Learning how to spell is a fact of life. It can be difficult for many kids and come easy to some. In any case, make it meaningful and fun by offering some hands-on activities. Here are a few to get you and your students going…
- ABC Order-Words are written in alphabetical order
- Reverse Order-Words are written in alphabetical order, but backwards
- Backwards Words-Words are written forwards and then backwards
- Clean Words-Words are written in shaving cream on a work surface
- Dirty Words-Words are written with something dirty-mud, sand, soil, etc.
- Gelly Words-Words are written on a small Ziploc bag full of hair gel
- Magnetic Letters-Words are spelled using magnetic letters and a cookie sheet
- Pasta Words-Words are spelled using alphabet pasta
- Picture Words-Pictures are draw and the words are written to label each picture
- Rainbow Words-Words are written in different colors
- Ransom Words-Words are made by cutting out letters from a newspaper and then gluing them on paper
- Silly Sentences-Words are used to make silly sentences
- Stamping Words-Words are spelled using letter stamps and an ink pad
- Story Words-Words are used to make a story
- Word Scramble-Words are given to the student scrambled up and they work with letter tiles to unscramble each word
- Word Searches-Words are used to create a word search puzzle
- Words Without Consonants-Words are written and the consonants are replaced with a symbol
- Words Without Vowels-Words are written and the vowels are replaced with a symbol
- Words-in-Words-Words are written and two words are generated from each spelling word
How to use it:
- Feature one idea each week as a learning center
- Use as a whole group to emphasize phonemic awareness and phonics
- Send a list home of the spelling activities each week and have a parent sign off that the child completed it
