Download Activities for Spelling Homework

Activities for Spelling Homework
 Write each word in pencil, pen, and then marker.
 Write the words in “spelling stairs”
o Example:
 Make a word search using spelling words and have your son/daughter
solve it. (http://www.puzzlemaker.com)
 Outline each word.
o Example
 Write each word three times. Circle your neatest writing for each
word.
 Cut out letters from old newspapers and magazines to spell each word.
Glue the letters onto paper.
 Use each of your words in a sentence. Draw a box around the spelling
word.
 Make a chart with three columns.
o Example:
Spelling Word
Same beginning
Same ending
read
 Write each word as a wagon by writing the beginning and ending
letters on each wheel and using the word as the wagon bed.
o Example:
 Write your sailboat style.
o Example:
 Write your words in ABC order.
 Write each word two times. Underline each vowel and circle each
consonant.
o Example:
 Write a question for each word. Circle the spelling word.
 Write each word in a “beginning letter blitz” by writing the word over
and over to make the shape of the beginning letter.
o Example:
 Write each word. Now give each word a point value by adding two
points for each vowel and three points for each consonant.
o Example: help = 3 + 2 + 3 + 3=11
 Draw and color a picture of yourself dressed up as a clown, and
holding 10 or more balloons. Write your spelling words on the
balloons.
 Write a short paragraph about a topic of your choice. Include your
spelling words in the paragraph somewhere. Circle the spelling words
that you use.
 Write each word. Write each word again using capital letters for
vowels and lowercase letters for consonants.
o Example: back
bAck
 Pretend you can change into an animal for a day. Write several
sentences about your day, using your spelling words. Circle each
spelling word you used.