Spelling Strategies for Fifth Grade
1. Foam Board Letters:
Description: You can make letter tiles from foam-board sheets purchased in a school supply or art supply store.
Purpose: Students who perceive themselves to be poor spellers benefit from playing this game with the teacher; mistakes are usually less embarrassing than when playing with peers.
*Directions: To create the foam-board letters:
1. Cut the foam board into half-inch squares.
2. Using a permanent marker, write one letter on a square.
3. Have students spell word family words or unscramble the letters to make other words.
4. Be sure to include both capital and lower case forms of each letter.
*This activity can be played within small groups, and one on one setting with other peers and/or the teacher.
Description: You can make letter tiles from foam-board sheets purchased in a school supply or art supply store.
Purpose: Students who perceive themselves to be poor spellers benefit from playing this game with the teacher; mistakes are usually less embarrassing than when playing with peers.
*Directions: To create the foam-board letters:
1. Cut the foam board into half-inch squares.
2. Using a permanent marker, write one letter on a square.
3. Have students spell word family words or unscramble the letters to make other words.
4. Be sure to include both capital and lower case forms of each letter.
*This activity can be played within small groups, and one on one setting with other peers and/or the teacher.
For Example
After reading information about exploration and discovery, select important themes, places, names, topics, etc..., scramble the letters for each for and have the student(s) put the letters in the correct order.
2. Wheel-of-Fortune:
Description: You write out the blanks, and the student must guess the letters. Students will enjoy this activity because they are playing an interactive game, while working on their spelling abilities.
Purpose: For this activity you can work with homonyms, stressing the correct spelling of the words in the "Wheel-of-Fortune" blanks.
Directions: This follows the model of the television game show "Wheel-of-Fortunes," think of a phrase with which the student is familiar and that includes words that might give the student trouble.
Below is an example of the Wheel-of-Fortune game based on Fred Gwynne's books The King Who Rained (1988), A Chocolate Moose for Dinner (1988), or A Little Pigeon Toad (1999).
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
(Mother says I am a little dear.)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
The king who reigned.
Description: You write out the blanks, and the student must guess the letters. Students will enjoy this activity because they are playing an interactive game, while working on their spelling abilities.
Purpose: For this activity you can work with homonyms, stressing the correct spelling of the words in the "Wheel-of-Fortune" blanks.
Directions: This follows the model of the television game show "Wheel-of-Fortunes," think of a phrase with which the student is familiar and that includes words that might give the student trouble.
Below is an example of the Wheel-of-Fortune game based on Fred Gwynne's books The King Who Rained (1988), A Chocolate Moose for Dinner (1988), or A Little Pigeon Toad (1999).
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
(Mother says I am a little dear.)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
The king who reigned.