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Antonym Review
Second graders improve their spelling skills by reviewing antonyms for specific words. They work aloud with words and find their antonyms. They complete their own crossword puzzle and an activity crossword puzzle.
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Here's an Instant Activity for December 20, 2004
Help learners improve their spelling skills by completing a word analysis activity. They complete the instant activity by finding the hidden words inside each given word. There is a menu of skill ideas and various ways suggested to...
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IGHT Word Family Word Jumble
Oh, no! The words are all scrambled up! In this word scramble worksheet, emerging spellers unscramble the letters to create words from the ight word family. THey spell 10 words total.
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Here's an Instant Activity for September 6, 2004
What are the words that use the silent e? With this resource, youngsters complete a teacher-led activity for spelling words with silent e sounds. They then complete a worksheet that adds suffixes s, ed, or ing to words that end in silent e.
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Examining Paragraphs for Errors: Spelling
Learners review a job advertisement to find the error and then select which kind of mistake it is from a multiple choice list. To extend, have them correct the error. Note: It is a spelling mistake. Advertisement is written in British...
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Beginning Reading: Word Formation
In this word formation worksheet, students cut out the following four letters: f, u, n, r, s, t. Students then use these letters to form the following words: fun, run, sun, nut.
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Essential Words Record Worksheet
Your pupils use this page to record progress in spelling and vocabulary. There are spaces to record whether or not they can read and spell a word, use the word in a sentence, and write the word. There are spaces to record information...
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Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students search for 20 words in two different work puzzles. Students must find each word and circle it in the puzzle.
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Phonics Monsters Rummy!
Students play the game Phonics Rummy and practice making words from phonics monster cards. In this ESL lesson, students respond to icons. Students also respond to pictures and words while reading phrases that provide visual cues.
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World Tuberculosis Day
March 24th is annually recognized as World Tuberculosis Day. In this World Tuberculosis Day learning exercise, students complete activities such as word scramble, numbering passages, scrambled sentences, think=pair-share, and peer...
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Here's an Instant Activity for March 3, 2008
Here are some good spelling activities for 'ou' words. First and second graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher and then an Instant Activity worksheet. and spell 'ou' words.
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Find the Misspelled Words
Young readers are given twenty groups of words and asked to circle the misspelled word. They are encouraged to sound out the words, specifically focusing on vowel sounds.
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Bee a Good Reader
Being able to distinguish between the sounds for short vowel e and long vowel e is an important skill. Young readers are introduced to the /ee/ vowel pattern that makes the long vowel sound. They practice reading and identifying a...
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Reading Words With Short Vowel Sounds
While just a two-slide review of words with short vowel sounds, this resource could be a good tool to use in a kindergarten classroom. It provides a quick review of simple decoding skills in a visually-appealing manner. There are twelve...
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CVC Words
Have your class practice simple words with the short i sound. This is a quick and easy way for learners to practice reading skills. It could be used as a whole group or independent activity.
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CVC Words
Use this colorful and easy-to-understand presentation to help kindergartners review words with the short a sound. With words such as van, man, can, and fan, learners practice reading skills. While short, this resource could be augmented...
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Words With Short A Sound
While just a series of slides with lists of words containing the short A sound, this resource would be a handy tool in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. You could use this resource as a quick review of this sound. This...
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Spelling: 2nd Grade
In need of a spelling list for your 2nd graders, why not use this one. This list can be used as is or modified, try showing this list to the students at the beginning of the week and then use it again so they can correct their own test.
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Vocabulary Words
Building a strong vocabulary is key for building a strong literacy foundation. Guide your students through basic vocabulary words appropriate for younger grades or ELLs. Many of the words appear to be grouped by spelling rules, such as,...
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Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.
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Word Slide-CVC Words
In this CVC words worksheet, students say, print, and draw a picture of each CVC word given. The page has related web links.
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Word Families
This phonics PowerPoint presents sets of word families featuring /a/ and /o/. Each of the words is accompanied by a picture. Students practice sounding out each of the words.
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Sight Word Cards
Second graders participate in small group sight word activities. In this sight word instructional activity, 2nd graders use sight word cards to practice reading, saying and spelling a stack of words. They build words that include the ch,...
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Say and Spell CVC Words Board Game
ESL young scholars practice saying and spelling consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. In this spelling lesson, students play a board game that requires them to look at a picture and say then spell the word pictured. The first student to...