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Spelling Words Week of

December 14

Cactus: date, male, draw, fault, when, chill, clown, show, back, sick

Longhorn: flake, grade, because, scrawny, whether, breath, crowd, shadow, 
cricket, buckly

Nightly Homework:

• Reading:  Each day your child will bring home a book bag with at least one 
book to practice.  Your child will record the titles read in the agenda.  
Your child should be reading 20 minutes a night.

• Math:  Math Flashback will be sent home on Fridays. All 9 squares must be 
completed and turned in the following Friday!

&#61599;Spelling:  Each Friday, your child will bring home spelling words 
located 
in the weekly newsletter. Your child will have a spelling spiral that he/she 
will write 1 spelling activity for each day of the week.  This does NOT have 
to be brought back to school.

&#61599;Pick one activity from the list below for each day of the week.

&#61599;We will start the year with 10 spelling words, 2 being 
bonus/challenging 
words.  The spelling test will be on Fridays.

40 Ways to Practice Your Spelling Words

1.ABC order- Write your words in alphabetical order.
2.Rainbow Words - Write your words in three colors 
3.Backwards Words- Write your words forwards, then backwards. 
4.Silly sentences -Use all your words in ten sentences 
5.Picture words - Draw a picture and write your words in the picture. 
6.Words without Vowels - Write your words replacing all vowels with a line. 
7.Words without Consonants - Same as above but replace consonants with 
  lines. 
8.Story words - Write a short story using all your words. 
9.Scrambled words -Write your words then write them again with the letters 
  mixed up. 
10.Word search II -Make a word search with a friend, then trade and solve. 
11.Word search I - Complete a word pre-made search. 
12.Crossword - Complete a pre-made crossword puzzle. 
13.Surround words - Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors. 
14.Ransom words - Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or 
   magazine and glue them on a paper. 
15.Pyramid Words - Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a 
   time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words. 
16.Words-in-words - Write your word and then write at least 2 words made 
   from each. 
17.Delicious words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or 
   anything you can eat! Bring in a note from a parent! 
18.Good Clean Words -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some 
   other surface that can be cleaned safely. 
19.Dirty Words - Write your words in mud or sand. 
20.Pasta Words - Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits. 
   Glue on paper or bring me a note from a parent and do on a table or  
counter 
at home. 
21.Reversed words - Write your words in ABC order -backwards! 
22.3D words - Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words. Bring a 
   note if done at home. 
23.Create an activity - Can you think of a fun way to do your spelling 
   activities? Try it out! 
24.Puzzle words - Use a blank puzzle form. 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. When you 
and a friend have completed your puzzles, trade and put them back together. 
25.Magazine words - Use an old magazine or newspaper and find your word. Cut 
it out and glue it on paper. 
26.Cheer your words - Pretend you are a cheerleader and call out your words! 
  (We will do this as a group activity.) Sometimes you'll yell, sometimes 
   you'll whisper! If you want to do this at home with a parent, get them to 
   send me a note that you've done it. 
27.Sound Words - Use a tape recorder and record your words and their 
  spelling. Then listen to your tape, checking to see that you spelled all  
the words correctly. 
28. X Words - Write two words having one common letter so they criss-cross.
29. Other Handed - If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice 
    versa. 
30.Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, 
   using different colors of crayon or ink for different words. 
31.Silly String - With a long length of string, "write" words in cursive, 
   using the string to shape the letters. 
32.Backwriting - Using your finger, draw each letter on a partners' back, 
   having the partner say the word when completed. 
33.Telephone Words - Translate your words into numbers from a telephone 
   keypad. 
34.Flashwriting - In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in 
   the air.
35.Newspaper Words - Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling 
   each letter of a word as you find it.
36.30 Second Words - Write a TV commercial using all the words from your 
   list.
37.Popsicles - Make words using popsicle sticks.
38.Secret Agent Words - Number the alphabet from 1 to 26, then convert your 
   words to a number code.
39.Etch-A-Word - Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words.
40.Morse Code - Convert your words to Morse Code

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