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You Can Count on Spelling
Here is a cross-curricular activity that is suitable for virtually any grade level! Learners calculate the mathematical value of their spelling words using the letter tiles from a Scrabble game and identify the spelling word with the...
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Letter Cards
Turn spelling practice into a game with this letter card template. Including domino-sized cards for all of the upper- and lower-case letters, as well as common digraphs, this resource can be used in a variety of ways and is a...
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Eight-Square Scrabble Spell-Off
Learners build words using Scrabble tile pieces. They keep score during the game. They practice their spelling as they create words.
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Scrabble Laps
Students integrate physical fitness with spelling of core vocabulary words used in science and social studies. They walk, skip, gallop or jog around a track and for each lap they perform, they are given a letter by the teacher. The...
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Eat Your Words!
Students make spelling words using cheese crackers. In this spelling lesson, students use Scrabble Cheez It crackers to make words before eating them.
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Scrabble Laps
Students practice spelling. In this scrabble laps lesson, students divide into teams and complete laps around a track to earn letters. Students use letters earned to form as many words as they can using random letters given for...
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Scrabble Endurance
Students practice movement skills while working on their spelling. They review spelling words and practice the locomotor and non-locomotor skills involved.
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Name Game
Students practice writing names using a Scrabble type activity. For this letter writing lesson, students participate in a name writing game in which they must utilize other student names to spell their own on the same grid....
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Ways Twitter Makes You a Better Writer
Practice being concise. Exercise your vocabulary. Improve your editing skills. The contention in this instructional activity is that by imposing a 140 character limit, the Twitter format actually helps improve writing skills. And of...
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A Puzzle a Day Provides Practice That Pays
Young scholars complete a variety of daily enrichment puzzles designed to encourage critical thinking skills, while developing and reinforcing math and language arts skills.