5 Spelling Practice Activities For Primary Grades: Repetition makes memory
Are your creative spelling activity variations drying up? Looking for something new to spice up your spelling center? Hoping to add some hands on spelling practice to your teaching day? Look no further: Here are 5 spelling practice activities to add to your day!
Play-doh spelling mat and word cards.
Play doh spelling is a low prep (if sometimes messy) way to practice spelling. Kids love anything play-doh so take this opportunity to ramp up their engagement while practicing the mandatory spelling words! Grab this FREE play-doh spelling mat in my TPT store, along with the editable word cards!
Rainbow spelling worksheet.
Rainbow spelling is my second suggestion for a low prep spelling activity! Simply print the worksheet (reusable ALL YEAR!), add markers and provide the spelling words. Whether you print cards or post cards in the room to be used, this activity will provide LOTS of written spelling practice! Click here to access this rainbow spelling from my TpT.
Roll and Spell Activity.
Roll and Spell adds some competition into the mundane spelling activity. With a worksheet template students can use all year, this spelling activity offers engaging written practice! Spice it up by playing with partners and have students race to the top! Here is my TpT version of Roll and Spell if you would rather not make your own!
Spell the Room
A personal classroom favorite- spell the room is LOVED by my students! They relish the sole responsibility of wandering the room during center time to find the spelling words for the week. Easy to prep- print your spelling recording sheets for the year in one fell swoop OR print a copy and slip it into a write and wipe sleeve; Type or write your weekly spelling words for the year on cards and file them to change out as often as you change out spelling words. It does no harm to have students do Spell the Room more than once during the week!
Spelling Sort
And last (but not least) Spelling Sorts is a hands on way to practice those boring spelling words! Sometimes I provided the sorting columns, other times I ask students to come up with a pattern they see to create the two columns (or three or four). This spelling station ensures students are studying the words they have been practicing closely to notice more ways to remember their spelling sequence!
Are you thinking of implementing any of these stations into your Literacy or Spelling Centers and wanting to find formats for all of them?? CLICK HERE to access all five in my TpT Store!
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:) Katelyn from Teaching Primary with Katelyn
