Spelling Activities that Make You Think
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Phonological
Use some of spelling
words to create a
‘tongue twister’
Phonological
Create an ‘alliterative’
descriptive passage
with some of your
spelling words (plus
other words).
Phonological
Use ‘consonance’
(repeated consonant
sounds) to write a passage
containing dialogue with
some of your spelling
words.
Phonological
Create a ‘rhyming
couplet’
(AA,BB,CC,DD, etc)
with some of your
spelling words.
Visual
Create a mnemonic for
words in your ‘Don’t
know at all’ column.
Visual
Create a WordSearch
for someone in your
spelling group. Use
backwards, forwards,
diagonal, vertical up
and down – any which
way!
Morphemic
Find the Base Words in
your spelling words.
Make a list with your
spelling word, base
word and another
‘family’ word, e.g.
opened, open, opening
Visual
Hand-draw a Word Cloud
with your spelling words
OR Write a REBUS story.
Visual
Find this week’s
spelling words in
magazines and
newspapers. Cut them
out and stick in your
spelling book
Morphemic
Create a Word Web with
some of your spelling
words. Start with one word
in the middle then add
other words that have the
same sounds e.g. the
words ‘bought’ and
‘thought’
Etymological
Create a Concept Map
based on word origins:
Morphemic
Find antonyms and
synonyms for your
spelling words.
Morphemic
Change the tense of
your spelling words
(verbs) or change
nouns to plurals
Etymological
Identify root words in
your spelling words.
Create a list of words
with the same root
word. Identify origin
and meaning).
Etymological
Identify words from
foreign languages e.g.
ballet, pizza,
boomerang. Draw or
cut out a picture to
place with your word.
geography
geo
geometry
geography
Thursday
Etymological
Show the word origins
geographically on a
map of the world. Use
a Surface or desktop
computer for this task.
Print off and glue into
your Literacy book.
Spelling Activities that Make You Think
Step 1:
Know it
Sort of know it
Don’t know it at all
For the words you ‘think you know’ and ‘sort of know’, complete a chart with your ‘best guess’ definition
without using a dictionary (see example below) and for the words you ‘don’t know at all’ look up definitions in
dictionary, online or print, and write in Literacy book.
Step 2:
Choose one activity each day from the table below. You should have one activity from each category
completed by the end of the week.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Phonological
Use some of spelling
words to create a ‘tongue
twister’
Phonological
Create an ‘alliterative’
descriptive passage with
some of your spelling
words (plus other words).
Phonological
Use ‘consonance’ (repeated
consonant sounds) to write a
passage containing dialogue
with some of your spelling
words.
Phonological
Create a ‘rhyming
couplet’ (AA,BB,CC,DD,
etc) with some of your
spelling words.
Visual
Create a mnemonic for
words in your ‘Don’t know
at all’ column.
Visual
Create a WordSearch for
someone in your spelling
group. Use backwards,
forwards, diagonal,
vertical up and down –
any which way!
Morphemic
Find the Base Words in
your spelling words. Make
a list with your spelling
word, base word and
another ‘family’ word, e.g.
opened, open, opening
Visual
Hand-draw a Word Cloud with
your spelling words OR Write
a REBUS story.
Visual
Find this week’s spelling
words in magazines and
newspapers. Cut them
out and stick in your
spelling book
Morphemic
Create a Word Web with
some of your spelling words.
Start with one word in the
middle then add other words
that have the same sounds
e.g. the words ‘bought’ and
‘thought’
Etymological
Create a Concept Map based
on word origins:
Morphemic
Find antonyms and
synonyms for your
spelling words.
Morphemic
Change the tense of your
spelling words (verbs) or
change nouns to plurals
Etymological
Identify root words in your
spelling words. Create a
list of words with the
same root word. Identify
origin and meaning).
Etymological
Identify words from
foreign languages e.g.
ballet, pizza, boomerang.
Draw or cut out a picture
to place with your word.
geography
geo
geometry
geography
Thursday
Etymological
Show the word origins
geographically on a map
of the world. Use a
Surface or desktop
computer for this task.
Print off and glue into
your Literacy book.