Use your list of current spelling words. Scatter the letter cards on the floor. Call out one of your spelling words. Have the first student find and place the first letter card on the first box (light red). Have the second student find and place the second letter card on the second box (dark red). […]
Have students partner up. You will stand at the front of the class and say a word (from their spelling list, or a previously spelled word) Partners will then work together to place the letter cards in the correct boxes to spell the word. Students will then jump through the boxes saying each of the […]
Have students get with a partner. One student will take the list of spelling words, and the other student will stand by the mat with the letter cards. Student A will say a word on the list, and student B will place the letter cards to spell out the word. Then, if student B got […]
Students will all stand in a line in front of the letter cards and the mat. The teacher will give students a word. One student at a time will place the letter down on the mat to spell out the word. If the student placing a letter gets it incorrect that student is out. Continue […]
Students will all stand in front of the mat. The teacher will place down some letters to spell a word on the spelling list. However, the teacher will leave some of the letters out of the word. Students will have to figure out what the word is, and fill in the missing letters. For example, […]
This requires 2 mats Split your class into 2 teams. They will make a line in front of the mat. The first student in each line will be going against each other. The teacher will call out a word for these 2 students to spell. Students will race to place letter cards down in the […]
To help students recognize letter sounds, lay all of the letter cards on the floor. Have your students step on each letter card while saying all of the sounds that letter can make. For example, ‘c’ sounds are /s/ and /k/. Be sure that your students say the sound correctly. Tell your students the sound […]
Make a word for your students by placing three letters on the mat that form a word such as “mat” or “cat.” Have your student stand below the first letter of the word. The student says the sound of the letter. Then, the student side steps to the box below the second letter of the […]
Place a word card in the last box. Have students find the letters to spell the word and place them in the first three boxes. Have students take turns jumping the mat while spelling out the word they made. For example, instruct your student to make the word “bat.” The student places the cards for […]
After doing the Make-A-Word activity, leave a word like ‘cat’ on the mat. Hand a student the letter B card and ask them to place it on top of the C card. Ask them what word they just made. Then have them make as many different rhyming words as they can. Have a student write […]
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