Spelling

Here are some creative ways to practice your spelling words at home. Have fun! ABC Order- Write your words in alphabetical order

Rainbow Words- Write your words in three colors

Backwards Words- Write your words forwars, then backwards

Silly Sentences- Use all your words in ten sentences.

Picture Words- Draw a picture and write your words in the picture

Words without Vowels- Write your words replacing all vowels with a line

Words without Consonants- Same as above but replace consonants with lines

Story Words- Write a short story using all your words

Scrambled Words- Write your words, then write them again with the letters mixed up

Wordsearch- Make a wordsearch with a friend, then trade and solve

Surround Words- Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors

Ransom Words- Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and glue them on paper

Pyramid Words- Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words

Words-in-words- Write your words and then write at least 2 words made from each

Delicious Words- Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter or anything you can eat!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Good Clean Words- Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can be cleaned safely

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Dirty Words- Write your words in mud, dirt or sand

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Pasta Words- Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Reversed Words- Write your words in ABC order-backwards!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3D Words- Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Create an Activity- Can you think of a fun way to do your spelling activities? Try it out!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Sound Words- Use a tape recorder and record your words and their spelling. Then listen to your tape, checking to see that you spelled all the words correctly.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Choo-Choo Words-Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Sily String- With a long length of string, "write" words, using the string to shape the letters

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Backwriting- Using your finger, draw each letter on a partners' back, having the partner say the word when completed.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Flashwriting- In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the air.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">30 Second Words- Write a TV commercial using all the words from your list.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Popsicles- Make words using popsicle sticks.