Third graders play a football spelling game where two teams spell words and gain yardage for each correctly spelled word. This clever spelling game will be highly motivational for your class! Each team gains ten yards every time they spell a word correctly, but they have to turn the ball over to the other team when they miss one. Who will win? 

Concepts

football, irregular spellings, spelling

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Additional Tags

football, spelling game, irregular spellings, english language arts

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Pros

• Teacher tips are listed for easy teacher administration
• The game can be used each week with a new set of spelling words 

Cons

• The lesson plan is written thoroughly, but uses repetitive language 

Common Core

RF.3.3.a RF.3.3.d