- ABC order– Write your words in alphabetical order.
- Rainbow Words – Write your words in three colors.
- Backwards Words – Write your words forwards, then backwards.
- Silly sentences – Use all your words in ten sentences
- Picture words – Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.
- Words without Vowels – Write your words replacing all vowels with a line.
- Words without Consonants – Same as above but replace consonants with lines.
- Story words – Write a short story using all your words.
- Scrambled words – Write your words, then write them again with the letters mixed up.
- Wordsearch II – Make a wordsearch with a friend, then trade and solve.
- Wordsearch I – Complete a word pre-made search.
- Crossword – Complete a pre-made crossword puzzle.
- Surround words – Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors.
- Ransom words – Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and glue them on a paper.
- Pyramid Words – Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words.
- Words-in-words – Write your word and then write at least 2 words made from each.
- Delicious words – Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat!
- Good Clean Words – Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface that can be cleaned safely.
- Dirty Words – Write your words in mud or sand.
- Pasta Words – Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits. Glue on paper.}
- Reversed words – Write your words in ABC order -backwards!
- 3D words – Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words.
- Create an activity – Can you think of a fun way to do your spelling activities? Try it out!
- Puzzle words – Use a blank puzzle form. Write your words on the form, making sure that the words cross over the pieces. Then cut them out (color if you wish) and put them in a baggie with your name on it. When you and a friend have completed your puzzles, trade and put them back together.
- Magazine words – Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut it out and glue it on paper.
- Sound Words – Use a tape recorder and record your words and their spelling. Then listen to your tape, checking to see that you spelled all the words correctly.
- X Words – Write two words having one common letter so they criss-cross.
- Other Handed – If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice versa.
- Choo-Choo Words – Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words.
- Silly String – With a long length of string, “write” words in cursive, using the string to shape the letters.
- Backwriting – Using your finger, draw each letter on a partners’ back, having the partner say the word when completed.
- Telephone Words – Translate your words into numbers from a telephone keypad.
- Flashwriting – In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the air.
- Newspaper Words – Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling each letter of a word as you find it.
- 30 Second Words – Write a TV commercial using all the words from your list.
- Popsicles – Make words using popsicle sticks or toothpicks.
- Secret Agent Words – Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your words to a number code.
- Etch-A-Word – Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words.
- Morse Code – Convert your words to Morse Code
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