Monthly Test Practice- Spelling

Spelling Practice-

-Have students read the words in their spelling notebook.

-Give student a word and have them tell you all the sounds, then write.

(Can you tell me the sounds in round?    r  ou  n  d )

-Pick a couple of spelling words a week to look for. When you go to the grocery store or are driving in the car, play I spy to see if you can find them.

- Use scrabble tiles or alphabet magnets to spell out words from their spelling notebook

-Type the words from their spelling notebook onto a computer

-Have them write a sentence for each spelling word

-Play tic-tac-toe but instead of x's or o's use spelling words

-Stairsteps: Write the words as if they are stairs, adding one letter at a time.

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-Use a expo marker to write spelling words on a window then erase them one letter at a time

-Use water and a paintbrush to water paint the spelling words.On a hot, sunny day, words disappear quickly

-Use alphabet letter stamps to ‘stamp’ the spelling words, first by looking at the words and then on your own!

-Word Train: Use the letters to have your child create a ‘word train’ by using the last letter of the first word to begin the second word and so on:cat / tap / pan