Final /s/ Spelling Rules

Final /s/ Spelling Rules

ss after a short vowel

boss                dress                  fuss

ce after a long vowel

ice                   space                 truce

se after anything else

false                house                loose

C That Sounds Like S

C That Sounds Like S

What do you notice about these words?

 cell      circus     cycle       December

When we see the letter c before an e, i, or y the c sounds like the letter s.

Freckle Juice

Freckle Juice by Judy Bloom 

Fiction

Main Character-Andrew Marcus

Minor Characters

Nicky Lane

Miss Kelly

Sharon 

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Soda Pop

Soda Pop

Vocabulary

History- events of the past

Entertain- to provide entertainment especially for guests

1. They like to entertain their friends at their summer home.
2. Much of his job as a salesman involves entertaining clients.
3. Jugglers were on hand to entertain the crowd.
4. Our father entertained us with stories.
5. Our father's stories entertained us.

Digraph ai and ay

Digraph ai and ay make the long a sound.

Digraph ai is usually found in the middle of a word and digraph ay is usually found at the end of a word.

Practice reading these words.

brain rainy grain jail rainbow tailor sailor waiter

holiday subway mayonnaise spray highway

The United States

The United States is a country in North America. There are fifty states in the United States.