Spelling Choices

To practice spelling words online visit: 

http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/louisiana/students


Spelling Choices

Spelling is an important part of our Language Arts. The spelling lists are 
sent home on Mondays and our tests are on Thursdays. Students will now be 
able to select their own spelling homework, with parental guidance, from the 
spelling choices list. This list may be modified throughout the year. It may 
be beneficial to take a "pre-test" on Monday night to help determine with 
which words your child may need the most practice. The student will pick one 
assignment for Monday night, Tuesday night and Wednesday night. Thursday 
night should be used to review the spelling words in preparation for the test 
on Friday. During class time, we will be practicing the words through 
different games and activities. Thank you for all of your support and 
cooperation.


*Choose one activity each night to complete for spelling homework.  Complete 
spelling choices on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night.  On Thursday, take 
a spelling practice test. Make sure your child brings the finished product to 
class to be checked the next day. Also, make sure to complete a different 
activity each night during one week.



Spelling Choices                  

*Choose one activity each night to complete for spelling homework.  Complete 
spelling choices on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night.  On Thursday, take a 
spelling practice test. Make sure your child brings the finished product to 
class to be checked the next day. Also, make sure to complete a different 
activity each night during one week.

	 Activity	        How do I do it?
1. Rainbow Writing- Write your spelling words in pencil and then use two or 
three different colored crayons to trace over the words.
2. Pyramid Writing- Write the first letter of your word, then on the next 
line, write the first two letters of your word.  Continue doing this until you 
have the word spelled.                                                                           
C                                                                                                                                                           
ca
Cat
3. Red Vowels- Write your words in pencil.  Then trace over the vowels with a 
red pencil, pen, or crayon.
4. Consonant Circles- Write your words in pencil.  Then circle the consonants 
with a pen, colored pencil, or crayon.
5. Backward Writing- First, write your spelling word, and then write it 
backwards on your paper. Continue doing this until all words are written.
6. Color Writing- Write your spelling words in different colors and put them 
together to make one long word.  
7. Computer Writing- Type your words on the computer, print out, and bring to 
school.
8. ABC Order- Write all your spelling words in ABC order.
9. Word Search- Make a list of your spelling words on a word search program 
and print it out. (http://www.puzzlemaker.com)
10. Rhymes Writing- Write your spelling words and next to them write a rhyming 
word.  Example:  men-pen   Underline your spelling words.
11. Glue It Writing- Cut out letters from newspapers, magazines or make 
different kinds on the computer.  Glue them to your paper to write your 
spelling words.
12. Code Writing- Write your spelling words using a code.  
Example:  1 = a,  2 = b, 3 = c, 4 = d, 5 = e                        
(bed = 2,5,4 )
13. Tongue Twisters-Choose five of your spelling words and write a tongue 
twister sentence using each of them in a sentence.  (All words will start with 
the same letter. Example:  Pink pigs play the piano.)  Underline the spelling 
word.
14. Scrabble Writing- Write your spelling words and use the scrabble letters 
to add up how much each word is worth.  
Example:  way = 4 + 1 + 4 = 9
 	 	

		
		

15. Money Spelling- Write your spelling words and then figure out how much 
each spelling word is worth.               
Example:  play = 25 + 25 + 1 + 1 = 52 cents
	 	
	 	
 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 	




            


Practice spelling words online at these websites:
http://www.spellingcity.com/2html or 
http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/louisiana/students 

Spelling Words


Spelling Words - Book 1

 

 

David's New Friends

has, wag, bad, six, will, sat, had, fix, him, if, can, hit, blue, even, study

 

Mister Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea

went, tell, pet, job, fog, not, tug, hut, tub, bun, fix, has, another, move, 
year

 

"Fighting the Fire"

bag, cap, ham, bake, ate, mad, back, cape, made, rake, fog, tug, different, 
number, other

 

Meet Rosina

did, fin, pick, nine, pipe, rip, mix, five, side, hike, cape, made, because, 
off, picture

 

My Name Is Yoon

box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, hope, rose, poke, rope, side, nine, America, 
world

 

The Tiny Seed

sun, duck, cup, dude, rule, bud, bump, cube, fume, rude, rose, hope, food, 
together, through

 

A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up

slide, slips, dress, drop, skin, task, still, must, crisp, spell, cube, fume, 
below, own, city

 

A Trip to the Emergency Room

main, wait, sail, tail, train, jay, pay, stay, hay, may, must, spell, follow, 
paper, near

 

Farfallina & Marcel

light, sight, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, try, lie, stay, wait, group, 
important, only

 

There's Nothing Like Baseball

grow, mow, crow, toe, goes, toast, soap, foam, told, most, light, mind, 
between, few, example

 

Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia

eat, mean, need, baby, he, leaf, queen, seek, pony, we, foam, told, family, 
four, hear

 

Officer Buckle and Gloria

mule, bugle, fuse, use, flute, June, music, duke, tune, dune, pony, leaf, 
above, color, song

 

"Meet the Super Croc"

chest, chase, sheep, think, while, chill, shape, thing, white, wheat, mule, 
fuse, idea, often, second

 

The Alvin Ailey Kids: Dancing As a Team

each, teaching, teeth, wishbone, matching, which, path, fishing, watch, dish, 
white, chase, body, pretty, young

 

Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type

screen, scream, scrape, stripe, struck, strict, sprain, spring, spruce, 
strap, path, wishbone, carry, talk, once


 

Spelling Words - Book 2

 

Splish! Splash! Animal Baths

part, start, park, farm, dark, sort, storm, short, for, horse, scream, 
stripe, area, money, piece

 

Goose's Story

clerk, herd, term, sir, skirt, stir, churn, burst, hurt, turn, start, storm, 
hours, problem, usually

 

A Way to Help Planet Earth

shook, stood, hook, brook, crook, soot, foot, could, should, would, clerk, 
stir, during, sure, whole

 

Super Storms

root, boot, suit, fruit, clue, glue, flew, new, shoe, canoe, crook, could, 
complete, measure, questions

 

Nutik, the Wolf Pup

pause, draw, launch, law, fault, jaw, fawn, hawk, raw, crawl, shoe, flew, 
door, remember, order

 

Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale

clown, growl, howl, brown, crown, round, loud, cloud, house, sound, pause, 
fault, listen, several, wind

 

Pushing Up the Sky

soil, oil, broil, moist, point, boil, toy, joy, soy, royal, crown, house, 
pulled, voice, travel

 

Columbus Explores New Lands

alone, ago, again, away, alike, agree, above, awake, idea, comma, noise, 
broil, finally, notice, morning

 

The Ugly Vegetables

knee, knife, knot, gnaw, sign, wrist, wren, thumb, lamb, debt, alone, idea, 
certain, field, hundred

 

The Moon

camp, cave, cent, face, girl, wagon, gift, gym, gem, germ, knot, wrist, 
against, true, half

 

Mice and Beans

cage, page, judge, lodge, large, barge, bulge, change, range, hinge, face, 
germ, among, decided, bought

 

Stirring Up Memories

star, shark, stare, care, rare, dare, hair, pair, chair, fair, range, judge, 
believe, material, built

 

Music of the Stone Age

near, dear, ear, deer, steer, queer, verb, perch, here, where, chair, care, 
heavy, system, region

 

African-American Inventors

more, tore, wore, store, oar, roar, board, port, north, fort, dear, here, 
building, machine, scientist

 

Babu's Song

fire, wire, hire, tire, drier, flier, crier, sure, cure, pure, north, wore, 
island, though, special