Floss in Class?

Maybe not, but students are learning about the floss rule this week in spelling. We are learning that when we come to a one syllable word with a short vowel sound in the middle, and the word ends with f, l, or s, we have to double it. We call this letter a bonus letter. INQUIRE with your child how they mark this letter when they are practicing spelling it.  Some common words that follow this pattern are miss, cuff, hill, puff, bill, kiss. We are also learning about the glued sound -all. INQUIRE with your child how they tap words with this sound with their fingers.  Examples to use include: ball, call, tall, mall, etc.