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games are an excellent way to teach the basics of spelling. What
child would not prefer to play a game over “learning a lesson?”
Of course, the trick is, spelling games are both educational and
fun. Here are some fun example of spelling games:
Spelling Game #1 – Tic-Tac-Spelling
Divide your students into two teams. Draw a big tic-tac-toe grid
up on the board. Choose one person of one team to start. Give them
a word to spell – she can write it anywhere in the grid. If
she spells the word correctly, then a person from the same team
gets to come up and write a word. If she spells it incorrectly,
then a person from the opposite team gets to come up.
Spelling Game #2 – Hot Seat
For this spelling game, you need to put three chairs with 3 students
sitting in them in front of the chalkboard. Have the students facing
the class so that they cannot see the chalkboard. Write a word behind
them on the board. Other students in the class can offer clues about
the word to the 3 students in the “hot seats,” but they
cannot say it. Once one of the 3 knows the word, she must ring a
bell and then spell the word correctly. If correct, the other 2
in the hot seats get to pick someone new to come up. If incorrect,
then all 3 of them pick an extra person to come up.
Spelling Game #3 – Spelling “Swat” Team
This spelling game is an active one. Before class, create a game
board of the alphabet – you can take a shower curtain liner
and write largely the letters of the alphabet. You can write commonly
used letters twice. For younger kids, keep the letters in alphabetical
order, for older kids you can mix it up. Call the students up one
by one. On each student’s turn, give him a fly swatter and
then say a word that needs to be spelled. The student can then spell
the word out loud while swatting at the corresponding letters on
the shower curtain game board.
Spelling Game #4 – Detective Spelling
Write up your spelling list for the week on your chalkboard. Go
over all of the words with your students. Then have your students
close their eyes or put their heads down on their desks. Erase one
of the words and then rewrite it with a spelling error. Then wake
up your young detective and see how quickly they can find the misspelled
word. Then have them write the word with its correct spelling on
a piece of paper.
Conclusion
Spelling games are a great way to spice up an old spelling lesson
plan. Not only will your students love playing spelling games, but
you will enjoy giving them, as well. There are many possible spelling
games out there – enough to keep both you and your students
entertained for the whole year. Be creative and come up with some
of your own spelling games.
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