In our 5th grade spelling program, students are offered the opportunity for challenge spelling lists each week. These are shorter lists that have more challenging words that follow the same phonic rules as the spelling list that goes along with our reading story.
Please see my spelling city website for the spelling list and activities:
http://www.spellingcity.com/amyhagge/
This website is easy to use, you shouldn't even need a login, just simply go to find a list.
1. Type your spellng words on the computer.
2. Use sign language to sign your words. Here is a link to help you with the alphabet.
http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/elrod/multiage/downloads/SignLangLetterChart.pdf
3. Play Spelling Battleship with a parent, friend, or sibling. Have your partner write the spelling words randomly around the Battleship grid. Once they have all of the words written, start guessing pairs to find where the spelling words are. If you guess the location of a spelling word, you must spell it correctly before you can claim it. The attachment for the gameboard is at the bottom of this page.
5. Use old magazines, catalogs, or newspapers to cut out letters and glue them down to spell your words.
6. Spelling Art: write their spelling words in glue and paint over with watercolors.
7. Scratch art: make a design on white paper using oil pastels or press hard with crayons. Paint over with black tempera paint and when it dries, scratch the spelling words with a toothpick.
8. Write each of your spelling words in a sentence.
9. Outline your word in a rainbow of colors.
10. Write the words in ABC order.
11. Connect the Dots - Make a square of 4 rows of dots with 4 dots in each row. Before taking a turn, the player must spell a spelling word. If the word is correct, he connects two dots. When a player forms a square, he can write his initials in the box. Player with most squares at the end wins.
12. Write a story using all of your spelling words.
