soa peau aes ms Scag oe so ned TR aca a eaeataieeeee La Spelling Games and Activities 2\PageDog and the Bone - traditional (best if played in an open space) Materials: foarny, glitters, glue, cardboard, bone-shaped flashcards roce 1. form two teams of two or more children and place them » a approximately 20 feet apart apart frova each other. Each child is assigned a number A chair is placed between the two teams. On top of the chairs place the foamy-bone shaped flashcards having the spelling words. Teacher calls out a number and the child having the number from leach team will race’ to get-the bone without being tagged by the opponent. The child who gets the bone must race back to his team and. spell the word. If the child spells the word correctly the team earns a point. . The team that earns the most points wins. 3|P agesing whiteboards The -at Family Sete Home Selina ist 1. bat 6. hat 2. cat 7. sot 3.rat 8. fat 4. mat 8. pat, Materials: bone flashcards with spelling words, four white boards, whiteboard markers, tissue for cleaning white boards, score board Proceduves : 1. The class is divided into four groups, each group having a chair with bones to run to and a white board. 2. Teacher reads bone flashcard woth spelling word. 3. Players will spell the word heard on their whiteboards. 4. The first child to have the words spelt correctly will run to catch the bone and his team ears 5 points 5. Teavn with most points. wins 4|PageDog and the Bone- variation-2 Materials: spelling list, bone-shaped Flashcards with spelling words vrocedures: . Divide the class in two groups. . Two judges are chosen. . Bach group member will receive a secret number shared by a judge. . The bone will be placed five steps apart from each group. Each judge will stand beside their group. The judges will take turns calling out the spelling words and only when the child spells the word. correctly will he be allowed to run and fetch the bone and take it home. 7. The group wins ten points for each words spelt correctly. The team with the most points wins. eurvyp sp Dog and Materials: % patterns of a dog Germnan shepherd, poodle, chow-chow , marker, basket with bone-shaped spelling words Procedures: 1. Class will be divided into three groups: each group adopting a dog of their choice. The groups will stand in three straight lines. 5|Page2. Markers will be set along the way to indicate steps to be taken by winners. 3. The caller takes out a spelling word from the basket and they take turns by lines 12,3 to spell the word. If they spell the word correctly then they advance one step according to where the markers are. If they cannot spell the word, then the word is given to the nest line. 4. The first team to enter all their players wins the game. Materials: bone flashcards with spelling words, bone shaped alphabet letters with double consonants, pp,tt, rr, ll, ss cards, spelling word bank Procedures: L. Form two groups forming two lines facing each other. 2. Name each member of the groups with a letter of the alphabet. 3. Place two desks or small tables in the middle of the two groups . | Place a set of scrambled bone-shaped flashcards having alphabets on them. 4, Teacher calls out a letter from the alphabet and the players from each team with that letter come forward. 6|Page5. Teacher calls out a spelling word from the spelling word bank and the players need to spell the word by putting the alphabets in order to form the word. 6. The first player to spell the word correctly wins a bone for five points for his team. 7. The game continues until all words have been spelt. Give the a Dog bone Materials: list on cards of 10 sight words or other spelling words, chart with matching pictures one to ten(chart should have pockets big enough to hide bone flashcard) pictures of two dogs and two bones, thirty bone cutouts to match the mouth size of the dog. Procedures: 2 Ey w Two groups will be formed. Each group will choose the picture of a dog to represent their team. Teacher will hide the two bones under any two pictures on the chart. Groups will select a nurnber between one and tenfor any picture on the picture chart. The teacher will find the number on the word list card and read out the spelling word. T[Pagesee if the hidden bone is under the picture for the number they chose. 6. If the bone is under the picture they chose then they take the bone to feed their dog. 7. The group that gives the most bones to their dog wins the game. 5. The children spell the word and if they get it right they get a turn to Materials : four baskets with alphabet letters(letters can be of foamy, cardboard, recycled paper, bristol board or posterboard), flascards with spelling words, score board. : Procedure: 1. Form groups of four and provide a basket for each group 2. Teacher will call out spelling words from flashcards and a rember from each group will spell the word by spilling the letters from the basket. 8|Page3. The first to finish earns a point for their team. Points ave tallied on the scoreboard. Materials: one cup per group four of five depending on class size, cubes with alphabet letters. (cubes may be substituted for beads with letters) Procedure: 1. Divide class into desired groups and give each group a cup with die. 2. Teacher will call out the word to be spelt and children will spill the die in the cup and they are to arrange the die only.with letters facing up to form the spelling word. 3. If the word cannot be spelt with the letters that came up, then they need to throw again and again until they form the spelling word. 4, The team that forms the word first wins points for the team. 9|PageMaterials: small cups with alphabets written on them ( sets enough for each group), Procedures: 1. Teacher will form groups. Provide each group with a set of cups. 2. Teacher calls out spelling word and students arrange cups in order to spell the word. The first group to spell the word correctly wins. Variation: 1. Children form two lines 2. Two tables with a set of cups on each are set. 3. When teacher calls out the spelling words, students run to arrange the cups in order to spell the word. 4. The one who forms the word correctly wins. 5. Gavae continues with the next player from each team. 6. The team that earns the most point wins. 10|Pagepasta spellling (Great for review before a test or quiz) Materials: pasta with spelling letter shapes, spelling lists Procedure: Ee ot Children will form pairs. One pair will have the spelling list and the other will spell the words called by the speller. Children will spell words using the pasta alphabets, . When all the words in the list have been called and the speller has mastered all the words, then they will exchange roles. The one who was speller will be caller and the one who was the caller will be the speller. . Children proceed until pairs have mastery of the words aind are ready for the quiz ov test. 11|Pagea es ss Aiphapot soul Materials: pasta shells with letters of the alphabet written on them, dishes with spoon (according to the number of groups formed.) pasta without any letters, separate dish for each group Procedures: 1. Place the pasta with written alphabets in a dish. Provide a spoon for each dish. 2. Divide students in groups and provide each group with a dish. 3. When a word is called. children are to spoon out the letters to spell the word. 4.:The child who, gets the spelling right gets the amount of points that the spelt word had. They get one blank pasta for every letter of the word spelt. So if the word spelt was -pretty — they get © pastas to put in the other empty dish. They accumulate pasta shells and count them at the end. The group that has the most wins. 5. The group with the most points wins. 12[PagePasta String$ Materials : pieces of string about ten inches long, thick macaroni with alphabets written on them , pipe cleaners as an option, spelling list in a box- Procedures: 1. Divide students in groups as desired. Provide each group with a set of macaroni letters and a string. . A member froma each group is selected to serve as speller. . Teacher calls out spelling words from the list. . Students string the macaroni either on string or pipe cleaner. The first to spell the word correctly wins a point for the team sak wD Game continues until---~ 13|PageMaterials : 3 clip boards with ruled pages, basket with pictures, 3 pencils Procedures: 1. 3 groups are formed and teams select names. The teams are placed to stand adjacent to each other. 2. At the count of three the first student in each row will run to get a clipboard and pencil. 3. Teacher will draw a picture and all three students will spell the word on the clipboard. 14|Page4. A score board or section on white board will be available for points to be kept. Each of the three who is able to spell the word in ten seconds gets five points for their team. 5. The second set of players run up and the game continues until desired. Paleta Sticks Spelling aL Materials: - five baskets with a set of paleta sticks having alphabet letters written at the top of each. = 5 Individual pocket chart (one per group) 15|PageProcedures: 1. Students will form five groups and each group will receive a basket with paleta sticks. 2. Teacher will call spelling words and tearm members are to spell the word by inserting the paleta stick in the pocket chart. The student who finishes first gets 10 points for their team. 3. Game continues until desired. 16|PagePaleta Sticks Spelling 2 Materials: 17[Page