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Fun Spelling Practice Worksheets And Activities

Do you need low-prep spelling practice worksheets and activities that your students can do independently?

If you want activities that work for any list of words, you’ve come to the right place. Today, I’m sharing fun and engaging spelling activities that work for any list of spelling words.

Instantly create spelling practice worksheets for any list of words with these editable worksheets and activities.

Spelling practice can be repetitive and boring, or it can be fun and engaging. These editable spelling practice worksheets are a breeze to use. You’ll never waste your prep time trying to come up with creative spelling activities again!

⭐ Type in your list of spelling words, and every worksheet instantly fills in with those words! ⭐

Let’s explore these spelling practice worksheets together.

What’s included?

These worksheet packs provide a lot of variety. Type your words in and instantly create 24 different activities! Worksheet sets are available for 5, 10, 12, 15, or 20 words.

❤️ Low-prep pages include a variety of tracing, copying, and writing activities.

🧡 Activities like magic word painting, code breaker pages, and spelling tic-tac-toe keep kids engaged.

💛 Word sorts, silly sentences, and story-writing activities get kids thinking.

💚 Cut-and-paste word sorts get kids thinking about the patterns.

Instantly create spelling practice worksheets for the exact spelling words your class needs using these easy-to-use customizable worksheets.

These editable spelling practice worksheets are a breeze to use. First, you’ll need to be on a computer, not a tablet, phone, or Chromebook.

Then, just open the file in Adobe Reader and add your words. It’s as easy as 1-2-3.

• Type in your words.
• Select the worksheets you want to use.
• Print the selected pages.

It really is that easy! All the worksheets auto-populate with your words, and the font sizes adjust automatically.

Tip: If you aren’t familiar with editable PDFs, check out these blog posts for video tutorials and tech tips .

How can you use these spelling practice worksheets?

You can use these spelling practice worksheets in lots of ways. They’re perfect for seatwork or morning work. You could also send them home for homework or use them as a word work center activity.

Assign specific pages or create a work packet. or let students pick which activities they want to complete using a choice board.

Differentiation Tips

With so many options, incorporating choice is easy. Use a choice board and let your students pick which activities they want to complete.

Since the worksheets are editable, differentiating your spelling practice worksheets is a breeze. Give a pre-test. It’s easy to create a different version of the same activities for students who test out of a skill or list. Differentiation is as simple as typing a new list of words!

Want to grab a copy of these editable spelling practice worksheets?

These activities are available in 5 versions to easily accommodate different numbers of words: 5, 10, 12, 15, or 20 words.

Pick the version that matches the number of words in your weekly list and see how easy it can be to create spelling practice worksheets for the exact words you need. Time spent practicing spelling patterns and skills will pay off for years to come!

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Fun Ways to Practice Spelling Words

Spelling words are a fact of life with elementary school kids.

I remember them clearly from my years in school and we’ve had plenty of years of practice with my own two girls.

My struggle has always been making them interesting. We’ve got to practice them, right? So, how can we have fun?

Luckily, there are many fun ways to practice spelling words that you can try. Here are over 30 ideas that will keep your spelling work fun and interesting.

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How to Make Spelling Fun

For the longest time, the only ideas for practicing spelling words I could come up with were practice tests and writing them over and over and over again. Boring!

So, let’s think outside the box to come up with some ways to make spelling fun.

Here’s some things to consider:

Can we use something other than a pencil to write our words?

How can we take our work outside?

Is there a way to keep active kids moving?

What unique supplies can I find to help with our homework?

In addition to these questions, you also need to think about your child’s interests. Do they enjoy art? Do they love LEGOs? What are their favorite toys and activities? And, can you incorporate that into your spelling homework in order to make it more fun?

Also, make sure you have several ideas in your pocket. Try some of these spelling activities for ideas – there are over 30 activities listed. You’ve got to mix it up and provide some variety!

In the following list you’ll find many different ways to learn. There are active ideas and artistic ideas. Some activities are fine motor and others are gross motor.

No matter what you child enjoys, you’ll find some great options to help make their spelling homework fun.

Spelling practice doesn't have to be boring! Try these fun, hands-on ways to practice spelling words at home or in the classroom.

Spelling Word BINGO

Turn your spelling list into a fun BINGO game with this simple template.

Rainbow Writing Spelling Word Practice

Rainbow writing is a fun and colorful way to practice your spelling and learning your words with repetition.

Chalkboard Spelling Word Erase

Use a chalkboard for simple spelling practice when you write your words and then erase them.

LEGO Spelling Words Activity for Kids

Grab your LEGO bricks and build your spelling words.

Finger Painting Spelling Words

Grab your art supplies and write your words with your finger.

Secret Code Spelling Words

Turn your word list into a secret code with this fun activity that adds a little math to your spelling practice.

Salt Tray Spelling Words

A salt tray is a great sensory idea for any list of words.

Practice Spelling Words with Sticky Notes

If your kid's always trying to steal your Post-Its, they'll love this spelling activity!

Dot Marker Spelling Words

Dot markers aren't just for preschool. They're also a fun way to write words.

Practice Spelling with Letter Stamps and Play Dough

Use play dough as a canvas to stamp your words with letter stamps.

Write Spelling Words with Paint in a Bag

Paint in a bag is fun to play with and it's also a great way to practice your spelling words.

Watercolor Resist Spelling Words

Use watercolor resist to turn your word list into an art project.

Make Scrabble Tile Spelling Words

Borrow the tiles from your Scrabble game and use them to build your words.

Write Shaving Cream Spelling Words

Use a tray of shaving cream for a fun sensory spelling activity.

Practice Spelling with Pipe Cleaner Words

Grab a package of pipe cleaners and use them to build the letters in your words.

Practice at Home by Painting Spelling Words

Pencils aren't the only writing tool you can use. Try writing your words with a paint brush.

Sidewalk Chalk Spelling Words

Take your homework outside and write your spelling words on the driveway.

Make Spelling Words with Letter Stamps

Use your letter stamps to write out all your spelling words.

Write Spelling Words on the Window

Did you ever want to draw on the window? Here's a fun and easy-to-clean way to write all over the window.

Car Spelling Word Tracing

Get out the toy cars and let them zoom all around your words.

Create a Spelling Words Word Search

Find out how to make a fun word search with your own set of spelling words.

Pinprick Spelling Words

Pinprick spelling words are a fun fine-motor activity to help you practice at home.

Disappearing Spelling Words

Can you make your spelling words disappear? You can with this fun activity which is very popular at my house.

Spelling Outside with a Driveway Letter Grid

Spelling with a driveway letter grid is a great activity for kids who learn best by moving (or any kid with extra energy after school).

Create Play Dough Spelling Words

Use a batch of play dough to mold all the letters for your words.

Make Words with Alphabet Clothespins

Make a set of alphabet clothespins to use for spelling your word list.

Make Spelling Fun by Writing with Cotton Swabs

Toss the paint brush and use a cotton swab with paint to write your words.

Spelling Word Scramble

Learn how to turn your spelling word list into a fun word scramble activity.

Type Spelling Words on a Computer

Your kids can have a little screen time when they use a computer to type their spelling words.

Fun Spelling Practice with Dry Beans

Build your spelling words out of dry beans for a fun & hands-on practice.

Alphabet Bead Spelling Words

Invest in a set of alphabet beads to use to practice spelling words all year long.

Movement Spelling: Walk Your Spelling Words

How to study spelling words.

Now that you’ve got a ton of ideas, how do you use them to actually study and learn your words?

When you sit down with a new spelling list with your child. Go through the words with them. Specifically, look for any spelling rules that they need to keep in mind. Do the words have silent e’s? Are there any consonant groupings (such as ch or st) or vowel groupings (such as ea or ai)? You can refer to this list of spelling rules for help.

Another thing to keep in mind is repetition. Reading through your list multiple times won’t do the trick. You need to actually spell them and write them, sometimes over and over again.

Some words will be easy to learn (or your child already know how to spell them) and others will be harder. When practicing, you don’t need to give equal weight to each word. Some days you may only want to use the tricky words in your spelling activities or just focus on the one word that your child is stuck on. An activity like Pinprick Words is perfect for those times when you need to go over one or two specific words.

Ways to Practice Spelling Words At Home

While these activities are intended for both classroom at home, every one of them will work as after school practice.

Once you’ve tried out several ideas, decide which ones were favorites. These are the activities that we’ll want to prepare for by gathering (or purchasing) supplies and setting up a spelling homework station. This way, you don’t have to prep activities every single day.

Just because you prepare for certain activities doesn’t mean that you can’t do some of the other ideas!

You don’t need anything fancy to set up your supplies in a homework station. I’d suggest just a box or bin that could be easily put away and easy for your child to use. A small storage bin with a lid and handle would be perfect! Once you’ve found your bin, just fill it with the supplies you need.

If you don’t have a place to tuck away your bin, you can store your supplies in a cute, decorative bin. Here’s a pretty rustic wooden supply caddy that would look cute sitting out on a desk.

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35 Fun, Hands-On Spelling Activities to Use With Any Word List

Inside: 35 fun, hands-on spelling activities that get kids actively engaged with their spelling words – thinking, making, creating! Includes a printable version for at home learning.

There’s no doubting that some children (if not all!) learn best when they are actively engaged with thinking, making, creating – DOING. Which is why it can be advantageous to add an active, hands-on element to subjects that more typically rely on rote learning style activities – like spelling.

The 35 hands-on spelling activities included on this list are much more fun and engaging than simply writing out spelling words over and over again (my kids both strongly disliked the ‘Look, Cover, Write, Check’ approach to spelling – and I honestly didn’t see much learning happening with it).

These ideas can be useful as activities for literacy rotations or as homework activities, working particularly well with children in the early elementary/primary grades. Plus, at the bottom of this post you’ll find a handy printable version that can be sent home with families to use for at home learning.

RELATED: Looking for meaningful spelling activities for grades 4-6? Check out our spelling activities worksheets.

35 Hands-On Spelling Activities

1. Make each word with Scrabble letter tiles .

2. Cut some short lengths of yarn and use them to form the letters of each word.

3. Paint the words with watercolour paints .

4. Write words with pavement chalk on the pavement or on the trampoline mat.

5. Make the letters of each word with your body as you spell the word aloud.

6. Build your words with Lego bricks .

7. Stamp your words onto paper with letter stamps.

8. Stamp your words into playdough with non-inked letter stamps .

9. Dot paint each word with a Q-tip or cotton bud.

10. Make your words with letter stickers .

11. Spell your words aloud as you star jump – one jump for each letter.

12. Make letters from chenille stems/pipe cleaners and use them to spell each word.

13. Type your words on a computer.

14. Write each word with your finger in a sand or salt tray .

15. Make rainbow words , tracing each letter with lots of colours.

16. Thread your words with letter beads .

17. Write your words on the window with a whiteboard marker.

18. Spell aloud and clap for each letter of your words.

19. Spell each word aloud in a robot voice .

20. Make each word with alphabet stones .

21. Write each word with your finger into shaving cream on the shower screen at bath time – or spray a little on a cookie tray to try it when you’re not in the bath.

22. Write your words onto paper plates or circles (one word per plate) and make up a jumping game .

23. Write your words in a fun script – with tiny letters or tall, skinny ones, or try bubble writing!

24. Draw a hopscotch grid on the pavement with chalk. Add a spelling word to each square. As your stone lands on a square spell  the word aloud before hopping.

25. Squeeze a small amount of acrylic paint into a re-sealable Ziploc bag. Seal the top and then use your finger to write each word ‘in’ the paint .

26. Make each word with magnetic letters .

27. Play Tic Tac Toe with your spelling words – each player chooses a word to use in the place of the ‘x’ or ‘o’ as you play. Choose a new word for each game.

28. Write each word with white crayon onto white paper and then paint over them with watercolour paint for a magic word reveal!

29. Play Hangman choosing the word to guess from your list of words.

30. Make each word from playdough or plasticine snakes .

31. Spell each word aloud as you jump on the trampoline – one bounce per letter.

32. Write the letters of each word onto a craft stick (one letter per stick). Jumble the sticks up and then remake each word.

33. Use a laser pointer to ‘write’ each word on the wall.

34. Write your list words onto two sets of index cards and use them to play a memory game .

35. Write each of your words onto a chalkboard with chalk and then use a small paintbrush to paint over them with water.

35. Write each word onto a piece of coloured paper, cut the letters apart and mix them up. Race to unscramble each word.

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May 13, 2020 · 2 Comments

Spelling Menus For All Year

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Hey teacher friends! Hope everyone is fantastic today!

I was doing some updating yesterday and wanted to freshen up a super popular freebie: my Differentiated Spelling Homework Menu!

I used this menu in third grade (though it could be adapted easily by other grade levels as well), and the students, parents, and administrators loved it! I did too, because I was able to only grade spelling homework once a week, rather than a daily assignment each day.

By assigning the homework on Monday for the rest of the week, it allows families who might have sports or family emergencies to work on the homework throughout the week when it is most convenient for them. A great many parents have verbally shared with me how they loved this option.

Students like it better because they have a choice. They all have to complete the same amount of points {or that can be differentiated as well if needed}, but each child can choose how many assignments he or she needs to complete in order to get to the required level of points each week. And they are able to change it up and choose different activities whenever they like.

I loved it because I was able to grade once a week and also to see the creativity and choices come alive in the work students were turning in. I also didn’t have to run nightly homework copies – or tear out pages in a workbook! Students supplied their work on paper from home. Of course, you will always have a couple who “halfway” do the work – or forget and don’t turn it in at all. That happens though with nightly homework, so the same consequences should result.

I love menus for differentiating and allowing student choice with guidelines in place. The freebie menu packet below comes with a basic plain template with no graphics, along with 12 other monthly “themed” pages, in case you want to change things up a bit to liven it up.

Hopefully your students will love the choice factor as much as mine did! Feel free to pass along the link for this page to other colleagues in your school who also might like a change from the usual spelling routine.

Thanks so much and happy homework-ing!

This post originally appeared at Organized Classroom .

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May 21, 2020 at 12:06 pm

I really am interested in the differntiated spelling activities for a year, but can not get any further than the pg where I leave my email etc to be able to get the resource. I have put a personal email. It just spins…..I have tried over a few days. Any suggestions?

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May 27, 2020 at 4:32 pm

Hi Megan! I’m guessing your email or server is blocking the pop up. After you enter in your info, the freebie will be delivered via email to your inbox (sometimes it ends up in spam).

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20 Amazing Spelling Activities for Middle School

September 29, 2023 //  by  Michelle Mandel

Doubting how to spell basic words happens more often than you can imagine. Teachers and parents are faced with the fact that middle schoolers find spelling challenging. This can lead to low self-esteem and sometimes even bullying. Here are some innovative ways to help them improve their spelling skills quickly and easily!

1. Don’t miss out on the insightful article by Howard Miller “Innovation to Strategies” – A must-read. 

What happens when students are writing and get stuck because they don’t know how to spell a word? Here is a great resource for educators and parents to understand the root problem.

Learn More: Research Gate

2. “Go Fish Anyone?”

Students create their own decks of Go Fish cards using grouped spelling patterns.

Students play the game by collecting the same spelling pattern such as words that end with “ought, augh, or eive.”   It’s a splash of a way to review spelling.

Learn More: Game On Family

3. Vocabulary increases spelling A-Z 

Did you know that 70% of reading comprehension problems are due to a lack of vocabulary?

Get on board with this activity that can help your students with spelling exercises.

Improve spelling and reading comprehension all in one resource.

Learn More: Spelling City

4. Mnemonics to Improve Your Spelling

If you use Mnemonics which helps your brain to decode and retain info in a simple way using images, sentences, or words you will be learning a great skill for life. This is a great activity for 8th grade.

I alone felt Eli’s loneliness

Have a piece of the pie.

Rhythm helps your two hips move.

Learn More: Though Co.

5. Roll the dice

A fun spelling activity for the class or at home. Letter dice can be so much fun and just by rolling the dice children can play in teams or individually these great games to improve spelling and word formation. Time to roll and learn.

Learn More: Averweij

6. Phonograms “Kan” improve spelling 

Phonograms are letters or groups of letters that form sounds. Learners can “decode” words and focus on spelling by teaching their brains the right phonograms. Spelling and reading will be a piece of cake.

Not only will this kick start the spelling, but it is also perfect for primary grades.

Learn More: Logic of English

7. The amazing advantages of letting middle schoolers become Rappers!

Have your middle schoolers rap their way into being great spellers. Kids love music, so why not let the juices flow where they can write their own tunes to improve their skills.

Let them practice their lines and watch them shine with Spelling Beats. They can become DJs and rappers to show off their raps in class and spelling issues will become a thing of the past!

This is a fun spelling activity they will love.

Learn More: Spelling Beats

8. The great wall of words! 

Middle schoolers love doing class projects. A spelling wall with a list of spelling words is just what each classroom could use.

These are groups of words that are printed or written in a big font and can be easily seen from all points of the class or even displayed in the hall.

Learn More: Maneuvering The Middle

9. A good speller is a good reader!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling opened up a new world to young readers and learning new words like beadily and exasperation made things a bit tricky. But, by getting your students hooked on excerpts of stories they will slowly become good spellers too. The magic of reading will bring the words to life and improves their reading skills.

Learn More: Scholastic

10. Become a Wizard at sight words

Middle school students should be learning approximately 400-500 new sight words per year.

Now, we read less and learning sight words has declined. Get back on track and help our middle schoolers with some super sight word activities that anyone can do at home or in the classroom.

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11. Worksheet Game Time to Improve Spelling

One of the best ways to improve our spelling is to use all different skills. With these hands-on activities, 6th-8th graders can practice these techniques daily while having fun.

From Hangman “High” to learning how to use Word Families to loads of spelling games both on and offline.

Learn More: The Butterfly Teacher

12. Spelling Games for Online Fun!

Take 5 and have a break playing some popular game online to improve your spelling. 6th – 8th graders will love these fun activities that can be played alone or in the classroom using a digital whiteboard. Great fun and a nice way to start or end the day.

Learn More: Power Spelling

13. Memory time 

Get out your spelling list from 6th-8th and create your own flashcards. Test your family and friends to see how well they can spell off the spelling list. A fun way to encourage memory recall and retention. Spelling memory activities can increase brain power.

Learn More: Spelling Words Well

14. Write a rainbow

Get out your colorful highlighter and markers and write the prefixes and suffixes or the key letter groups that you are forgetting – highlighting them is a fantastic way of studying. Use Coloured paper to enhance your work.

Learn More: Teaching With A Mountain View

15. Song time 

Music is a great tool and this is a spelling mistakes song that is great for 6th graders to help reinforce their skills.

Learn More: KidsTV123

16. Know your Dolch Words 

75% of all the words used in children’s books come from DOLCH lists.

Find the list that corresponds to your child and play a variety of games like Sight Word Throw and Let’s go fishing. You can print flashcards and set phrases to work within a fun and entertaining way of doing spelling practice.

Learn More: Bested Lessons

17. The Morphs are invading!

Understanding morphology can help you improve your kiddos’ vocabularies! This method will teach them to dissect words, discovering the root word and any pre or suffixes. A great way to teach this method is by having your students color code flashcards to help them out!

Learn More:  Keys To Literacy

18. Reach for the Stars 

Middle school is the best age to really improve your spelling and become a spelling buff. With Spelling Stars, you can play games, get lists and have a blast while practicing your skills.

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19. Jabberwocky 

Nonsense poems are great to help students relax a little while learning or revising phonetics and phonic instruction. The use of these silly words is very beneficial and effective in teaching decoding spelling patterns and sounds.

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20. Hungry for some Spelling Soup or feeling Flippity? Make your own game!

Make your own game for your classroom. Have the students create games using the templates from Flippity. These are colorful templates where you can make quizzes, trivia, or interactive worksheets to improve spelling.

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30 Fun Spelling Activities for Primary

• October 4, 2020
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We spend countless hours creating spelling practice activities  for our primary students that are fun and not just writing the word multiple times.  Are you ready to get some of those hours back?!  Take a look at these fabulous EDITABLE Spelling Activities we have created for your students to practice their word lists.

Our Spelling Activities are super simple to use!!!

• Enter your spelling list into the first page of the packet.
• Choose the activities you want to use that week.  (We have 30 different pages  to choose from!)
• Print those activities.

These spelling activities can be sent home as homework, used in a word work center, or as independent practice.

* Spelling Activity Line -Up *

1. spelling list.

2. MAGIC WORDS

3. ALPHABETICAL ORDER

4. RAINBOW SPELLING

5. WRITE A SENTENCE

6. SECRET CODE

7. ROLL A SPELLING WORD

8. WORD ILLUSTRATIONS

9. WORD BOXES

10. TRACE WORDS

11. EMOJI SPELLING

12. PATTERN BLOCK SPELLING

13. VOWELS AND CONSONANTS

14. SCRABBLE SPELLING

15. SPIN IT — SPELL IT

16. SPELLING MAZE

17. SPELLING SPIRAL

18. SPELLING WORD SYLLABLES

19. SILLY WRITING

20. PYRAMID SPELLING

21. SPELLING RHYMES

22. SPELLING COLORS

23. WORD SEARCH

24. WORD ART

25. CREATE A STORY

26. KEYBOARD WORDS

27. STAMPING SPELLING WORDS

28. SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS

29. SIGN LANGUAGE SPELLING

30. How Many Sounds

Using these 30 Fun Spelling Activities for Primary students has really helped a lot of teachers plan their word work centers.  Here are some words from teachers who have purchased this resource:

“This resource is amazing! I happened upon it at the best time possible. The pages are easy to edit and I was excited to include them in the packet I put together for the students for doing their work from home while the schools are shut down. So excited about this.” ~ Kathleen D.

“This is absolutely one of the best Spelling resources to help students study. You can use it through distance or print it out in person. I actually use it both ways because our school is on a Hybrid schedule where we have students some days and virtual others. Thanks for this resource.” ~ Amanda W.

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Boost your spelling skills with these 5 homework ideas.

5 cool ideas for engaging and fun spelling homework for your student so they won't complain anymore about spelling being boring.

Spelling is one of the basic and fundamental activities when it comes to learning a language , for both kids and adults learning English as a second language . At the same time, sometimes students complain and think that spelling homework is a boring activity. Every teacher should prepare useful and engaging spelling lessons for the class, trying to avoid to be boring. In this article we propose some spelling homework ideas using the free resources offered by our website and spelling app.

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Spelling Tests

The Spelling Test app provided by spelling bee ninja is one of the most entertaining ways to learn spelling of English words, and it is an ideal spelling homework for your class as you can eventually take tests using specific words lists. Right after the spelling test the student will get immediate access to a detailed report card , where an absolute score is reported, along with other statistics and useful insights such as the words spelled correctly and the misspelled ones, every student could compare his own results with the ones of students coming from all over the world.. There is more: if all of your students specify the same school when logging in, a dedicated ranking chart will be created, this will allow you to create a class or school spelling contest in no time and for free, for more information about SBN Spelling Tests have a read to this article .

To set the same school for all of your students please follow the instructions here: Set your school .

A great way to play with letters and learn spelling is by finding anagrams of a given word, a cool and common game that is also a great exercise is to invite your students to choose a partner and trying to find as many as possible anagrams out of a given word or word list. Also, along with perfect matching anagrams they can engage in finding out only partial anagrams (i.e. words using only some letters of the original words) and anagrams with repetition (i.e. words composed using the letters from the original words many times).

To check the results you can use the SBN app search engine : just enter the word and click Search, if the word is present in the SBN database, the result page will show, check the anagram section in the bottom right of the page to verify all the anagrams of the given word , for instance entering the word “house”, the anagrams section suggests:

Shoes Hose Shoe

but also anagrams with repetitions as for example Houses

Word search games

Word search games, both printed and online, are one of the funniest learning activities and can be ideal to use in a spelling lesson. Here on the SBN website you can find many word search puzzles , feel free to use them all for your lessons.

You can easily print each puzzle using the printer icon just right under the game and distribute a copy to your students or, in case your class is equipped with computers or tablets, the puzzles can be solved directly online .

Check this page or click the image below to find out wordsearch games for your lessons :

Use the SBN Spelling bee dictionary

This spelling homework idea is yet another (slightly) conventional idea you can try to educate your students in spelling the words. Our dictionary could be your best friend ; other than seeing the breakdowns in spelling the words and listen to the pronunciation , students can also learn about the definitions and the anagrams of each single word . Search into SBN dictionary through the SBN app homepage at https://mai.spellingbee.ninja

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Words are the main ingredient to be provided to your students for your own spelling homework ideas. Well, on this website, you will find plenty of spelling word lists, tailored for specific needs, divided by grade of difficulty and ready to be printed and used in your lessons , take spelling tests, printed as flashcards, and more. To get an idea of the resources available have a look to the words list section of the website, each word list is bundled with an explanation article containing, among the other, the list many different formats (printable, pdf, flash cards etc.). Do not forget to have a look to the featured lists section of our app here it contains many custom words lists to be used in your lessons, click the links below to access the featured word list directly in our app:

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Few things are better than Spelling Word Games to add excitement to your spelling class. Use our free, easy-to-use games to make spelling practice FUN!  The games here range from preK to upper grade students. Click or scroll through the list and find the ones that are best for your students. 

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Games are generally arranged here from easier to harder. Find the PreK-K games first. Look further down the page for primary grades, and then upper grades. Many of my original games have formats that can be played again and again with different words, of varying difficulty. So be sure to look carefully at several different levels of games as you seek out just the right ones for your students. If you still need more help, please Contact Me. I'll advise you, or maybe even write something new!

Sight Word Games - Check out our full collection of sight word games for early learners!

Memory Matches - Use a familiar format to practice beginning sounds and letters. Free printable game cards included!  For PreK-K

Stand Up, Sit Down - You and your kids are sure to love this game that asks kids to listen to consonant sounds and to move ! For PreK-K

The Tile Game - Players compete to be the first to complete their crossword of first grade spelling words   For grades K-2

Roll It!  - Easy-to-make spelling word games. Roll the consonants around the tube to spell new words. Great at home or at school.  For grades 1-2

Hands Up and Hop to It! - These reusable, fun spelling activities will get your kids' attention, and keep it. Play these games in small groups or with the whole class. "Hop to It!" is a great one to take outdoors ! For grades 1-4 .

Color Land Game -  Kids practice spelling color words as they try to reach the finish line. Fun for grades 1 - 2.

Compound Word Wizards - Whole class  or large-group activity for practicing compound  word. For grades 2 - 4.

Double the Fun - To double or not to double the final consonant when adding a suffix? Another great game for spelling fun!  For grades 3 - 5.

Try my version of  Spelling Word Baseball .   Adapt the basic game for the best difficulty level for your students, using the many word lists on this website. Batter Up!

Spelling Bee Games - Try one of our new Silent Spelling Bee variations. A fun--and quiet--twist on  a classic game! For grades 2-6.

Another Spelling Bee Game - Students step up to victory as they help their team advance in this fun new game. For grades 2-6.

Here are two fun ideas to put some pizzazz into your weekly spelling bee quizzes. Try these spelling test games this week!

Spelling Bee Pop Quizzes - Try this fun assortment with your students this week! Help prepare them for the big spelling bees ahead!

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Word Sandwiches, The Vowel Game, and Words in a Word  - Try these easy-to-conduct fun spelling games that also provide spelling and vocab enrichment.  There are three different games that require very little preparation. 

Make Your Own Board Game  - Try these challenging variations on the popular Boggle games. Your students will stretch their spelling and vocab skills in these English spelling games!

Consonant vs. Vowels - A challenging game for spelling review! It's a consonant player versus a vowel player. Who will be the winner? Grades 4 - 6.

Fifty-Fifty - Fun word game for kids. Older students earn points as they engage in word play and spelling fun. Grades 4 - 8 .

Missing Letters and In Between - Two super-simple ways for students toBoth games use  reusable formats that your students will want to play again and again!  Grades 4 - 8 .

Commercially produced kids' spelling word games , like Boggle  (TM) and Scrabble (TM) also provide a nice change of pace. We'll give you our best guidelines for making these games work for you in the classroom. Plus we'll recommend a few of our favorite games.

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Online Spelling Bee Game - Test your knowledge of some challenging spelling words. What score will you earn?

Here's another fun spelling bee quiz you're sure to love!  Look carefully at three tricky words. Choose the ONE that contains a spelling error. Check you answer on the spot!

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Letter Lane - A phomenic awareness board game that features beginning consonant sounds for the letters b,d,f and m. No reading is necessary. Picture This Phonic Game - We think your early learners will enjoy this activity featuring short vowel words.  Which player can cover the most pictures?

Picture Perfect Game - More engaging pictures on this game board, featuring long vowel words. Fun for everyone!

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Ann Richmond Fisher is a longtime published educational writer, a former classroom teacher and a former homeschool teacher. Ann's spelling bee resources, graded spelling word lists, spelling games, worksheets, and other language arts resources have become respected around the globe since she launched Spelling-Words-Well in 2010.

Ann is also the creator of  www.word-game-world.com .

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