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** SPELLER’S CHOICE ** You must do three speller’s choice activities and your spelling practice test each week in order to prepare for your spelling test on Friday. There are pages in your homework packet for you to complete these activities. Be sure to write the name of the activity at the top of each section. You may choose any three of the following activities. **Please choose three different activities!** 1. ABC Order – Write your words in alphabetical order. 2. Rainbow Words – Use three different colors to write your words. 3. Vowels and Consonants – Write your words in crayon or pen. Write each consonant letter in red and each vowel in blue. 4. Pyramid Words – Write your words adding one letter at a time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words! Example: star s st sta star 5. Spelling City – Go to the website www.spellingcity.com, click on “Find a List”, and type in my name – Ginny Shaddix. Then select the week that we are working on. You can do two different activities each week from Spelling City. Write this on your sheet as your choice and have an adult sign it to say you did your words on Spelling City! If you choose to do your practice test on Spelling City, please print it out and attach it to your homework packet. 6. Computer Fun – Use your computer to type your words. Use different fonts and make it look really fun! Be sure you print it out and attach it to your homework packet. 7. Making Words - Write each spelling word. Next to each word, write two additional words of at least three letters that can be spelled using the letters in the word. Example – The word pickle can be used to make the words lick, pick, like, and lip. 8. Secret Code – Write your spelling words in secret code using the “Secret Code Key” below. Challenge a parent or sibling to use the code to decode each word. Correct their work. Example: glad = 7 – 12 - 1 - 4 9. Spelling Math – Use your secret code to find a numeric value for each letter and add these up. Which spelling word has the highest value? Which word has the lowest value? Do any words have an equal value? 10. Spelling Sentences – Use all of your words in 10 sentences. Best handwriting please! 11. Word Search – Make and complete a word search of all your spelling words using www.puzzlemaker.com. Attach it to your homework packet. 12. Alphabet Pasta – Write your words by arranging the letters in alphabet pasta or Alphabits. Glue them on paper or have a parent write a note in your homework packet that you did it at home. 13. Ransom Spelling – Cut out letters from headlines or ads in newspapers or magazines. Use the letters to spell your spelling words. Paste the letters in your homework packet. 14. Scrabble Spelling Word Addition – Use the scrabble letters to find a numeric value for each letter. Add these numbers up to find a total. Example; bake: 3 + 1 + 5 + 1 = 10. Which spelling word has the highest value? Which word has the lowest value? 15. Memory Match – Write your spelling words on cards (make two sets) and play “Memory Match” with them against a sibling or parent. Be sure to have your parent sign your homework packet. Secret Code Spelling a=1 b=2 c=3 d=4 e=5 f=6 g=7 h=8 i=9 j=10 k=11 l=12 m=13 n=14 o=15 p=16 q=17 r=18 s=19 t=20 u=21 v=22 w=23 x=24 y=25 z=26