Clap and Count the Sounds

✍️Quill Brief #71

Which words rhyme.

🎯 Your mission

Sound out every letter, then check it twice.

⚡ The twist

Say the word out loud before you spell it.

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Warm-up scribble

List 5 words that start with the same sound as your name.

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Mentor sentence

🔠 "Because" is just "be" + "cause" — they got married.

Instructions

Which words rhyme? Look at: run, ten, cup, tap, see. Circle the words that sound the same at the end.

Word Bank

runtencuptapsee

Spelling

Which words rhyme? Look at: run, ten, cup, tap, see. Circle the words that sound the same at the end.

Spell this word:

run

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Why this matters in real life

Spelling well is the difference between being understood and being misunderstood.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find a word you can't spell yet. Look it up. Use it tomorrow.

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For the dinner table

“Teach me one tricky word you mastered this week.”

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