Forty Fun Ways to Practice 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. Wordsearch II -Make a wordsearch with a friend, then trade and
solve.
11. Wordsearch 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. Computer Words Type your list of words on the computer. Change
each vowel to a different color. Print your list.
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. Make an acrostic with your words Write each word up and down on
your paper, one letter to a line. Find other words that begin with each
letter.
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. Stick Words - Make words using popsicle sticks or toothpicks.
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. Jello Spello Write your words in glue on heavy paper. Sprinkle
Jello over the words. Your Spelling has never smelled so good!