and
Sentences” are the original Proprietary Information
of Douglas J. and Pakaket Alford.
Illustrations are the property of Mfg Application
Konsulting Engineering (MAKE) Used with permission

Chanita Worakhan illustrated ‘Understand Others and

Panda Reads
C J Haacke illustrated Robin’s First Flight
Tami Ashby illustrated Turtle Jumps
Jamie Shekina Mapa illustrated Too Much TV

All other pictures are from the Public Domain.

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