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The Floss Rule is a simple spelling rule that helps students remember when to use a double consonant at the end of a word.

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to a Hindu family on October 2, 1869, in India. He was a lawyer, politician, social activist and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India.

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When the letter r follows a vowel, the vowel is usually forced to change its sound. That’s why we call it the “Bossy R”.

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When you hear the /ch/ sound at the end of a syllable AND it is immediately preceded by a short vowel (e.g. catch), it is spelled -tch.

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Spelling is not always easy, but fortunately, there are spelling rules that can help students improve their spelling.

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Most people consider the Nile to be the world’s longest river. However, there is some disagreement as some people believe the Amazon is longer.

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An island is a piece of land surrounded by water. Continents are also surrounded by water, but because they are so big, they are not considered islands. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers.

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There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Here’s an old children’s rhyme about the eight parts of speech.

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A digraph is two letters that combine to correspond to one sound (phoneme). Examples of consonant digraphs are sh, ch, wh and th.

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The ocean is the lifeblood of Earth, covering more than 70 percent of the planet’s surface, driving weather, regulating temperature, and ultimately supporting all living organisms by producing 70 percent of our planet's oxygen...

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When a short word (or the last syllable of a longer word) ends in the pattern vowel-consonant-e, it usually makes the vowel sound long and says its alphabet name...

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These days, we hear a lot about viruses and how to avoid catching them. Interestingly, there are some similarities in the way we talk about music and viruses. We can talk about “catching” a virus and we can describe a song as “catchy”.

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