My First Words: Trace and Read

✍️Quill Brief #19

Look at these words: rat, ten, sit.

🎯 Your mission

Say it. Stretch it. Spell it.

⚡ The twist

Long words are usually small words stuck together.

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Warm-up scribble

Spell your favorite snack in CAPITAL LETTERS.

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Mentor sentence

🔠 "Friend" hides the word "end" inside it.

Instructions

Look at these words: rat, ten, sit. Trace each word with your finger. Say each letter sound.

Word Bank

rattensitcappen

Spelling

Look at these words: rat, ten, sit. Trace each word with your finger. Say each letter sound.

Spell this word:

rat

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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.

Make a list of 5 long words you love the sound of.

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For the dinner table

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

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