spelling homework activities
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Connect Two Directions: Using ten words, select two words and write a sentence explaining how the words connect or use both words correctly in a sentence together.
Example: Share and please connect to each other because when you want someone to share something you need to say please. Example: Behave and price connect to each other because when you don’t behave there is a price to pay.
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RANSOME Words Directions: Find ten of your spelling words in a magazine or newspaper. If you can’t find the whole word, cut out individual letters to create the word. Glue them below.
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Word Locator
Directions: Select ten spelling words. Where would you find them? For example, the spelling word innocent would most likely be found in a mystery novel. There may be more than one location. Try to list as many as you can!
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Word in a Word
Directions: Using ten of your spelling words, finds as many three-letter words or more as you can within each word. Example: resources source, our, sour, course, see Try to find all of them!
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Write a Mad Lib Directions: Write a Mab Lib using ten of your spelling words. Once you have written a complete paragraph, erase your spelling words and put a blank line there instead. Under the line tell what part of speech it is so a friend can give a word that might fit the part of speech and make sense in your story. Example: Today at school, our teacher told us to take out our ____________. As we (noun) were __________ the fire alarm went off and we had to leave the (verb) ___________. It was crazy! (a place)
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Write a Story
Directions: Select ten words. Write a story that makes sense, using all ten words. Please underline the spelling words. _________________________________________________
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Write a Poem
Directions: Select ten words. Write one or more poems using each word at least once. Please underline your spelling words. The words do not need to rhyme, but it should have a clear rhythm and pattern. Poem types include: haiku, acrostic, color, shape, and limerick. (See your teacher for more ideas!) _________________________________________________
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Comic Strip
Directions: Select ten words. Create and draw a comic strip using these words. You may create more than one comic strip. Please underline your spelling words. Be sure to illustrate and include dialogue or captions. Be creative!
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Alliteration
Directions: Select ten words. Create phrases where each phrase begins with the same letter or sound. You may use more than one spelling word per alliteration. Please underline your spelling words.
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Write Creative Sentences
Directions: Select ten words. Write sentences using those words. You may use more than one spelling word in your sentences. Please underline your spelling words. Example: Spring vacation is a joyful time! _________________________________________________
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Spell Around
Draw a picture in the middle of the paper. Write your spelling words around the picture. Write each word on your list twice! Write neatly and spell all of your words carefully.
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Rainbow Words
Directions: Write all of your spelling words in pencil first. Trace each word with a colored pencil. Do this three times using a different color every time that you trace the spelling words. _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________ _____________________ ____________________
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Wordle
Directions: Use the website www.wordle.net to create a wordle for your spelling words!
• Click on “Create your own” to begin. • Type all of your spelling words in the box at the top of the
page. Type the word multiple times to make it appear larger in your wordle. Try typing easier words once or twice and more difficult words several times!
• Next, click “Go.” Click on “Edit,” “Language,” “Font,” “Layout,” or “Color” to make changes, or just click randomize to change the look of your wordle.
• When you are happy with how it looks, print it out.
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Word Sort
Directions: Select one of the following ways to sort ten or more of your spelling words. Remember to label each box.
1. By sound or spelling pattern 2. By syllable 3. By part of speech – nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs 4. Your choice – check with your teacher first
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Alphabetical Order
Directions: Put all of your spelling words in alphabetical order.
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Prefix and Suffix
Directions: Select ten of your spelling words. For each word you select, add a prefix or a suffix to create a new word. Make sure that your new word is a real word. Challenge yourself by trying to add a prefix and a suffix to any of the words.
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Add To/Take Away From
Directions: Using 9 spelling words try to add letters or take away letters to make another word. Remember, you are not rearranging the letters. You are adding or taking away letters to the beginning or the end to make a new word. Example:
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Show I Know
Directions: Choose ten of your spelling words. Write each one on a line. Then, show that you know what the word means in the box. You may…
• Draw a picture to show that you know what the word means, • Look the word up in the dictionary and write its definition, or • Write a sentence using the word that shows you know what it
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Spelling-4-Square
Directions: Select ten words. Look up each word in the dictionary. Write your own definition, a synonym, an antonym, and draw a picture in the 4-Square diagram.
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Creative Sentences
Directions: Write creative sentences using all of your words. You may use more than one word in each sentence, but be careful that you are using the words correctly. Please underline or highlight your spelling words. _________________________________________________
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Rhymes
Directions: Select ten spelling words and write them on the lines below. List as many rhyming words as you can think of for each spelling word. Try to find at least four for each word! For example, if your spelling word is clap, you might write the rhyming words snap, flap, wrap, and slap.
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Sailboat Words
Directions: Write all 20 of your spelling words. To do this, write the first letter of the word, move down to the next line and write w the first two letters of the word, then write the first three wh letters and so on. Finally, draw a sailboat shape around each of wha your words and write the word in the boat. whal whale whale
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Directions: Select ten words. Create a riddle for each word by giving 2-3 clues that will help someone guess your spelling word. Provide the answer. Example: Clue: You can tuck a letter inside me. Clue: You put a stamp in my corner. Clue: You then seal and send me to a friend. What am I? Answer: Envelope 1. Clue: __________________ 2. Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ What am I? What am I? Answer: ________________ Answer: ________________ 3. Clue: __________________ 4. Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ What am I? What am I? Answer: ________________ Answer: ________________ 5. Clue: __________________ 6. Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ Clue: __________________ What am I? What am I? Answer: ________________ Answer: ________________
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Name:______________ Analogies
Directions: Create ten analogies. Each analogy must have at least one spelling word in it. Be sure to underline your spelling word. Remember, an analogy compares two things. Example: Tunnel is to underground as bridge is to above ground.
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2. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.
3. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.
4. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.
5. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.
6. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.
7. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.
8. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.
9. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.
10. _______________ is to _______________ as _______________ is to _______________.