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1 THIS BOOK BELONGS TO: for SPELLING LISTS This book equips teachers with a set of visually attractive spelling activities that are ready for immediate use. The practical, printable and easy to use worksheets will help your students identify, correct, record, practice, test and learn how to spell commonly misspelled words. Use one activity at a time, only a few, or all of the sheets together as part of a year long individualized spelling program. Spelling activities systematically help students learn how to spell their misspelled often-used words, subject word lists, or words that have been misspelled through personal writing. ISBN Stevan Krajnjan

2 Table of Contents 3-4 Introduction Useful Tips 7 Binder Spine Labels 8 Does Spelling Really Matter?... 9 Diagnostic Test Sheet.. 10 Days if the Week and Months of the Year. 11 Writing Numbers. 12 Writing Numbers as Words 13 Writing Numbers Form 2, My Misspelled Words My Must Learn How to Spell Words.. 19 Misspelled Words List.. 20 Spelling Test Sheet Misspelled Words Activity Tracking Sheet 22 My Misspelled Words Activity Sheets, 2 forms Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check.. 25 Writing Checks Activity. 26 Syllables.. 27 Word Study Sheet The Letter Detective.. 30 Cursive Writing 31 My Word List Sentences. 32 Silly Sentences. 33 Scary Sentences 34 Challenging Sentences.. 35 Two Words in One.. 36 Write a Poem.. 37 Creative Letters Hide the Word Write a Paragraph. 40 Newspaper Headlines Write and Trace

3 Tall and Short 43 Prefixes and Suffixes.. 44 Suffixes and Prefixes.. 45 Singulars and Plurals 46 Configuration Puzzle. 47 Crossword Puzzle Acrostic Poem.. 49 Guide Words.. 50 Word Origins.. 51 Silly Story.. 52 Word Riddles. 53 Rhyming Words 54 Mix It Up!. 55 Write It! Value of Words Spelling Bingo 58 The Word Family.. 59 Smorgasbord.. 60 Spelling Helpers Section 61 Writing Numbers Answer Sheet. 62 Writing Numerals Reference Sheet 63 Most Often Misspelled Words Most Often Used Words Most Often Used Words Most Often Used Words.. 67 Word Search Sheet Spelling Rules. 69 Contractions Things to Do

4 Name: LETTERS Write each of your spelling words in a creative, colorful, and unusual font style, using different shapes, sizes, ideas, and a lot of imagination! Your teacher may want you to do this activity on a different sheet of paper. My words: 38

5 Name: List all 10 of your spelling words below. Working with them one at a time, list your words in the column on the left of the page. Place a circle around any prefixes in your words and a rectangle around any of the suffixes. Color the identified parts of the words in two different colors of choice. Example: preparing predetermine, jumping My List Words: 1. MY WORD prefixes and suffixes 2 Other words that use the same prefix & suffix Underline the prefixes and suffixes in each word

6 Name: Write a spelling story that is silly, possibly fictional in nature, using all of your spelling words. Underline each word that comes from your spelling list. You may use any of the spelling words more than once, as long as they are all used. My List Words: TITLE: When finished, read what you have written and correct any of the spelling and grammatical errors. Add your misspelled words to your list of personal misspelled words. 52

7 Name: Here you will find several activities to do with your list of words on one page. Try doing them all! Write the word list in alphabetical order: Write each word twice with your left hand: Write each word five times: Write each word twice using cursive writing: Write each of your words two times, backwards, using your left hand: 60

8 TIMESAVERS for TEACHERS.com Dear Teacher, IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN in this book, would you mind also having a look at my other resources at For your convenience, direct links have been added for you below. Several of the books are interactive which means that you can actually TYPE the information directly onto the forms and SAVE your work, but to do this you need to have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer (older versions are ok). The Teacher s Binder: World s largest collection of often used classroom forms. Non-interactive version: Interactive version: Report Card and IEP Comments: 1830 ready-to-use comments, logically organized for ease of use. Direct link: Quick Writing Ideas: Motivate students to begin writing by giving them 1000 writing ideas and prompts! Direct link: (language forms included) Substitute Teacher Instructions Kit: Organize substitute teacher instructions effectively and thoroughly! None-Interactive: Interactive version: The Essay Writing Kit: Helps make common essay planning and writing tasks simpler and far less frustrating for students. Printable: Interactive: Spelling Activities for Spelling Lists: printable, visually attractive spelling activities, ready for use. Direct link, click here: Classroom Awards, Certificates and Passes: Printable: Interactive: Math Timesavers: collection of difficult-to-find, often-used forms, masters and reproducible sheets for a K-8 class. Direct link: Just Multiply It: Teach your students the multiplication facts in a fun, quick, organized, and visually appealing way! Direct link: Just Teach It: Fun end-of-the-year language unit - students research, prepare and teach classmates - very popular. Direct Link: TIMESAVERS for TEACHERS.com Facebook: Twitter:

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