Download Directions for Spelling Activities 2014

Spelling Activities
Students, here are just a few ways that you can practice your spelling words each week!
Parents, please help your child choose an activity that best suits his/her learning style, or feel
free to come up with your own activity!
*Visual learners learn best through seeing, whether they are looking at
words or pictures.
*Auditory learners learn best by hearing the information.
*Tactile/kinesthetic learners must touch, manipulate, and do, in order to
learn.
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VISUAL ACTIVITIES
Story, Story - Write a story using all of your spelling words.
Sentence, Please - Write a sentence for each spelling word.
Practice Test - Take a practice test (this is especially good on Thursday nights).
Stair steps - Write words as if they are stairs, adding one letter each time.
ABC Order- Write your words in alphabetical order. Re-write them in reverse alphabetical
order.
Rainbow Words - Write a spelling word with your pencil. Now trace around the outside with a
crayon without touching the letters. Pick two other crayons to continue tracing outward!
Picture Words – Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.
Words-in-Words – Write your word and then write 2 new words made from each original word.
30 Second Words – Write a TV commercial using all of your words. Include an illustration.
AUDITORY ACTIVITIES
Sound Words – Record yourself saying the words and then spelling them. Then watch the
video, checking to see that you spelled all the words correctly.
Repeat and Exaggerate - Use verbal repetition to say the word aloud, spell, and repeat.
Exaggerate and enunciate letters and patterns to learn words.
Music – Use music or melodies to remember the spellings.
Sing Them Loud, Sing Them Soft - Have your Mom or Dad sing the letters of a spelling word to
you in a loud voice. You echo the spelling and then sing it again softly. Now sing together!
Cheerleader – Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words! Alternate yelling and
whispering them. Also try clapping for each letter.
TACTILE/KINESTHETIC ACTIVITIES
Painting - Paint words on big paper hung on an easel or wall. Or use paintbrushes and water to
“paint” the sidewalk with spelling words!
Whiteboard/Chalkboard - Use a whiteboard or chalkboard to practice. Try playing Hangman!
Finger Tracing - Use your finger to spell out each of your words one letter at a time on your
Mom or Dad’s back. Then it’s YOUR turn to feel and spell.
Scrabble/Bananagrams - Use Scrabble or Bananagrams tiles to spell your words.
Delicious Words – Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat!
Make sure you get permission from a parent first!
3D Words – Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta, Play Do, or letter magnets.
Magazine Words – Use a magazine and find your words. Cut them out and glue them on paper.
Etch-A-Word – Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words.
Spelling Baseball – Set up four chairs to be the bases. Pitcher selects a word. If batter can spell
it correctly, he moves forward one base. If batter can’t spell word, he remains where he is.
COMBINATION ACTIVITIES
Typing – (Visual, Tactile) Type your spelling words three times each. Play with different colors
and fonts.
Online Games – (Visual, Tactile, Auditory) Go to http://www.spellingcity.com/,
http://www.aaaspell.com/, http://www.spellingtime.com/ or
http://www.kidsspell.com/index.php
Memory Game – (Visual, Tactile) Make pairs of spelling word cards. Flip them over and try to
match the pairs!
Silly String – (Visual, Tactile, Auditory) With a long length of string, “write” words in cursive,
using the string to shape the letters. Say the letters as you form them.