Spelling Activities

for any list of words

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CENTER SIGNS & ACTIVITY PAGES Silly Sentences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 pyramid words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 alphabetical order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 spelling story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 squiggly words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 colorful vowels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 bubble letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 acrostic poems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 spelling addition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 spelling shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 REPRODUCIBLE PAGES rhymes with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 spelling code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 ups and downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 colorful words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 fancy words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 syllable sort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

HandS-On IDEAS
Playdough:

Have the children roll playdough snakes and form letters to spell the word or put out alphabet cookie cutters and cut the letters out.

Wiki Sticks:

Bend the sticks to form letters

Pipe Cleaners: Stamps:

Same as the wikisticks

Put out a stamp pad and letter stamps.

Painting:

Students use watercolors to paint their words. Another option is to use a paint brush and water and paint them onto construction paper.

Sand/Salt Trays: Shaving Cream: Pudding:

Students use their nger to write their words in sand or salt and shake back to do it again.

Squirt a little on the desk. Spread it around. Write the words with a nger.

Same as shaving cream, but much yummier.

Magnet Letters: Scrabble Tiles:

Spell words on a cookie sheet, le cabinet, desk, or other metal surface.

Have the children build words and add up their value.

Silly Sentences
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Write a silly sentences for each spelling word. Underline your spelling words. If time allows, you may illustrate your sentences.

Sample: The dog danced on the kitchen table.

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Copy your spelling words into the box below. Write a silly sentences for each spelling word. Underline your spelling words. Illlustrate your sentences.

Silly Sentences

Illustration

Sentence

Illustration

Sentence

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Sentence

Illustration

Sentence

Illustration

Sentence

Illustration

Sentence

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Pyramid Words
Write the first letter of a spelling word. Write the first 2 letters on the line below. Write the first 3 letters on the line under that. Continue until the word is complete. Draw a pyramid around your word.

p p y p y r p y r a p y r a m p y r a m i p y r a m i d

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Pyramid Words
Write the first letter of your spelling word. Write the first two letters on the line below. Write the first three letters on the line below that. Continue until the word is complete. Draw a triangle around the pyramid.

p p y p y r p y r a p y r a m p y r a m i p y r a m i d

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Alphabetical Order
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Write your words in alphabetical order. Write your words in backwards alphabetical order.

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Write your words in alphabetical order and then write them in reverse alphabetical order. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A to Z Z to A

Alphabetical Order

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Silly Story
Write a silly story using all of your words. Underline each of your words.

Name:___________________ Date:________

Write a silly story using all of your words. Underline each of your words.

Silly Story

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Squiggle Words
Write each spelling word two times. The first time write it in your best handwriting. The second time write it using squiggly letters.

Name:___________________ Date:________

Write each spelling word two times. The first time write it in your best handwriting. The second time write it using squiggly letters.
Copy your words here. Write each word in your best handwriting. Write each word using squiggle letters.

Squiggle Words

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Colorful Vowels
Write EACH of your spelling words neatly in your best handwriting. Trace over ALL the vowels in each word with a colored pencil.

Vowels = A E I O U

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Write EACH of your spelling words neatly in your best handwriting. Trace over ALL the vowels in each word with a colored pencil.

Colorful Vowels
Vowels = A E I O U

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Bubble Letters
Write your spelling words in bubble letters. After you write them all, color them in with a crayon or a colored pencil.

THESE ARE BUBBLE LETTERS

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Bubble Letters
Write your spelling words in bubble letters. After you write them all, color them in with a crayon or a colored pencil.

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Acrostic Poems
Choose a spelling words. Write an acrostic poem for that word. You must also ILLUSTRATE your poem.
Example: CAT

C A T

laws are sharp s they scratch

o get in the house

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Acrostic Poem
Choose a spelling words. Write an acrostic poem for that word. You must also ILLUSTRATE your poem. Create other poems for additional words.

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Spelling Addition
Add up each spelling word. *Consonants are worth 10* *Vowels are worth 5*
ExamplesSaid: 10 + 5 + 5 + 10 = 30 There: 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 40

Name:___________________ Date:________

Spelling Addition
Add up each spelling word. *Consonants are worth 10* *Vowels are worth 5*
ExamplesSaid: 10 + 5 + 5 + 10 = 30 There: 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 40

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Spelling Shapes
Copy each of your spelling words neatly. Then go back and draw a circle around the consonants and a square around the vowels.

Example: p e a c h

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Spelling Shapes
Copy each of your spelling words neatly. Then go back and draw a circle around the consonants and a square around the vowels.

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Write each of your spelling words. Draw a circle around them. Create a web of rhyming words that stem from the word. SAMPLE: ! !

Rhymes With...

hat cat splat

sat

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Create a code for each letter of the alphabet. Write your spelling words using that code.
SAMPLE:

Spelling Code

A= B = C= A n B o c p d q e r f s g t h u i v j w k x l y m z

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Write each word across and down sharing the same first letter.
SAMPLE:

Ups & Downs

! ! ! ! !

APPLE P P L E

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Write each word in pencil. Trace over the words with differenct colored pencils or markers.

Colorful Words

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Write each word in pencil. Copy it again using fancy writing by adding dots, lines or swirls.

Fancy Words

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Write each word in the correct column according to the number of syllables.
1 syllable 2 syllables 3 syllables 4 syllables

Syllable Sort

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