Spelling Lesson Plans

This lesson has students have a Spelling Bee and then analyze the words for spelling rules. In this Spelling lesson, students work in groups to find word patterns using the Visual Thesaurus.

Students understand how a spell checker is used with a word processing program. In this spell checking lesson, students use the spell checker to correct a document with errors created by the teacher.

This lesson has students practice using vocabulary with educational photography software. In this vocabulary lesson, students utilize digital images representing vocabulary words and add the correct spelling to the images using computer software. This lesson has students print out a list of their vocabulary words and use the images to enhance their vocabulary review.

In this lesson students divide into teams of X's and O's. Give each of them an index card with their team symbol on it. They get in single file lines. The teacher gives one student a word to spell. If he/she spells it correctly, then he/she gets to choose a square on the Tic-Tac-Toe board. If a word is misspelled, the student will go to the back of the line.

Students explore writing by participating in a shaving cream experiment. In this elementary vocabulary lesson, students review a list of vocabulary words by spelling them correctly with shaving cream on their desk. Students erase their word with a paper towel and continue to spell new words and check their work with a classmate.

In this lesson 1st graders write sentences based on their spelling words that appear on their word walls. In this writing lesson plan, 1st graders create sentences that include their spelling words. They do this on the computer. Then they pick out and insert a picture from Clip Art to represent each sentence.

Students study the spelling of words with a specific prefix. In this spelling lesson, students use an interactive whiteboard lesson to learn prefixes such as "de-", "sub-", "re-", and "pre-". Students complete an online quiz as an assessment.

Students practice their spelling abilities by participating in a fun group game.  In this vocabulary lesson, students utilize a pile of letters written on paper to "build" a word instructed by the teacher.  Students work in 2 teams and race against the other team to complete the word first and win a point.

Learners practice their spelling words by completing the cow craft. In this spelling craft lesson, learners cut out and create a cow. Learners print their spelling words on the cow.

Students select spelling word activities from the list and select a variety of activities that add up to at least 50 points. This lesson has a variety of weekly activities students can choose from.