Download Chant and clap the letters of each of your spelling words

Spelling Activities
Chant and clap the letters of each of your spelling words. Next, write each letter as you chant it. (Instead of chanting
you can sing, swing, stomp or something else—just like we do in school with the word wall words.) Write your words 3
times each.
Write your spelling words with a pen, pencil or crayon. Trace over the word at least 3 times. Use a different color each
time. Do this for each of your words. Ransom Words
Look through magazines and newspapers to find the letters that make each of your spelling words. Glue them together
to make your spelling words.
Look at your word. Say your word. Cover your word. Try to write your word from memory. Check to see if you spelled it
right. Do this 2 times for each of your spelling words.
See how many times you can find your spelling words in a book or around the house.
If you have magnetic letters at home, use them to spell out each word. Scramble the word and try to spell it again. Spell
and scramble each word on your list.
Write words that rhyme with your words. These words do not have to have the same spelling pattern as each of your
words. e.g., “me”, flea, see tree, ski, tea, he
For each spelling word, find any hidden words. Write them down. e.g., “that” – at, hat
Find the word chunk in your word (if there is one). If you can spell that word, what other words can you spell—using that
same letter pattern? Write them down. Do this for each of your spelling words. e.g., “bat” – cat, hat, sat, acrobat
Draw a letter frame around each letter in your word. Pay attention to the tall letters, short letters and letters with
tails.
Spell the words with alphabet macaroni or cereal.
On a piece of paper scramble the words for your child and have him/her unscramble the words. Or go to
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ and create a double puzzle with your child’s spelling words. Print it out and
he/she can unscramble the spelling words.
Write your spelling words in one column. On the lines next to them, write words that start with each letter in your
spelling word. For example: shoe = sale, hat, old, end
Take the root word of your spelling word and add prefixes and/or suffixes to the word to build a new word. For
example: write  pre-write, writing, writer, writes, rewrite, overwrite
On a piece of paper create a word search for your child and have him/her find the words. Or go to
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ and create a hidden message word search or word search puzzle with your
child’s spelling words. Print it out and he/she can complete the word search.
Give your child a 5 x 5 grid containing 25 boxes. Have your child write the letters of the alphabet in random order in the
25 squares. Obviously one letter will have to be left out. Children should choose the least-used letter to eliminate. Say
a spelling word, and have students write the word on a lined piece of paper. Have them cover up each letter of the word
on their Bingo grid. He/she has Bingo when all letters in one row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally have been covered
up.
Go to http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ and create a Criss-Cross puzzle with your child’s spelling words. You will
also need to enter in a clue for each word. Print it out and he/she will be able to complete the Cross Word puzzle.