40 Ways to Practice Your Spelling Words
1.ABC order- Write your words in alphabetical order.
2.Rainbow Words - Write your words in three colors
3.Backwards Words- Write your words forwards, then backwards.
4.Silly sentences -Use all your words in ten sentences
5.Picture words - Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.
6.Words without Vowels - Write your words replacing all vowels with a line.
7.Words without Consonants - Same as above but replace consonants with
lines.
8.Story words - Write a short story using all your words.
9.Scrambled words -Write your words then write them again with the letters
mixed up.
10.Word search II -Make a word search with a friend, then trade and solve.
11.Word search I - Complete a word pre-made search.
12.Crossword - Complete a pre-made crossword puzzle.
13.Surround words - Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors.
14.Ransom words - Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or
magazine and glue them on a paper.
15.Pyramid Words - Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a
time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words.
16.Words-in-words - Write your word and then write at least 2 words made
from each.
17.Delicious words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or
anything you can eat! Bring in a note from a parent!
18.Good Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some
other surface that can be cleaned safely.
19.Dirty Words - Write your words in mud or sand.
20.Pasta Words - Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits.
Glue on paper or bring me a note from a parent and do on a table or counter
at home.
21.Reversed words - Write your words in ABC order -backwards!
22.3D words - Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words. Bring a
note if done at home.
23.Create an activity - Can you think of a fun way to do your spelling
activities? Try it out!
24.Puzzle words - Use a blank puzzle form. Write your words on the form,
making sure that the words cross over the pieces. Then cut them out (color
if you wish) and put them in a baggie with your name on it. When you and a
friend have completed your puzzles, trade and put them back together.
25.Magazine words - Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut
it out and glue it on paper.
26.Cheer your words - Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words!
(We will do this as a group activity.) Sometimes you'll yell, sometimes
you'll whisper! If you want to do this at home with a parent, get them to
send me a note that you've done it.
27.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.
28.X Words - Write two words having one common letter so they criss-cross.
29. Other Handed - If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice
versa.
30.Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word,
using different colors of crayon or ink for different words.
31.Silly String - With a long length of string, "write" words in cursive,
using the string to shape the letters.
32.Backwriting - Using your finger, draw each letter on a partners' back,
having the partner say the word when completed.
33.Telephone Words - Translate your words into numbers from a telephone
keypad.
34.Flashwriting - In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in
the air.
35.Newspaper Words - Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling
each letter of a word as you find it.
36.30 Second Words - Write a TV commercial using all the words from your
list.
37.Popsicles - Make words using popsicle sticks.
38.Secret Agent Words - Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your
words to a number code.
39.Etch-A-Word - Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words.
40.Morse Code - Convert your words to Morse Code
