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Spelling Activities
The following is a list of spelling activities that students can complete to help
them practice their word wall words and word study words at home.
Write your words in alphabetical order.
Write your spelling words in crayon or pen. Write each consonant letter in red and each
vowel in blue.
Make a set of flashcards for studying your words.
Write each word three times.
Rainbow words: Write each word in a rainbow of colors. First, write the words with a red
crayon. Trace over the words with a blue crayon. Finally, trace the words again with a green
crayon.
Use magnetic letters on the refrigerator or a cookie sheet. Make each word. Scramble the
letters and make them again. Scramble up the letters. Then ask a parent or sibling to
unscramble the words. Correct that person’s work. **You may borrow a set of magnetic
letters from Grant’s Parent Resource Library.**
Write each word. Under each word, write other words that you can make using the same
chunk. For example, if a word wall word is all, you can use the –all chunk to write ball, fall,
wall, hall, mall, tall, call, stall. You can do the same activity with magnetic letters.
Take a practice test at home given by a parent. Write any missed word 3 times each.
Use each word in a sentence. Try to use more than one of your words in a sentence. Make
silly sentences using your words.
Write a story using some of your words. Underline each word.
Write each word with fancy letters or type them using different fonts on the computer:
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Pour salt on a cookie sheet and write the word in the salt. Do the same thing with a cup of
pudding.
Cheer Your Words – Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words!
Write your spelling words in secret code. Make up your own code, or use the Secret Code
Key below. Challenge a parent or sibling to use the code to decode each word. Example: glad=
7-12-1-4
Secret Code Spelling
a=1
e=5
i=9
m=13
q=17
u=21
b=2
f=6
j=10
n=14
r=18
v=22
y=25
c=3
g=7
k=11
0=15
s=19
w=23
z=26
d=4
h=8
l=12
p=16
t=20
x=24
Draw and color a picture. "Hide" the words in the picture. Do not color over the words.
Write your words on cards (make two sets) and play "Memory Match" with them against a
sibling or parent.
Write your words by arranging the letters in alphabet pasta or Alphabits. Glue them on
paper.
Cut out letters from headlines or ads in newspapers or magazines. Use the letters to spell
your words. Glue them on a piece of paper.
Draw a picture of the word.
Write your words in pyramid form:
a
ab
abo
abou
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3D Words – Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words.
Magazine Words – Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut it out and glue
it onto blank paper.
Bathtub Spelling Practice – Using foam letters, make your words by sticking the letter to
the side of the tub.
Sidewalk Spelling – Use sidewalk chalk to write the words on the sidewalk or driveway.
Poker Chip Spelling – Write all the letters of the alphabet on poker chips. Use them to spell
your words.
Go Fish – Each time you spell a word correctly, eat a Goldfish cracker for each letter in the
word.
Spelling Puzzles – Write each spelling word on an index card. Cut each card in half and mix
them up. Then match the two parts of the word.
Finger Paint Bag – Pour a little bit of finger paint into a Ziploc bag and close it tight. Lay the
bag flat on the table and use a finger to spell the word.
Spelling Squares – Write your word on graphing paper (you can print some off of the
internet), putting one letter in each box.
Twist-Tie Spelling - Save the twist-ties from bread and hot buns. Use the twist-ties to form
letters to spell the words.
Make and complete a word search using www.puzzlemaker.com
Visit www.spellingcity.com for word making and spelling activities.