My Spelling Words: Spelling Lists #1

Third graders play a football spelling game where two teams spell words and gain yardage for each correctly spelled word. This clever spelling game will be highly motivational for your class! Each team gains ten yards every time they...

According to studies, sight words make up more than 75 percent of the words in children's beginning reading texts. Readers practice sight word recognition and fluency using 15 lists of words. Educators and scholars track the number of...

Develop study skills and improve spelling at the same time. Every time I teach this mnemonic device, the kids thank me. It makes memorizing more manageable, and fun. To remember how to spell difficult words, make up a sentence using the...

Readers practice irregular word fluency using flashcards with a scaffolded lesson plan. Your lines are scripted out, but it's easy to use only what you need. With a teacher demonstration first, scholars categorize sight words into yes...

Young readers are given a list of basic spelling words, all of which use the long I sound. They must write each word three times then come up with a rhyming word for each one. At the bottom of the worksheet, pupils trace four octagons...

In this spelling worksheet, students will practice reading and writing 12 words with an athletic theme. Then students will alphabetize the words.

In this spelling worksheet, 2nd graders will practice reading and writing 12 words such as casual and bitter. Then students will write the spelling words as pairs of opposites.

Learning to use the dictionary is a long-term investment in good spelling. scholars practice writing compound nouns, look them up in the dictionary, and write the guide words from the dictionary page where they were found. I'd extend it...

Elementary schoolers spell words. If they spell the word correctly, they toss a toy airplane through a Hula-Hoop which earns points for their team. If the word is not spelled correctly, they go back to the end of the line.

Divide your class into teams of x's and o's and give each an index card with their team symbol on it. They get in single file lines and the teacher gives one student a word to spell. If he/she spells it correctly, then he/she gets to...