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. 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!

  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.}

  21. Reversed words - Write your words in ABC order -backwards!

  22. 3D words - Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words.

  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. 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.

  27. X Words - Write two words having one common letter so they criss-cross.

  28. Other Handed - If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice versa.

  29. Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words.

  30. Silly String - With a long length of string, "write" words in cursive, using the string to shape the letters.

  31. Backwriting - Using your finger, draw each letter on a partners' back, having the partner say the word when completed.

  32. Telephone Words - Translate your words into numbers from a telephone keypad.

  33. Flashwriting - In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the air.

  34. Newspaper Words - Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling each letter of a word as you find it.

  35. 30 Second Words - Write a TV commercial using all the words from your list.

  36. Popsicles - Make words using popsicle sticks or toothpicks.

  37. Secret Agent Words - Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your words to a number code.

  38. Etch-A-Word - Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words.

  39. Morse Code - Convert your words to Morse Code