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Table of Contents Introduction.................................................................... 3 Letter to Parents................................................................. 4 Spelling Activities Sample......................................................... 5 for Spelling......................................... 6 Section Two Level Two Activities for Spelling........................................ 38 Section Three Activities for Specific Skills........................................... 82 Vowel Sounds......................................................... 83 Two Vowels Go Walking!................................................ 84 Vowel-Consonant-Silent E.............................................. 85 R -Controlled Words................................................... 86 Y Within Words...................................................... 87 EI Words........................................................... 88 IE Words........................................................... 89 Dropping the Silent E.................................................. 90 Doubling the Last Consonant.............................................. 91 Words Ending in Y.................................................... 92 Verb Review.......................................................... 93 F Sound Made by PH and GH........................................ 94 Soft G Sound Words................................................... 95 Soft C Sound Words................................................... 96 QU and SQU Words................................................. 97 Changing F to VES When Plural....................................... 98 Irregular Plural Nouns................................................... 99 Double Consonants.................................................... 100 Words with Digraphs................................................... 101 Words That Add ES.................................................. 102 Common Syllables..................................................... 103 Words with Suffixes................................................... 104 Words with Prefixes.................................................... 105 Comparative Endings................................................... 106 Adverbs............................................................. 107 Pronouns............................................................ 108 Homophones......................................................... 10 9 Contractions......................................................... 110 Compound Words..................................................... 1 11 Focus on Syllables (1).................................................. 1 12 Focus on Syllables (2).................................................. 1 13 Section Four Management...................................................... 1 14 Weekly Spelling Record................................................. 1 15 Word Search Forms.................................................... 1 16 Venn Diagram........................................................ 1 18 Specific Skills Word Lists............................................... 1 19 Glossary of Language Terms............................................. 138 #2312 Activities for Any Spelling Unit 2 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.
Activities for Spelling 1 You will need a WORD SEARCH page for. Write each spelling word in pencil, pen, and then marker. Write words 1 5 in spelling stairs. plow wound down now Look up words 6 10 in a dictionary. Copy the sentence in which the word is used (be sure it is a sentence and not the definition). Look up words 1 5 in the dictionary and copy the sentences in which the words are used. Write words 6 10 in spelling stairs. Make a word search with your spelling words. Study for your spelling test. Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 7 #2312 Activities for Any Spelling Unit
Activities for Spelling 2 Write each spelling word three times. Circle your neatest writing for each. Cut out letters from old newspapers and magazines to spell each of your spelling words. Glue the words onto your paper. Use each of your spelling words in a sentence. Draw a box around each word with a different colored crayon. Make a chart with three columns Spelling Word, Same Beginning, and Same Ending. Fill in your chart with the spelling words, a new word with the same beginning letter, and a new word with the same ending letter. Spelling Word Same Beginning Same Ending read r ain san d #2312 Activities for Any Spelling Unit 8 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.
Activities for Spelling 3 Write each word as a word wagon by writing the beginning and ending letters on each wheel and using the word as the wagon bed. cloud c d Write your spelling words in sailboat style. c cl clo clou cloud cloud Have an adult in the house dictate a sentence to you to write for words 1 5. Circle these spelling words. For words 6 10 dictate a sentence to an adult in the house to write down for you. Draw a box around these spelling words. Write your spelling words in alphabetical order from A Z and then from Z A. A Z: aloud cloud found mound sound Z A: sound mound found cloud aloud Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 9 #2312 Activities for Any Spelling Unit
Activities for Spelling 4 Write each spelling word two times. Underline each vowel and circle each consonant. eleven e l e v e n Write each spelling word normally and then again in code using the symbols below. word = 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 = Write a question for each spelling word. Circle the spelling word. Do you have eleven crayons? Using the spelling words, write answers to each question you made up on. I do not have eleven crayons. #2312 Activities for Any Spelling Unit 10 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.