How To Study Your Spelling Words
Here are some fun ways to study your spelling words! If you choose one a night you will be ready for Friday's spelling test!
31 Ways to Study Your Spelling Words
1. ABC Order – Write your words in alphabetical order.
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2. Reversed Words – Write your words in alphabetical order – backwards!
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3. Rainbow Words – Write each word in three colors.
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4. Cheer Your Words – Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words!
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5. Backwards Words – Write your words forwards, then backwards.
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6. Picture Words – Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.
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7. Silly Sentences – Use all your words in ten sentences.
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8. Pyramid Words – Write your words adding or subtracting one letter each time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words.
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9. Ransom Words – Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and gluing them onto blank paper.
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10. Words-in-Words – Write your words and then write at least two words made from the letters in each word.
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11. Magazine Words – Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut it out and glue it onto blank paper.
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12. Story Words – Write a short story using all your words.
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13. 30 second Words – Write a TV commercial using all of the words from your list.
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14. Popsicles – Make your words using Popsicle sticks to make each letter.
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15. Secret Agent Words – Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your words to a number code.
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16. Etch-A-Word – Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words.
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17. Telephone Words – Translate your words into numbers from a telephone keypad.
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18. Sound Words – Use a tape records and record your words and their spelling. Then listen to your tape, checking to see that you spelled all the words correctly
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19. Words You Can Eat – Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits cereal.
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20. 3D Words – Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words.
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21. Bathtub Spelling Practice – Using foam letters, make your words by sticking the letter to the side of the tub.
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22. Sidewalk Spelling – Use sidewalk chalk to write the words on the sidewalk or driveway.
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23. Back Rub Spelling – Draw the letters to the word on someone’s back.
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24. Poker Chip Spelling – Write all the letters of the alphabet on poker chips. Use them to spell your words.
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25. Scrabble Spelling – Play a game of Scrabble using the spelling words.
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26. Go Fish – Each time you spell a word correctly, eat a Goldfish cracker for each letter in the word.
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27. Word Processing Practice – Use the computer to type the words. Use different colors, fonts, and sizes for each word. |
28. Spelling Word Finds – Create a word find using Puzzlemaker at http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/index.html.
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29. Spelling Puzzles – Write each spelling word on an index card. Cut each card in half and mix them up. Then match the two parts of the word.
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30. Finger Paint Bag – Pour a little bit of finger paint into a Ziploc bag and close it tight. Lay the bag flat on the table and use a finger to spell the word.
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31. Spelling Squares – Write your word on graphing paper, putting one word in each box.
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