September- Week 1

Starter
FLOSS
Have you ever heard of floss ?
What are flossy words ?
When do we use flossy words?
Lets watch a video about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=35plWAXF6tY
How does a short vowel word sound?

a e i o u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tj
cT7Gto3U
⮚What do you think
we are learning
today?
WALT
⮚ spell words with ss and
zz
Success Criteria
⮚ I can spell words with ss and zz

⮚ I can frame meaningful sentences

using words ending with ss and zz
Main
Lesson
 Thinking Time
I see, I think, I wonder
• List the words which end with the
letter ss.
• List the words which end with the
letter zz.
THINKING ROUTINE
 The floss rules
When S and Z come after a short vowel sound
at the end of a one syllable word, it is

short
vowel s ss
short
vowel z zz
•
FLOSS WORDS
FLOSS rule: If you can hear the /s/, or /z/ sound after a short vowel sound at the end
of a
Read the words in the word bank. Sort the words into ones that follow the FLOSS rule
and ones that do not.

Pizza, quiz, miss, fizz, fuss ,

close , wiz , kiss , cross , was
FLOSS FLOSS NO
Independent Activity
 It’s time to say goodbye!

Get ready for your next lesson!