Spelling and Writing Activities

8/11/2019 Spelling and Writing Activities

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Spelling and Writing Activities

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Activities

Air spelling

Spelling race

Scrambledspelling

Spelling beeSpellinglearningcenter

Spellingpuzzles

Spelling train

Tic tac toespelling


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This has been a great activity for thosestudents have a difficult time learning theirspelling words.

1. Choose a spelling word. Students spell theword in the air and say the letters aloud. Tellstudents they must be able to "see" the lettersas they are written in the air.

2. When the students get to the last letter,they underline the whole word as they say theword aloud. Ask them if they can "see" the wordin the air.

Air Spelling


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1. Divide the class into two teams. 2. On the board, write Team 1 and Team 2 (or

the names of the teams).

3. One person from each team goes to the board

with chalk in hand. 4. The teacher reads a spelling word. The two

students must write that word on the board.

5. The first person to finish spelling the word

first gets a point for their team. 6. The team with the most points wins.

Spelling Race


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As part of their daily assignment, students are

given a number of words that arescrambled. Without looking at their spelling list,the students are asked to unscramble the wordswithin a time-limit and hand it into a basket.

Those that correctly unscramble all the wordsreceive stickers in their spelling booklets.

Scrambled Spelling


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the Spelling Bee, which can be done as a review

before a test, or for fun afterwards. Wordsfrom the previous weeks are also incorporatedinto the Spelling Bee. The winner(s) get a penciland a sticker!

Spelling Bee


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1. Put letters in a basket or bag.

2. One student reads a spelling word.

3. The second student uses the letters to spellthe word.

4. After the students finish the list, theyswitch roles and the first student does thespelling while the second does the reading.

Spelling Learning Centre


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1. Write each spelling word on index cards.

2. Cut the cards so that the letters are separated.

3. Place the pieces into an envelope (one envelope per

word). 4. Pass out the envelopes to the students. When you say

go, students take out the pieces and put the letterstogether to create a spelling word.

5. When the teacher yells stop, the students put their

hands at their sides. Teacher checks the cards to see ifthe word is spelled correctly.

6. Students then put all the pieces back into the envelopeand pass it to another student.

Spelling Puzzles


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1. Divide class into two teams, Team X and Team O

2. Draw a large tic-tac-toe grid on the board but withinreach of the students' arms.

3. Call on student from one team. Have them spell a word(just like a Spelling Bee).

4. If the student spells the word correctly, they get to putan X or O (depending on the team their on) on the grid.

5. If the student spells the word incorrectly, then they lose

their chance.6. A player from the second team takes a turn. Repeat #4and #5.

7. The team that gets tic-tac-toe wins!

Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling


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Read a spelling word aloud and have the students

write it down. Using the last letter in that word,students must write another word beginning withthat last letter. They continue the train using thelast letter of the word. You can put a certain limit

on how many words they can create.

Example:cattannappot

Spelling Train


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