Spelling Activities P6 K.Marshall 2014 This term, your teachers have decided to let you to take charge of your weekly homework spelling task. After you have written out your spelling words 3 times, please choose an activity from these sheets. Try and complete a different activity each week Rainbow Write Silly Sentences Hidden Words Draw and colour a picture. First write each word in Write silly sentences pencil. Then trace over each word three times. using a spelling word in each Hide your spelling words inside your picture. sentence. Please underline Each time you trace, you your spelling words and must use a DIFFERENT write neatly. someone and see if they coloured crayon. Trace Example: My dog wears a can find your hidden neatly and you will see a blue and purple dress when words! rainbow! he takes a bath. Show your picture to Backwards Words Pyramid Words Story Story Write your spelling words forwards and then backwards. Write neatly! ‘Pyramid write’ your spelling Write a story using ALL of your spelling words. Be sure to underline your spelling words in your paragraph. Example: where - erehw Squiggly Letters You are going to write your spelling words two times. First write in regular letters. Then write the words again in squiggly letters! words. You must write neatly! Example: home h ho hom home You may type your story. Blue Vowels Bubble Words You will need a blue coloured pencil. Write out each of your spelling words. Write your spelling words in bubble letters. Trace over the vowels in each word with your blue coloured pencil. Vowels = a e i o u After you write your words in bubble letters, colour your words with a crayon or coloured pencil. Spelling Activities P6 K.Marshall 2014 Acrostic Poem Adding My Words Consonant Circles Choose three of your Each letter has a value. Write out each of your spelling words. Write an *Consonants are worth 10. spelling words. Then go acrostic poem for each *Vowels are worth 5. back and circle all of the word. Write out your spelling consonants in your words! *Example: Fly words. Then add up the Fun in the sky. value of each spelling word. Don’t forget to write Laps around clouds. Example- said neatly! Yes! I’m free Riddle Me 10 + 5 + 5 + 10 = 30 Connect the dots Consonant Circles Write a riddle for each Write eight of your Write out your spelling of your spelling words. spelling words in dots. words twice. First, write each word in UPPERCASE Don’t forget to add the letters. Second, write answers to your riddles. Then connect the dots by *Example- I cry when I tracing over them with a each word in lowercase am hungry. I wear coloured pencil. letters. nappies. What am I? *Example- SLIDE slide *Answer - Baby Cheerleading Sandy Words Choo-choo words Pretend you are a Write your entire spelling Go outside to a sandpit cheerleader and call out list end-to-end as one long and write your words in word (like a train). Use a the sand. the letters of your words. Cheer up high for letters that touch the top handwriting line, hands on hips for middle letters and cheer down low for low different coloured pencil for each word. Be sure to clean up afterwards! i.e. hopmopestopdrop letters. Spelling Flowers Draw a picture of a great big flower. Write each of your spelling words on one of the flower petals or on a leaf. Draw extra flowers if you run out of room. Throw A Word Scrabble Words Throw (or roll) a ball back Use Scrabble tiles to spell and forth with a partner. out your spelling words. You say the 1st letter, and For a little extra math then throw and your practice, figure out the partner says 2nd letter , point value of each of your and so on. words! Spelling Activities P6 Torch Spelling K.Marshall 2014 Sentences Words Within Words Write sentences using In a darkened room, use Write each spelling word a torch to ‘write’ your and then write at least two spelling words on the wall words made from the same words. You may use more Example: slide Underline your spelling or ceiling. Have a partner read your words as you letters that is hidden inside than one word in a sentence. the word. write them OR your partner can ‘flash write’ each of your spelling the words and your job is side lie lid led word s. to read. ---------------------------------------------------------Scrabble letters (value) Letter values a=1 b=2 c=3 d=4 e=5 f=6 g=7 h=8 i=9 j=10 k=11 l=12 m=13 n=14 o=15 p=16 q=17 r=18 s=19 t=20 u=21 v=22 w=23 x=24 y=25 z=26 Spelling Activities P6 K.Marshall 2014