Creative Spelling Homework Ideas Here is a list of ideas for practicing your individualized spelling words each week. You

should practice your words at home AT LEAST THREE TIMES Monday through

Thursday to prepare for your test on Friday. Fill out a Spelling Homework form, brought

home each Monday, listing THREE of the ways you chose to study this week. Have a

parent sign it, and return it to school on FRIDAY. You can attach any project you

completed that you wish to share with me and/or the class, but that is OPTIONAL. What

is most important is that you are studying your words in a way that you find interesting

and motivating! Challenge yourself to try new ways to practice each week. Feel free to

combine ideas (practice ten words one way, and ten words another way) and create your

own new ways!

❏ ABC Order - Neatly write your words in ABC Order from “A-Z” or backwards from “Z-A.”

❏ Rainbow Words - Write your words, tracing each word three times using a different color.

❏ Spelling City - Go to www.spellingcity.com, type in your words and use any of the free activities

to practice.

❏ Puzzlemaker - Go to www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/ and choose a word

puzzle to make such as a word search, cryptogram, criss-cross, or hidden message.

❏ Armored Penguin - Go to www.armoredpenguin.com and create a word search, crossword, word

match, word scramble, or secret code cipher.

❏ Wordle - Go to www.wordle.net or www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm and create a word cloud

with your spelling words.

❏ Picture This - Draw a picture for each word, and write your spelling word next to it.

❏ Workout Words - Spell your words aloud as you workout or exercise.

❏ Ransom Words - Cut out letters from newspapers, magazines, or junk mail to create your words.

❏ Keyboard Captain - Type your words three times each. Play with fonts, color, size, and more.

❏ Sentence Superstar - Write sentences with each word.

❏ Flashcard Fun - Write each word on two index cards or small squares of paper and play

Memory/ Concentration game. Lay them face down and try to make matches.

❏ Practice Test - Have someone at home give you a “test” on paper. Correct it together. Write any

words you misspelled three times each.

❏ Secret Agent Words - Number the alphabet from 1-26, then convert your words to a number

code. Write the word on top, and the number code below.

❏ Chalk It Up - Use sidewalk chalk outside to write your words.

❏ Animator - Create a cartoon strip using your words.

❏ Rap It - Write an appropriate rhyming rap with your words. Perform it for the class if you wish!

❏ Parts of Speech - Sort your words by parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.).

❏ Greatest to Least - Count the number of letters in each word. List the words from the greatest

number of letters to the least.

❏ Hidden Picture - Pretend you are at your favorite outdoor place. Draw a picture of what you see.

“Hide” your words in the picture. Additional ideas for scenes to draw: vacation spots, movie

scenes, jungle, ocean, or rainforest.

❏ Jumping Words - Spell your words aloud while doing jumping jacks or jumping rope.

❏ Bubbles - Write your words in bubble letters.

❏ Alphabet Pasta - Use uncooked alphabet pasta (or cereal) to spell your words.

❏ Syllable Sleuth - Say your words and clap out the syllables you hear. Sort your words by the

number of syllables, dividing them into syllables as you write them.

❏ Glitter It - Use glitter and glue to write your words.

❏ Spend It - Calculate the value of each word. Vowels are five cents and consonants are 10 cents.

❏ Rhyme Time - Write each spelling word with a rhyming word next to it.

❏ Shout It Out - Spell your words aloud for an adult.

❏ Tile It - Use Scrabble or Boggle tiles to spell out your words.

❏ Dictionary Detective - Look up your words in the dictionary and write their meanings.

❏ Same/Opposite - Write a synonym and an antonym for each word. Use a thesaurus to help you.

❏ Read All About It! - Write newspaper headlines using your words.

❏ Author It - Write a realistic or fantasy story using your words.

❏ Record It - Record yourself spelling your words aloud. Then, listen to your recording carefully,

checking to see that you spelled each word correctly.

❏ Trace It - Use your finger to trace your words in a bowl of sugar, sand, or shaving cream.

❏ Reporter - Write a newspaper article using your words.

❏ School Spirit - Write your words using blue for consonants and orange for vowels.

❏ Cursive - Write your words three times each in cursive.

❏ Be a Poet - Write a poem using your words. Read it to the class if you wish!

❏ Be a Musician - Write a song using your words. Sing it in class if you wish!

❏ Riddler - Create a riddle for your spelling words. Make sure you give at least three clues for each

word and include the answer with the riddle.

❏ Dear ___ - Use all your spelling words in a friendly letter.

❏ Find It - Use your dictionary to find each spelling word and read the definition. Write down the

page number along with the two guide words at the top of the dictionary page.

❏ Alliteration - Write an alliterative phrase for each word (i.e. seven sticky stamps).

❏ Words-In-Words - Write each word, and then write all of the smaller words that you can create

using the letters in that word.

❏ Creative Kid - Create your own cool and creative homework practice idea. Be sure to share your

idea with the class!