Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Word Detective
In this activity, students will become word detectives to find spelling patterns in a story, and then sort the words they find according to the patterns. This "word detective" will become a favorite independent activity throughout the...
Quizlet
Quizlet: Spelling Lesson 22: Words With Word Parts Ation, Ition, Sion, Ion
This spelling lesson on words that end in the shun sound includes flashcards, opportunities to practice, a test, and two games, all designed to reinforce learning the meaning and spelling of these words.
Other
Rosemount Apple Valley Eagan Public Schools: Spelling Lesson 9 [Pdf]
A list of spelling words with -tion, -cian and-sion suffixes.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Dj Cows Spelling Patterns
A library of word searches for practicing vocabulary and spelling. Each word search focuses on a family of words with a similar spelling pattern.
Other
Rosemount Apple Valley Eagan Public Schools: Spelling Lesson 6 [Pdf]
A list of over 100 words ending in -al, -il, -le, and -el.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Spelling Patterns "Go Fish" Card Game
Contains plans for four lessons that ask learners to make spelling cards grouped by spelling patterns. These cards are then used in a "Go Fish" style card game. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Two Voices of the Ow Spelling Pattern
Variable vowels are the focus of this lesson plan; students use nursery rhymes and ow to study how vowels can change their sounds according to different spelling patterns.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making Sense of Spelling
What can spelling tell us about relationships between words? While spelling may sometimes seem random or unexpected, this lesson illuminates how peeling back the layers of spelling helps us understand the complex history and meaningful...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Integrating Movement and Spelling Generalizations
Contains plans for two lessons that use movement and cheering to teach the letter y spelling generalization. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Word Wizards: Students Making Words
Using four popular children's books, "Corduroy", "Franklin in the Dark", "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", and "Chrysanthemum", the Word Wizard interactive game builds vocabulary with related words. Each 30-minute lesson plan looks for...
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Suffix Spelling Rules: Double Letters [Pdf]
Learn when to double the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix, and when the consonant does not get doubled.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Dinosaurs Eggs Phonics
A game for students to practice elementary vocabulary and spelling. Choose from a list of patterns. Listen to the word and choose the egg that correctly spells the word that was said. Receive a certificate with words you know well and...
Quizlet
Quizlet: Spelling Tion, Cian, and Sion Words
Using this set of Quizlet modules, students learn spelling, definitions, and usage of 21 words which end in the "shun" sound.
Other
Words With Ge and Dge [Pdf]
Begin learning the spelling patterns that use -ge and -dge by learning some rules. Then master this list of words which use these spelling patterns.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Variant Correspondences: The Write Word [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students play a game moving around the game board by identifying the spelling pattern of words. Materials are included.
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: R Controlled Words
Practice reading and pronouncing words that have a vowel followed by the letter R.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Word Families
Find over seventy different word families with common spelling patterns, and lists of elementary level words for each family.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Phoneme Patterns
Resource that provides lists of words that are grouped in families with similar spelling patterns.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Syllable Patterns: Syllable Game [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students play a game moving around the game board by counting syllables in words. Materials are included.
Other
Make, Take, & Teach: Long I Vowel Sound Word List [Pdf]
Use this list to master the letter combinations which create the long i sound in English words.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: The Write Word
Students make words, including those with variant correspondences, by using letter cards.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Teaching Spelling in 6th Grade
This article focuses on spelling in the 6th grade including vowel-consonant spelling patterns, spelling study strategies, and links to word lists and spelling games.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Teaching Spelling in 3rd Grade
This article focuses on teaching 3rd grade spelling including Dolch sight words for 3rd grade and the weird spelling patterns that 3rd graders face such as the letter Y, diphthongs, double consonants, and homophones.
Other
Howto Spell: Words Ending in Tion, Sion and Cian
Read and watch a video [4:56] to learn about the suffixes tion, sion, and cian. Then complete an exercise by filling in the blanks of six sentences.