Spelling IdeaS
Quiet Activities
- Play hangman
- Spelling puzzle - make a puzzle by writing the letters on large pieces of paper and put them back together
- Stairs - write the words as if they're stairs e.g. s, st, sta, stai, stair, stairs
- Make a wordsearch or crossword
- Draw pictures that match spellings
- Use alphabet stamps to stamp them out
- Magnetic letters
- Scrabble or boggle tiles
- Word Scramble: Scramble up the letters of each word and have student put them in the correct order.(Don’t forget to point out patterns and families!)
- Examine the Word: Really look at the words, talking about the tough parts and analyzing patterns.Make up silly ways of remembering the ‘tough’ parts: ‘president’ has an ‘I’ in the middle because one day I’ll be president, OR ‘setting’ has two t’s in the middle just like two tall trees in a fairyland forest.
Flashcards
Make two sets of flashcards of spellings and...
- Play pairs
- Flip 4 Steps: In just 4 steps, your child can practice reading, spelling, and writing his words.Have him flip over a word card, look at the word, say it out loud, say the letters, then flip it back over, and write the word on paper.
- Flip and Rainbow Write: Flip a word card and have your child go through the rainbow, painting or writing each word flipped in rainbow colors.Make the first word red, second orange, third yellow, etc. OR write each letter in a colorof the rainbow.
- Pocket Cards: Make small cards to keep in your pocket or bag and when you are walking to
school, making breakfast or sitting in the park ask the children to spell the
words to you.
Messy Play
- Water paint your spellings
- Get chalk markers or other window safe pens and write spellings on windows and mirrors
- Trace spellings in shaving foam
- Put poster paint in a ziplock bag and seal it tightly! Then have your child use her fingertip to write the letters of each word on the paint bag.
- Create a 'ransom' note style poster for spellings by cutting letters out of newspapers and magazine
