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Quill-Berry finds a poem with its endings missing. “The rabbit is jump___; the painter paint___,” she reads.
Reading Trail · Step 6 · FreeQuill‑Berry’s
Quill‑Berry’s
Ending Clues
A five-page library puzzle for practising endings like -ing, -ed and -er, and clapping two-beat words.
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She adds ing to jump and ed to paint. Jumping is happening now; painted has already happened.
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The next clue says, “A fast runner becomes a faster runner.” Quill circles er and reads the word in two beats: fast-er.
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A reader comes calling from the hall. Together they clap the beats in helping, resting, and looking.
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Quill restores every line, then leaves one blank for the next reader. Words can keep growing when endings join them.
The end · Great reading
What does Quill add to the unfinished words?
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Endings. Quill completes the poem by joining endings such as ing and ed to its words.
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