Catchy rhymes can be a fun and easy way to remember some of those pesky phonics rules. Have you heard of this one?<\/p>\r\n
When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n It\u2019s a cute rhyme that\u2019s easily remembered, and most teachers simply take it for granted that it is true, especially if their phonics program includes the rule as fact. And for the sake of convenience, it would be wonderful if this rule were true\u2014teaching reading and spelling would be much<\/span> simpler. But this \"rule\" is actually false 60% of the time. <\/p>\r\n\r\n