SPELLING WORDS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 23RD
This week, we will be working on the suffixes -ful and -less. The suffixes
we are studying have the following meanings:
* -ful (full of)
* -less (without)
Our test will be on Friday, March 27th. Have a great week!
LIST A
1. thankful
2. helpful
3. joyful
4. hopeful
5. cheerful
6. harmful
7. playful
8. helpless
9. hopeless
10. sleepless
11. harmless
12. reckless
13. homeless
14. spotless
15. restless
LIST B
1. wonderful
2. powerful
3. careful
4. colorful
5. useful
6. painful
7. graceful
8. worthless
9. priceless
10. friendless
11. fearless
12. painless
13. tireless
14. careless
15. useless
LIST C
1. beautiful
2. successful
3. delightful
4. meaningful
5. forgetful
6. truthful
7. thoughtful
8. effortless
9. motionless
10. breathless
11. speechless
12. odorless
13. flawless
14. heartless
15. cloudless
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DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRACTICE SPELLING WORDS
When you are practicing the spelling words at home and the rote style
doesn't work, it's time to reach into your bag of tricks to make spelling
special! Here is a combined list of interesting things to do with spelling
words. Many of these exercises can be done at home with little or no
materials. If you have any questions about how you could make any of these
activities work for you and your child, let me know. Spelling can be fun!
ABC ORDER: Write your words in alphabetical order.
RAINBOW WORDS: Write your words in three colors.
BACKWARDS WORDS: Write your words forwards and then backwards.
SILLY SENTENCES: Use all your words in ten sentences.
PICTURE WORDS: Draw a picture and write your words in the picture.
WORDS WITHOUT VOWELS: Write your words replacing all vowels with a line,
heart, or star.
WORDS WITHOUT CONSONANTS: Same as above but replace consonants with a line,
heart, or star.
STORY WORDS: Write a short story using all of your words.
SCRAMBLED WORDS: Mix up your child's words (ex. bat would be tba) and then
have your child unscramble them.
SURROUND WORDS: Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors.
RANDOM WORDS: Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or
magazine and glue them on a sheet of paper.
PYRAMID WORDS: Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a time.
The result will be a pyramid shape of words.
WORDS-IN-WORDS: Write your word and then write at least 2 words made from
each.
DELICIOUS WORDS: Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or
anything you can eat!
GOOD CLEAN WORDS: Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some
other surface that can be cleaned safely. This really cleans the counter
and it smells good too!
DIRTY WORDS: Write your words in mud or sand.
PASTA WORDS: Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits.
Glue them on a sheet of paper.
REVERSED WORDS: Write your words in ABC order----backwards!
3-D WORDS: Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words.
PUZZLE WORDS: Use a blank puzzle form (you can draw a blank puzzle on a
piece of paper for this). Write your words on the form, making sure that the
words cross over the pieces. Then cut them out (color if you wish) and put
them in a baggie with your name on it. Then, try to put the puzzle back
together.
MAGAZINE WORDS: Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut it
out and glue it on paper.
CHEER YOUR WORDS: Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words!
Sometimes you'll yell, sometimes you'll whisper!
SOUND WORDS: Use a tape recorder and record your words and their spelling.
Then, listen to your tape and check to see that you spelled all the words
correctly.
X WORDS: Write two words having one common letter so they criss-cross.
OTHER HANDED: If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice versa.
CHOO-CHOO WORDS: Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using
different colors of crayon or ink for different words.
SILLY STRING: With a long length of string, "write" words, using the string
to shape the letters.
BACKWRITING: Using your finger, draw each letter on a partners' back,
having the partner say the word when completed.
TELEPHONE WORDS: Translate your words into numbers from a telephone
keypad. This can be a secret code.
FLASHWRITING: In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the
air.
NEWSPAPER ADS: Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling each
letter of a word as you find it.
30-SECOND WORDS: Write a TV commercial using all the words from your list.
POPSICLES: Make words using popsicle sticks.
SECRET AGENT WORDS: Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your
words to a number code.
ETCH-A-WORD: Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words.
MORSE CODE: Convert your words to Morse Code.
