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Improve Your Spelling with the Visual Thesaurus

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Using Visual Thesaurus software, class members participate in a computer-based spelling bee. Then they work in groups to analyze the words and use deductive reasoning to infer spelling patterns. They then present one of their "rules" to...
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My Spelling Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Develop study skills and improve spelling at the same time. Every time I teach this mnemonic device, the kids thank me. It makes memorizing more manageable, and fun. To remember how to spell difficult words, make up a sentence using the...
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Spelling Clue Race

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils decode clues in order to correctly spell words. They find clues hidden in the classroom to review for their spelling test. Perhaps this isn't the most effective way to review, but it is creative, so it's likely to capture the...
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High School Spelling Practice Worksheet 3 (Fixing It)

For Students 9th - 10th
Improve spelling in your ninth and tenth grade learners. There are 17 misspelled words listed here like indent, ample, opulent. Page two has the correct spelling. 
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Spelling High Frequency Words

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Have your class practice spelling high frequency words. With 28 words on each page, this presentation gives learners a good overview. These lists could be used during writing activities to help them improve their spelling abilities.
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Vowel Lessons: To Help Improve Spelling

For Teachers K - 12th
There are a few things every good speller knows: spelling rules, vowel sounds, and word endings. Help your learner with dyslexia become a more efficient speller with a few tips from a dyslexia expert. Included in the lesson is a video,...
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How to Improve Eye Tracking to Make Reading Easier

For Teachers K - 12th
Children with dyslexia may have issues with their eye tracking ability and this may cause problems when they read. Here is a set of three easy steps you can use to improve a learner's eye tracking. The idea is that some kids need help in...
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The Very Quiet World of Silent Letters

For Students 2nd - 4th
What is a silent letter? Review these terms and rules with your native and non-native English speakers to improve pronunciation. They read groups of words and identify which letter is silent.
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Test Your Spelling Skills: Numbers

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this spelling strategies worksheet, students examine 20 number words, cover each word, attempt to spell each word, check their work, and repeat the process if the word is spelled incorrectly.
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Test Your Spelling Skills

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this spelling strategies worksheet, learners examine 20 clothing terms, cover each word, attempt to spell the word, check their work, and repeat the process if the word is spelled incorrectly.
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Sound It Out!

For Teachers 2nd
Help your class improve their spelling skills. Learners take a test, are given a particular spelling rule to practice, and play a Bingo game. This employs various methods for practicing spelling skills.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Memorial Day

For Students 6th - 10th
Improve language skills by having your class read an article about Memorial Day. After reading, they respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill-in-the-blank questions, 30 multiple-choice questions, 12 word-scramble questions, 30...
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Self-improvement Spelling List

For Students 8th - 11th
In this spelling worksheet, learners practice self-improvement skills for checking a weekly spelling list for fifteen weeks straight. Students correct each word spelt incorrectly.
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Focus: Spelling Common Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
If you’re going to get a tattoo, make sure your artist writes it right because it’s hard to correct their inkings. That’s the big idea in this short lesson on commonly misspelled words like their/there/they’re and it’s/its.  Images and a...
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Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Elementary schoolers explore writing conventions. First they play a ball toss game to practice spelling high frequency words. (A link to a 2nd grade list is attached.) The class works together to correct spelling, punctuation, and...
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Phonics Teachers Resource Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the different...
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Spelling Dictation Sentences

For Students 5th
In this spelling sentences worksheet, 5th graders practice spelling these dictation sentences for 2 sentences every week. Students spell a total of 72 sentences.
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Spelling Takes a Hit!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice spelling and word recognition. In this spelling lesson plan, students play a game. . Students are given a word to spell and as they call out each letter, they swat the letter with a fly swatter allowing each student to...
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Spelling Activities That Can Help Students Write a "Perfect" Sentence

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here are two ways to make your spelling program more effective.
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Here's an Instant Activity for December 20, 2004

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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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Antonym Review

For Teachers 2nd
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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Improving Your Spelling with the Virtual Thesaurus

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students study spelling words. In this word study lesson, students use the Visual Thesaurus and play the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee.
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Spelling Practice

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students clap out synonyms for their spelling words and put their words into alphabetical order. In this spelling lesson plan, students outline words with different colored pencils, and place them in alphabetical order. A challenging...
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Spelling: Days and Months

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students practice spelling the words for the days of the week and the months of the year. Students spell 19 words in all.