Download Spelling and Word Study Options

Spelling and Word Study Activities
Here are some fun, OPTIONAL activities for practicing spelling words!
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Measure Up: Students write spelling words and use a ruler to measure them.
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Color My Word: Students write their spelling words with colored pencils or
markers and use a different color for each word.
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Trace: Students trace around spelling words after they’ve written them, tracing
up for tall letters, low for letters that hang below the line on the paper, etc.
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Rhythm Spelling: Students clap the consonants and snap for the vowels as they
spell the word.
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Pictionary: Illustrate some or all of your words to show what the word means.
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Dictionary: Put the words in ABC order.
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Zero In: Write the words and circle the part of the word that you think you’ll
have trouble remembering.
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Storyspelling: Make up a story with your words.
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Spelling Acrostic: Write acrostics with some of your words that will help you
remember their meanings.
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Spelling Poetry: Write any kind of poem (rhyming, free verse, haiku, etc.) with
some or all of your words.
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Spread the Word: Write as many synonyms for each word as you can think of.
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Opposites Attract: Write as many antonyms for each word as you can think of.
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Zelpuz: Scramble the letters for each word. Give the word scramble to an adult
to figure out.
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Dictation Station: Write sentences for each spelling word.
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Common Bonds: Put your spelling words in categories. Label the categories.
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Comic Relief: Write riddles or jokes with spelling words as the answers.
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Clap and spell (high, middle, low) Students clap above their heads for tall letters
like t or l, in the middle for short letters like a or m, and bend over and clap for
letters with a tail like g or y.
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Write 3 Times: Students write spelling words once in pencil, then in crayon, then
in marker.
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Dots: Write spelling words with dots and trace over them.
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Secret Code: Students use symbols to stand for letters and write their words in
code. If A= , B= +, C=% the word “cab” would be written in code as %  +.
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Color My Words: Write spelling words using a different color for each letter per
word. Students can repeat a color as long as it’s in a different word.
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Google Docs: Type your words in a Google Doc. Share it with Ms. Preiser!
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