PR-2288IRE My Spelling Workbook Teacher Guide - Book B

Additional Activities
The following activities and games have been provided for your use as additional support to the spelling programme.
They are a guide and can be developed to suit any class, programme or teaching style.
Choose from the following activities and games if not already covered in the particular list being treated.
The two worksheets on pages 24 and 25 provide an opportunity for spelling extension and consolidation.
Six photocopiable spelling games can be found on pages 26–29. These extra copymasters can be
used to support learning spelling, as activities for fast finishers or small group extension work, in
individual or special needs programmes, as homework or as structured whole-class activities.
Individual Activities
Word Study – Useful for developing familiarity with the list words.
Strategy
• Make word shapes, word snakes or word sums for list
words.
• Find small words in list words.
• Write the list words in alphabetical order.
• Write list words with eyes closed or from memory.
• Sort words according to different criteria.
• Make word builders by adding ‘s’, ‘es’, ‘er’, ‘ing’, ‘ed’, ‘y’,
or ‘ly’.
• Missing letters – write list words with missing letters.
Children guess which words they are.
Examples
Word Shapes:
much = then =
Word Snakes:
kitedrivesideninefiveridespentwentsenthideline
Word Sums: ri + ch = rich; ch + op = chop
For example: meat – me, eat, at, a
For example: sort by initial/final letters; number of letters;
rhyming/non-rhyming or by children’s own
choice.
For example: hop – hops, hopped, hopping, hopper
Review sample
For example: r_ast = roast
• Find antonyms, synonyms, homophones or homographs
for the spelling words.
For example: hot/cold
close/shut
bare/bear
rock/rock
• Write definitions for spelling words.
These can be either looked up in a dictionary, or written in
the child’s own words, and then checked.
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