Quick Look: A Chant for the FLoSS(Z) Rule

Ashton Smith of Hope-Hill Elementary School in Atlanta teaches her kindergartners a chant for remembering when to use ‘-ck’ during spelling. Watch as they practice ‘-ck’ hooray!

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whole class: FLoSS(Z) Rule! Immediately after a short vowel, at the end of a one-syllable word, we double 'f', 'l', 's', or 'z'. Yippee!

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