Anchor Chart of Suggestions for Rehearsal Spelling Activities to Build Word Knowledge

ANCHOR CHART OF SUGGESTIONS FOR REHEARSAL SPELLING ACTIVITIES TO BUILD WORD KNOWLEDGE

I  LOVE: 

* Write Silly Sentences*Words without Vowels and Add a Picture for the Generalization of the Vowel Pattern (BLOG=BL (picture of a blog) and G. *Write in Different Fonts *Flash Writing (get a flashlight ready, or a sparkler, glow stick)*Write a Poem with Spelling Words *Write List of Words with Least Amount of Letters to Most Amount of Letters*Create an Activity: Can you think of a creative way to learn words and explain it    to the class? *Create Three Jokes, riddles (20 questions) and Share with Partners*Create a Comic or Graphic Type Novel *Puffy Paint the Words or Any Tactile Tool*Morse Code or Braille or Write in Code

I Loath: 

*Write and Circle Consonants *Scramble Words
*Recommendations for Considering Spelling Activities: 
*Consider using alliteration for the spelling term to build the silly sentence. 
*Consider putting all spelling words together for a silly sentence. 
*Consider having students rehearse words as homework with parents. 
*Consider giving students choice with all four features: orthography, syntax, semantics, symbols (pragmatic usage). 
*Consider getting students to make their own anchor chart of love and loath list. 
*Consider using psycho-motor activities in a non-military fashion