From the SWR seminar various handouts, these aren’t my ideas. 🙂

Update: Adding spelling enrichment ideas from Scholastic’s Spell Well activity book.

– Fish for spelling words or phonogram cards, put paperclip on edge of cards and magnet on string for kids to hold.
– Lay out cards and hop over, saying or spelling as you hop.
– Hopscotch.
– Spread out all cards and have kids find one you call out.
– Hide and seek with cards, you hide and kids spell/say as they find them.
– Spread across two sides of room, run back and forth saying words.
– Phonogram or spelling word bingo.
– Play a board game (Candyland, Chutes & Ladders) and say or spell word or phonogram with each move.
– Write words in salt box, MangaDoodle, chalk, fingerpaint, etc.
– Musical cards, put in circle and when music stops must spell word or say phonogram they are on.
– Hang words/phonograms on clothesline and kid can take off clothesline when knows it.
– Time child to see if they can beat their own record for spelling all words or saying all phonograms.

– Type all words on computer (if learning typing.)
– Hold two colored markers and write words double lined.
– Make word search puzzle with words.
– Use all words in letter to someone.
– Make acrostic, write word down side of page and find other words: butterfly – b is for bug, u is for umbrella, etc.
– Design a bookmark with spelling words.
– Write alphabet on paper and assign $1 per letter (A is $1, B is $2) and figure out how much your spelling words are worth.
– Make spelling pyramids: c
ca
cat
– Arrange letters of word in alphabetical order.
– Use letter tiles (Scramble) to spell words.
– Write a poem with all words.
– Write a song with words.
– Write each word in print & cursive.
– Draw a picture and hide words in it.
– www.puzzlemaker.com
– Pictionary
– Memory
– Illustrate each word.
– Write a silly sentence using the word, each word in the sentence must be the word spelled out – chip: Check His Illustrated Pigs.
– Find a country that begins with each letter from the word: chip – Czech Republic, Holland, Italy, Poland.
– Spell out word using your body to form letters.
– Write word without any vowels.
– Ditto with no consonants.
– Write entire spelling list mooshed together, using different color for each word.
– Write words out with popsicle sticks or toothpicks.
– Play hangman.
– Spell words with cereal, M&Ms, etc.
– Make sentence using alliteration, if spelling word is bug: Bugs bite bitter boys best.
– Lite Brite words
– Write antonym for each word, or synonym.
– Make each word plural.
– Write riddle using words.
– Clap out syllables of each word.
– Write words in cookie dough, playdough, etc.
– Paint words in water, paint, etc.
– Spell words while jumping rope, on trampoline, doing jumping jacks, etc.
– Toss beanbag back and forth while spelling.
– Record self spelling words and play back.
– Magnet letters.
– Sing as you spell.
– Form words with string.
– Use chopstick and write word on tinfoil.
– Pull out letter tiles for spelling list, mix up and spell all words.
– Make memory game with spelling words, same word on two cards or one word and one illustration.
– Write a letter including all your spelling words, save it and review at end of week. (Or greeting card, advertisement.)
– Use spelling words in Mad Lib.
– Draw comic strip w/words.
– Write poem.
– Make fortunes (and cookies!)
– Write puns.
– Use in conversation.
– Use in imaginary job application.
– Homophones (and illustrate them.)
– Lost and found listings.
– Bumper stickers.
– Magazine covers.
– News or story headlines.
– Menu.
– Diary for famous person.
– Write onto sheet of paper and cut into puzzle.
– Yellow pages ads.
– Collage using magazine clippings that are similar to words then write words next to images.
– Rules for… (parents, zoo, school, etc.)
– Define, antonym, synonym.
– Draw and describe machine, monster, etc.
– Billboards, draw and describe.
– Analogies.
– How to pamphlet.
– Movie review, poster, etc.
– Reasons why: ______ did not happen because _______.
– Commercial.
– Advice to _____.
– Mock definitions & real one, survey others to see if they know.
– Good news, bad news.
– School subjects (mock), new sports, new menu items.
– What if questions.
– Wish on a star.
– Words of wisdom.
– Wanted posters for self, characters, historical figures.
– Mobile.
– Silly snake, one word per body part and assemble.
– Board game.