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Visual Auditory Reading & Writing Kinaesthetic

Spelling Strategies for Thinkers

Challenge! Get someone to test you and see if

you get all your words right.

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Meaningful Sentences

Choose 5 of your spelling words and put

them into a simple sentence. Underline

your spelling words or write them in a

different colour. Remember a capital

letter at beginning of the sentence and a

full stop, question mark or exclamation

mark at the end. Circle the subject and

underline the verb of your sentence.

The big fat chicken laid a gargantuan square egg!

I love to debate issues with my friends.

We had fish and chips for tea.

The children played with the majestic dragon.

From the ceiling hung the crystal chandelier.

* Can you put two or more of your words together in just one

sentence?

* Can you construct compound sentences using FANBOYS and

find the subject and verbs in both independent clauses?

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Spelling Cards Collated and Designed by Jennifer Moyle and Lyn Catchpole Spelling Cards Collated and Designed by Jennifer Moyle and Lyn Catchpole


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Spelling Paragraph

Write a descriptive paragraph including as many of your

spelling words as possible. Write your paragraph using

the hamburger model below. The top bun represents

the topic sentence, the meat and salad in the bun

represents the supporting details and the bottom bun

represents the concluding sentence.

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Jingle Spells,

Jingle Spells...

Create musical jingles or rhymes for five of your words.

Use your voice, or musical instruments. Make them fast

or slow, loud or soft; make them memorable! You may

complete this activity on your own or with a partner.

Record your jingles on a digital device to share with

others.

Challenge! Write, perform and record a song with as

many of your spelling words in it as possible.

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Spelling Cartoon

Using as many of your spelling words as possible,

create a cartoon featuring at least two different

characters. You may draw your own characters

or add speech bubbles to a photograph or picture.

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Parts of Speech

Sort all of your spelling words into a „parts of

speech‟ table.

Challenge! Use as many of the words from your list

as you can to construct a complex sentence.

Remember a complex sentence contains one

independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

For example: The beautiful elephant with the magenta hat

invited her neighbour to a party, but she refused to go.

Underline the independent clause in your sentence.

Hey Sparky, who do

you think was

responsible for gluing

our ears together?

Probably the same

person who glued my

arms to the pair of

you!

Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Other...

elephant refused beautiful lightly between

linoleum basking magenta happily

neighbour destroyed patiently

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Wondering About Words

Choose 2 of your words and think about when they may have

first been spoken, and for what reason. Think about the time

(which century), and the country. Think about what the root of

the word may mean. Discuss with someone else, and then write

your theories for each word down. Look up your words in

www.dictionary.com and scroll past the definition to the ety-

mology of the word. Read it, and summarize your findings after

your own theories. Here‟s an example:

What I think about the word biology:

I know ‘bi’ means 2, and ‘ology’ is in

lots of other words like geology and

astrology so maybe it means a group

of things because I think geology is about groups of rocks and astrolo-

gy has groups of star signs. Maybe the word was invented to describe

groups of two things and it sounds like a French word. I think the word

would have been first used a long time ago, like a thousand years ago.

What I discovered about the word biology from the dictionary: Biology

comes from the Greek language— ‘bios’ meaning life + ‘logia’ which

means study of. So the word biology means ‘study of life.’ This was

invented as a word in 1802 by a German naturalist called G. Reinhold

Treviranus. So I guess the word was first spoken in Germany.



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Dictionary Meanings

Select 8 words and write the dictionary meanings for

them. Try using an online dictionary like

www.dictionary.com/ to look up your words.

e.g. fettuccine

fettuccine or fettuccini

(noun)

1. narrow flat pasta: a

type of pasta made in narrow flat strips, slightly

narrower and thicker than tagliatelle.

2. dish made with fettuccine: a pasta dish made with

fettuccine.

Change the definition so that it makes sense to you. If

the word has more than one meaning you may choose

the meaning or meanings which you think are the most

appropriate.

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Word Grouping

Get a friend to do this activity too, with their words. Write all

of your words on coloured card, cut them out and put them into

groups. You can group them by how many letters they have, the

kinds of words they are (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.), or how

many sounds or syllables they have. Get your friend to try and

work out how you have grouped them, while you try and work

out how they‟ve grouped theirs.

Challenge! Be creative and think of a different way

of grouping the words—put your green thinking hat

on and think outside the box!

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Tongue Twister

Choose five of your words and write a tongue twister

for each of them.

e.g. fiercely

Five fat fish

fight fiercely.

Challenge! Choose your longest tongue twister and

say it fast five times. Time and record how long it

takes to say it. Challenge someone else to say it

faster.



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Synonyms

Select up to 5 of the list words that are either adjectives

(describing words) or verbs (doing words) and write as many

synonyms (words that have a similar meaning to) for each as you

can. Use a thesaurus to help you (www.thesaurus.com/ is great

for this!).

e.g. delicious

tasty, tasty, delectable,

appetizing, scrumptious,

luscious, divine,

enjoyable, nice.

Challenge!

How Many Synonyms Can You Find For One Word?

Synonym Genius: More than 20

Synonym Legend: 16 - 19

Synonym Master: 11 - 15

Synonym Magician: 6 - 10

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Similes

Choose 5 of your list words to include in a simile

sentence. A simile is a figure of speech that compares

two things, and usually includes the words ‟as‟ or ‟like‟.

Examples of similes include:

„as white as a sheet‟

„like an elephant‟

Include in each of your five sentences one of your

spelling words and a simile. Write the spelling word in

coloured pencil or felt tipped pen

and underline the simile.

For example: The butter melted like

a snowman on the equator.

Challenge! Write a mini story including as many

of your spelling words and similes as possible.

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Rhyming Words

Choose three of your words and write as many rhyming

words for them as you can. Use a rhyming dictionary,

or use a search engine.

Challenge! Create a rhyming poem using both words from your list, and

others that rhyme with them.

green pillage pusillanimous

mean village unanimous

scene tillage magnanimous

lean spillage equanimous

keen longanimous

been

bean

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Pattern Trains

Choose 5 list words and write a list of

other words that share a common

feature or pattern. You could choose letter, sound or

shape patterns. Read your pattern trains out aloud.

e.g. lunch

Sound pattern: ch – lunch, church, cheddar, chunky, cheese,

chicken, choose, chuck, kitchen, hutch, much, touch, grouch...

Rhyming pattern: lunch, bunch, hunch, punch, brunch,

munch, crunch.

Words that begin and end with l and h: lunch, leach, latch, loofah, lush.

Pattern Genius: More than 20

Pattern Legend: 17 - 19

Pattern Master: 14 - 16

Pattern Magician: 10 - 13

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Word Snake

Using any of your list words create the longest word

snake possible. Each word must begin with the last

letter of the previous word. You can add suffixes or

prefixes to any of your words. Decorate your snake.

Challenge! Can you create a word snake with more

than 10 words?

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Spelling with Socrates

Socrates was born in 470BCE and is one of the

most famous philosophers and lovers of

learning in humankind. His thinking and ideas

have influenced how we think and learn since he

shared his ideas 2500 years ago! He is famous

for his methods of asking questions. In this

spelling activity you get to be like Socrates and

ask clarifying questions. Use 5 of your spelling

words to create 3 sentences for each word

that start in the following way:

1. Why do you say …?

2. How does … relate/compare to … ?

3. How is… different/similar to… ?

For example the spelling word: wrong 1. Why do you say it was wrong to lie to the policeman?

2. How does being wrong compare to being right?

3. How is being wrong different to being right?

Challenge! Write a conversation between two people

asking and answering clarifying questions with your

spelling words.

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Word Maker

Write the 5 longest words in your spelling list.

From each word make as many smaller words

that you can. Hint: If you individually write all

the letters on pieces of card, or use SCRABBLE

tiles, making new words is even easier!

e.g. dragonfly

drag, on, dragon, fly, dag, go, god, dog, fog, log, dry, fad, glad,

load, gray, far, lard, yard, fondly, groan, etc.

Challenge 1! How Many Words Can You Make?

Word Genius: More than 50 words

Word Legend: More than 40 words

Word Master: More than 25 words

Word Magician: More than 15 words

Word Juggler: More than 8 words

Challenge 2! Can you make an anagram of the

original word? An anagram is formed when you use

every one of the letters in the word to form a new

word or words, e.g. dragonfly = angry fold.

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Expressive Words

Choose 5 list words and illustrate them expressively to reflect

their meaning. Use colours and shapes to help emphasis the

meaning of the word (for e.g.: red can symbolise anger, love,

danger, heat, etc.; wavy lines can symbolise peacefulness,

wandering, happiness).

e.g. overweight

Challenge! Create a picture which tells a story using

expressively illustrated words from your list.

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Rotten Apple

A spelling game for two players in the same spelling group. One

player chooses a word from their list and draws the correct amount

of lines for the letters. They also draw an apple tree with ten ap-

ples on it. Player two must guess what the secret word is by guess-

ing which letters are in it. If their guess is correct the letter is

written in the correct place. If they are incorrect a cross is put

through an apple. The game continues until either the word has been

guessed correctly or all apples have been crossed out. Play 6 games.

If all ten apples are crossed out that player is a rotten apple!

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Mnemonics

Select five words and create a mnemonic for each of them. A

mnemonic is a memory aid: a short rhyme, phrase, visual design

or other technique for making information easier to memorize.

Use the SMASHINCOPE principles to help you.

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For example: the words knead and definitely can be learnt with these mnemonics:



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Pyramid Spelling

Choose five of your spelling words and create spelling pyramids for them. Use colour to make it more memorable.

Challenge! Create some upside down pyramids for

some of your spelling words.

A

A

N

A N C

A N C H

A N C H O

A N C H O R

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Alphabet Soup

List all of your spelling words in alphabetic order.

almond, boysenberry,

caramel, cereal,

cinnamon, combination,

crumble, mandarin, nectarine,

orange, tangerine,

watermelon.

Challenge! Can you list all of your words in alphabetic

order using the 2nd letter of each word?

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Go Fish Spelling

For this game you will need to work with a partner (from the

same spelling group if you are at school). Write all of your

spelling words on cards so that you have two cards for each

word. Shuffle them and deal out 5 words each. Look at the

words that you have in your hand and ask your partner if they

have this word. If your partner does have it you must spell the

word correctly without looking and if you get it right both

cards belong to you and you get another turn. If your partner

does not have it, pick up another card from the stack and then

it is their turn. Keep playing until there are no cards left. Play

three games. The person with the most pairs wins.

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Gnilleps Spelling

Write all of your spelling words forwards and back-

wards. Read the backwards words out aloud to your

partner and see if they can guess what they are.

Challenge! Can you write a sentence backwards with

some of your spelling words in it?

forwards backwards

monkey yeknom

donkey yeknod

mango ognam

squirrel lerriuqs

magpie eipgam

possum mussop

scissors srossics

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Getting Into Shape

Draw seven different shapes lightly in lead pencil, or make

shapes in Word or Publisher with the lines set to a light grey

and then print. Using coloured textas or pencils, write seven of

your spelling words inside the shapes—make sure you go right

to the edges!

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Consonants + Vowels

If a consonant equals 10, and a vowel equals 5, how

much are all of your spelling words worth? Which word

is worth the most, and which one is worth the least?

moose = 10 + 5 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 35

panda = 10 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 40

wombat = 10 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 = 50

kangaroo = 10 + 5 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 5 = 60

crocodile = 10 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 70

Once you have finished

give them to your

partner to check.

I can‟t believe I am worth

less than a wombat!

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Spelling Rebus

Choose five of your spelling words and create a rebus

for each one. A rebus is a puzzle made up of pictures

made to represent syllables and words.

Example 1: H + = hear

Example 2: A more complex rebus representing the word garlic.

Challenge! Create a rebus sentence including as many

of your spelling words as you can. Ask your partner to decipher it.

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Word Code

Using the following code write ten words from your

spelling list and give them to your partner to work them

out.

a = z, b = y, c = x, d = w, ...... x = c, y = b, z = a

e.g. zkirxlg = apricot

Challenge 1! Write a compound sentence in this

code using as many of your list words as possible.

Ask your partner to decipher it.

Challenge 2! Create your own code with letters,

numbers or symbols. Write a message to your

partner including some of your list words.

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Antonyms

Select all of the list words that are either adjectives

(describing words) or verbs (doing words) and write as

many antonyms (words that have an opposite meaning

to) for each as you can. Use www.thesaurus.com to help.

e.g. delicious

nasty, revolting, unappetizing, disgusting, inedible,

nauseous, unpalatable, etc…

Challenge! How Many Antonyms Can You Find

For One Word?

Antonym Genius: More than 20

Antonym Legend: 15 - 19

Antonym Master: 10—14

Antonym Magician: 6+

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Stolen Vowels

Write all of your words

without their vowels.

For example: sprgs scpn rtchk

= asparagus saucepan artichoke

If you are a visual learner it might help to write the

word out first with the vowels in colour, and then

write them a second time with the vowels missing, for

example: hippopotamus hppptms

Challenge! Write the first paragraph of a story using

spelling words from your list without their vowels—see

if your partner can read it!

PSST!

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Quiz Questions

Write a quiz question for 10 of your list

words. Give your partner a list of your

words and ask them to work out the

answers. For example:

Question: Which word is a compound word, has 3

syllables, and rhymes with choux, shoe and shoo?

Answer: honeydew Question: Which word is a noun, is found in most

schools, and contains many items rhyming with chooks?

Answer: library Develop your art smarts by creating

your riddle using pictures and

symbols only. For example the word

peaceful could be drawn like this...

PSST!

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Spelling Haiku

Choose three of your spelling words and write a haiku

for each of them. Remember a haiku poem has a very

strict pattern—It has three lines

with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in

the second line, and 5 in the last line.

Write your focus spelling word in

colour.

A small silent pond

Frog jumps, croaks, laughs out loudly

Magpie swoops. Silence.

Helping Hand—It is much easier to write a

haiku if you say the words out loud and clap to

determine how many syllables there are.

Challenge! Research the Japanese

Tanka poem and create one with some

of your spelling words or sing your

completed haiku or tanka to a partner.

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Fonts Ahoy!

Write all of your spelling words into a Word, Publisher

or PowerPoint document and then choose a different

font, size and colour for each word. If using Word or

Publisher print your list off, if using PowerPoint animate

your words and show your presentation to a partner.

pumpkin ghastly Wednesday

friendly wonderful

Challenge! If you‟re doing a PowerPoint of your

words, record your voice saying or singing each of the words with a different accent. Choose the sound icon and then choose Record Sound

from the drop down menu. Then record the sound by pressing the red circle.

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Create Your

Own Activity!

Get your creative juices flowing with this spelling activity!

Think of an activity you already like and apply Tony Ryan’s BAR

Thinkers Key—this will help your brain to invent something new.

Below is a BAR of Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check.

New invented spelling activity:

Sneaky Peek, Sing, Shield, Scribe, Celebrate Success!

Challenge! When you have invented and trialled your new

activity, create a poster for your class explaining how the

activity can be used to learn new spelling words. Ask your

teacher to find a prominent place on the wall so that everyone

can read it.

B Bigger Write the words with an oversized writing implement

like a crayon, paintbrush or feathered ink pen.

A Add Do this activity with a partner.

R Replace Sneak a Peek for Look, Sing for Say, Shield for Cover,

Scribe for Write and Celebrate Success for Check.

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Newspaper Words

Select a page or an article from a newspaper and spell ten of your

words out by highlighting the letters in the text. Use different

coloured highlighters for each word. Don‟t use the same letter

twice. Below are the words satisfy, miser and odour.

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Celebrity Words

With all of your spelling words in front of you ask your

partner to choose a word—it is your job to guess which

word it is by asking as few questions as you can.

Questions can only be answered with a yes or no

response. Take turns with your partner, recording the

number of questions asked for each turn. At the end of

three turns each add up how many questions you each

took before guessing correctly—the one with the

lowest number wins!

Has it got more

than 6 letters? Is it an

adjective?

Is it a synonym

for huge?

Is it the word

„enormous‟?

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Wow! You did

it in four!

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Spelling Snap!

Getting Reading: Using some heavy paper or cardex, cut out

40 cards of the same size (or double how many words you have

in your list). Write each one of your spelling words out twice on

the cards—make sure they are neatly and correctly spelt.

Playing the Game:

1. Shuffle the cards and deal out all the cards between

players (between 2 and 4).

2. Each player in turn faces one card up onto the middle

stack.

3. If that card matches the previous card in any way then the

player may call „snap‟ and place their hand onto the stack.

The player must be able to explain what the two words

have in common straight away. If the other players agree,

the person who called „snap‟ keeps the cards and

adds them to their hand.

4. The winner is the player with the most cards at

the end of the game. They both

have a double

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Anagrams

Make an anagram of five of your spelling words.

An anagram is formed when you rearrange every

letter in a word to form a new word or words.

e.g. biology = oily bog

Check out these anagrams…

scientist = it‟s nicest

diarrhoea = I roared “Ah!” football = loft a lob

If you‟re a „hands on‟ learner, cut out each letter of

your word from a magazine, rearrange them to make

a new word or words and then glue them down.

Like computers? Try out this automatic anagram

maker from the Internet… http://www.anagramgenius.com/

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Make a Crossword

Create a crossword using as many of your spelling words

as possible. Plot the words onto 1cm graph paper with

lead pencil. Place a small number in the top left hand

corner of each square which contains the first letter of

a word (start from the top left hand corner of the

crossword and work across and down). Write clues for

each word dividing them into across and down clues.

Give to your partner to complete.

Challenge! Write some or all of your clues using a

different language.

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What If?

“What if?” has been a term used since 1420. These

days we use it when we‟re thinking with our green hats

on; when we‟re considering what might happen, whether

it be real or imaginary.

For example:

Real: What if we had a

huge earthquake in Perth?

Imaginary: What if

elephants had butterfly

wings for ears?

Use 10 of your spelling

words to write „What If‟

questions, either real or imaginary.

Challenge! Choose one of your „What Ifs?‟

and write a short story related to it.

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Fibonacci Spelling

The famous mathematician

Leonardo Fibonacci loved working

with numbers! Calculate how much

5 of your words are worth if

a = $0.01 (or 1¢), b = $0.02,

c = $0.03 ..... y = $0.25, z = $0.26.

C (0.03) + O (0.15) + U (0.21) + N (0.14) + T (0.20) = ?

Therefore the word COUNT equals $0.73 or 73 ¢

Leo says: “This method of learning to spell a word works for my brain because I am pretty maths smart, and I like solving problems. I like to think of words having a number value. When I go to spell a word I visualise the number sum and what the word adds up to in my mind. Maybe this strategy could work for you too!”

Challenge! Use Fibonacci‟s famous sequence of

numbers and add the value of the words. a = 1, b = 1,

c = 2, d = 3, e = 5, f = 8, g = 13, h = 21, i = 34 etc...

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Riddle Me Ree

Create a Riddle Me Ree for three of your list

words. Practice reading them out aloud and then

present them to your partner using a good strong

voice. Also allow your partner to read your

riddles for themself as well as hearing them.

My first is in king but not in queen My second is in gnocchi, but not in rice. My third is in ice but not in snow, My fourth is in afraid but not in scared. My last is in fire but not in coals, My whole is 5 letters long and is usually found with a four lettered friend.

Answer: knife (don‟t show your partner the answers until they

have worked it out for themself!).

Helping Hand—Support your partner with a

tip-tip-tell if they do not work it out the first time.

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