B. Utilize spelling strategies in all content areas (SAT 10)

1. phonemic (by sound) (SAT 10)
2. visual (by look)
3. morphemic (by meaning) (SAT 10)
4. linking (by connections)
5. research (by inquiry)

Spelling Counts!
Students create and solve codes based on the numerical values of their spelling list words.

Bueno Brothers' Bean Dip
Students play a game in which they see how many words they can form from a scoop of lima bean letters.

Creating a Memorial Day Poster Poem
Children create a Memorial Day word web and use it to create a poem about Memorial Day.

Pen Pal Letters to Soldiers Overseas
Students write letters to soldiers overseas with correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
 

Spelling Script 1:Onsets, Rimes and Endings:  Activities for onsets, rimes, and endings

Soccer Spelling:  Partners practice spelling in this game.

Spell a Roo:  Online spelling game

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) 

E/B: Read one's own writing and/or simple narrative texts and begin to produce phonemes appropriately; D: Read simple narrative and expository texts with some elements of appropriate voice and expression; E: Read narrative and expository texts with appropriate timing, voice, and expression.
E/B: Recognize and produce English phonemes and morphemes students already know in simple phrases or sentences.
D: Recognize and produce some frequently heard synonyms and homographs; E: Understand most frequently heard synonyms, antonyms, and homographs.
E: Apply knowledge of roots and affixes to derive meaning from literature.
E: Identify and interpret words with multiple meanings.
 

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