Speller’s Choice
Speller’s Choice lets your child choose the types of activities needed to master the
weekly spelling words.
There are a variety of activities for all levels of “spellers”. If you child has
difficulty with weekly spelling tests, have him/her choose activities that ask for
repeated writing of the words; for example, rainbow writing, ABC order words, or
writing words three times each. This will help your child get extra practice needed
for learning the spelling patterns in words. If your child can spell weekly words
with ease, have him/her choose activities that are more challenging, such as secret
agent words or story words.
Each week the activities chosen by the student must add up to 5 or more
points by the end of the week. Spelling homework will be turned in and
checked on Thursday, October 4. The students will complete the activities on
lined paper and keep all assignments in their blue ELA folder. They will use all
of the spelling words on the list for each activity.
1. On lined paper, at the top write your name, the date, and name of the
activity you have chosen to complete.
2. Write the points that are earned for the activity at the top of the page.
3. Complete the activity in your neatest handwriting!
This week’s words:
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One point activities
ABC Order- write your words in alphabetical order
Scrambled Words- write your words in scrambled form and then in unscrambled
form (lenbdre = blender)
Rainbow Words- write your words in two colors. Use one color for vowels and
another color for consonants
Backward Words- write your words forwards, then backward (blender = rednelb)
Illustrate Words- draw a small illustration for each word and label the illustration
with the word
Two point activities
Pyramid Words- write your words adding one letter at a time. The result will be a
pyramid shape of words
Ransom Words- write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine
and gluing them onto your paper
Words-in-Words- write your word and then write at least 3 other words that can
be made from the same letters (blender = lend, end, bleed)
Three point activities
Story Words- write a short story using all of your words
30 Second Words- write a TV commercial using all of your words
Secret Agent Words- number the letters of the alphabet from 1 to 26 and convert
your words to a number code. (a=1, b=2, c=3, d=4, etc. so the word dad = 414)
Telephone Words- translate your words into number from a telephone keypad
(blender = 2536337)
Type Your Words- type your words three times each using a computer, print out
the words