What can spelling tell us about relationships between words? While spelling may sometimes seem random or unexpected, this lesson illuminates how peeling back the layers of spelling helps us understand the complex history and meaningful...

Contains plans for two lessons that use movement and cheering to teach the letter y spelling generalization. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

Using four popular children's books, "Corduroy", "Franklin in the Dark", "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", and "Chrysanthemum", the Word Wizard interactive game builds vocabulary with related words. Each 30-minute lesson looks for patterns...

Learn when to double the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix, and when the consonant does not get doubled.

A game for students to practice elementary vocabulary and spelling. Choose from a list of patterns. Listen to the word and choose the egg that correctly spells the word that was said. Receive a certificate with words you know well and...

Using this set of Quizlet modules, students learn spelling, definitions, and usage of 21 words which end in the "shun" sound.

Begin learning the spelling patterns that use -ge and -dge by learning some rules. Then master this list of words which use these spelling patterns.

A lesson plan in which students play a game moving around the game board by identifying the spelling pattern of words. Materials are included.

Practice reading and pronouncing words that have a vowel followed by the letter R.

Find over seventy different word families with common spelling patterns, and lists of elementary level words for each family.

Resource that provides lists of words that are grouped in families with similar spelling patterns.

A lesson plan in which students play a game moving around the game board by counting syllables in words. Materials are included.

Use this list to master the letter combinations which create the long i sound in English words.

Students make words, including those with variant correspondences, by using letter cards.

This article focuses on spelling in the 6th grade including vowel-consonant spelling patterns, spelling study strategies, and links to word lists and spelling games.

This article focuses on teaching 3rd grade spelling including Dolch sight words for 3rd grade and the weird spelling patterns that 3rd graders face such as the letter Y, diphthongs, double consonants, and homophones.

Read and watch a video [4:56] to learn about the suffixes tion, sion, and cian. Then complete an exercise by filling in the blanks of six sentences.

Learn the spelling rules involving when to use an "s," "t," or "c" when adding an "ion" suffix.

The lesson will focus on reading and writing to meet a Phonics and Word Recognition standard: decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables. The lesson is a review of two-syllable words using a...

A PDF of 24 different phonics and spelling pattern worksheets.

Spell each CCVC word in the picture using the buttons or by typing your answer. Use the 'Clue' button if you get really stuck.

Students will write common letter strings in this SMART whiteboard activity. Pictures are used to help students visualize the meanings of words.

A different type of spell checker, giving results from search engines, not based on dictionary word lists, but on frequency of use on the Web. If you're looking for a word that hasn't become official or want to see whether one...

Complete a spelling quiz by filling in the blanks of six sentences, and then check your answers to see how you did.