Engaging Spelling Activities Phoneme Count How many phonemes

Engaging Spelling Activities

Phoneme Count! How many phonemes are there in each of these words? king though bake

church ch ur ch chick ch i for f or bench b e boy b oy car curl c ur l wheel th or n down thorn ghost day d ay speed s p ee head h ea d d dear shirt ck n ch wh ee l d ow n gh o d s ear sh ir t t

Spelling Word Hunt

Dictation Write the sentence. Dictate two sentences that include target words and other words needing reinforcement. Give children time to check what they have written and ask them to look out for words they have been working on. Is there a pattern to follow or a rule to apply?

Pyramid Power Sort your words into a list from easiest to hardest. Write the easiest word at the top of the page near the middle. Write the next easiest word twice underneath. Write third word three times underneath again until you have built your pyramid.

Create a Pyramid for each spelling word

Scrambled Words

Words in Words • Christmas Christ is his mist mass • school cool so loo coo • necessary ran yarn say seen

Create sayings to recall spelling patterns Parliament – Liam went to the Houses of parliament Separate – there is a rat in separate Secretary – a good secretary can keep a secret Accommodation – 2 cats, 2 mice, 1 dog Island – an island is land surrounded by water Necessary – 1 collar and 2 sleeves are necessary

Spelling Graffiti

Dice Games 1. Write in joined handwriting 2. WRITE IN CAPITALS 3. Bubble writing 4. Write sdrawkcab 5. Write on friend’s back (with finger!) 6. Rainbow write

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Dicey Revision 1. 2. 3. 4. Write a sentence containing the word. Explain the word’s meaning aloud Draw a picture that relates to your word. Write an explanation of the word with your opposite hand. 5. Invent a crossword clue for the word. 6. Write down as many associated words as you can in 30 seconds.

Connect the Spellings

Hang Man

Spiral Spelling

Mnemonics are useful for particularly tricky words, or for key spelling patterns Ould – Oh, you, lucky duck (should, could, would) Ound – Oh you naughty duck (ground, found) Laugh – Laugh At Ugly Goat Hair Because – Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants

Acrostic poems…. D I F F I C U L T

Family Fortunes - what words can you think of that have ‘ai’ in them? paint rain pain train brain tail snail wait

Noughts and Crosses

Spelling Scribble

Create a Crazy Spelling Story Once I was in school but I got a stomach ache. Mum took me to the chemist. It was almost Christmas so it was chaos in there.

Create Spelling Sentences I was unhappy when it was home time.

Classroom Spelling Bee Competitions