HomeAboutContactCalendar

Friday, February 8, 2019

30 Ways to Practice Your Spelling Words

Silly sentences -Use all your words in ten sentences 

Picture words - Draw a picture and write your words in the picture. 

Words without Vowels - Write your words replacing all vowels with a line. 

Words without Consonants - Same as above but replace consonants with lines. 

Story words - Write a short story using all your words. 

Scrambled words -Write your words, then write them again with the letters mixed up. 

Wordsearch -Make a wordsearch with a friend, then trade and solve. 

Surround words - Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors. 

Ransom words - Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and glue them on a paper. 

Words-in-words - Write your word and then write at least 2 words made from each. 

Delicious words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat! 

Good Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can be cleaned safely. 

Dirty Words - Write your words in mud or sand. 

Pasta Words - Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits. Glue on paper or bring me a note from a parent and do on a table or counter at home. 

Reversed words - Write your words in ABC order -backwards! 

3D words - Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words. Bring a note if done at home. 

Create an activity - Can you think of a fun way to do your spelling activities? Try it out! 

Magazine words - Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut it out and glue it on paper. 

Cheer your words - Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words! (We will do this as a group activity.) Sometimes you'll yell, sometimes you'll whisper! 

Sound Words - Use a tape recorder and record your words and their spelling. Then listen to your tape, checking to see that you spelled all the words correctly. 

X Words - Write two words having one common letter so they criss-cross. 

Other Handed - If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice versa. 

Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words. 

Telephone Words - Translate your words into numbers from a telephone keypad. 

Flash-writing - In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the air. 

Newspaper Words - Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling each letter of a word as you find it. 

Popsicles - Make words using popsicle sticks. 

Secret Agent Words - Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your words to a number code. 

Etch-A-Word - Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words. 

Morse Code - Convert your words to Morse Code