• April 27, 2022

Spectacular spelling activities for KS2

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Does the thought of spelling practice make you shudder? With crumpled spelling books to sift through and seemingly endless word repetition, you’re not alone!

Luckily, there are lots of fun spelling activities that you can use to liven up your child’s learning. These ideas are perfect for children in KS2 (Years 3-6) — why not take a look?

Fun spelling activity ideas for KS2

1. rainbow words.

With spelling, repetition is key. But rather than writing out the same word lots of times on a piece of paper, why not use a colourful rainbow?

This activity is specifically designed to encourage daily practice, making it a great way to learn tricky words.

  • Print out an image of a rainbow on a piece of A4 paper. Or, encourage your child to draw their own, leaving enough space in between each band of colour to easily write words.
  • Encourage them to take a few minutes each day to fill in a band of colour by writing out the word they’re learning, starting with red.
  • They’ll write the word fewer times each day as they work through the rainbow. Once they’ve completed their rainbow, challenge them to spell the word without looking!

2. Spelling scramble

This activity is perfect for more confident spellers. To get started, write out lots of letters onto squares of card or paper — or, for speed, you could hijack a game of Scrabble and use the letters from it!

Once you have a large collection of letters, ask your child to see how many words they create using them. You could also set them additional tasks for each word to explore them further, such as:

  • Can you spell a word that rhymes with this one?
  • How would you spell the plural version of this word?

For a further level of challenge, you could also include capital letters, hyphens and apostrophes in your mix of letters.

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With DoodleSpell, you can instantly transform your spelling lists into sets of interactive exercises.

Simply copy and paste your list of words into Doodle’s easy-to-use online hub and watch them appear in the DoodleSpell app !

Alongside this, the app also creates sets of personalised sets of exercises for each child to enjoy, ensuring progression in spelling.

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4. Spelling staircase

This method is ideal for children learning a word for the first time or for breaking down more challenging spellings.

Ask your child to write the first letter of the word they’re learning. On the line below it, ask them to write the first letter followed by the second, and so on until they’ve written out the whole word. For example:

5. ‘What am I?’ quiz

This game is great for those who love puzzles. Challenge your child to not only spell a word correctly, but to also guess what it is through the use of clues!

We recommend giving three clues as to what the word could be. For example, if your word was ‘bell’, you could say:

  • It’s an object that makes a noise
  • Lots of people have them on their front doors at home
  • It rhymes with ‘smell’!

Reward them with a point for guessing what the word is and another for spelling it correctly.

6. The speediest speller

Finally, here’s a game that’s perfect for groups of two or more children. Give every learner a whiteboard and, when everyone’s ready, say a word out loud. The first child to spell the word correctly earns a point.

Gradually increase the difficulty of words as you go, and make sure to show the correct spelling of the word at the end of each round. Be sure to celebrate everyone’s hard work and determination at the end of the game!

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Spelling games KS2 – 100+ free worksheets

Sarah Farrell

Over 100 PDF worksheets and answers

Explore suffixes and prefixes with KS2 using this extensive pack of ready-made spelling games KS2 sheets. The download includes:

  • A huge number of activities, including for prefixes, suffixes, spelling patterns for sounds, homophones and near-homophones, and ‘spot the spelling mistakes’ games
  • 14 spelling tests
  • Spelling rule explanations
  • Answer sheets

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The sheets cover prefixes including:

Suffixes covered include:

The worksheets also cover varying spellings for sounds such as:

  • ‘ ay ‘
  • ‘ough’
  • ‘ ee ‘

They also include an explanation of ‘ there, their and they’re ‘, along with games and activities to practise their usage.

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This resource is definitely not a quick fix for spelling and should be used alongside good teaching that refers to phonics and etymology.

What is does do, though, is allow children to explore the different rules or generalisations that they’ll encounter in the English language.  

Teaching spelling in KS2

Teaching spelling can be a bit of a minefield. There are so many different approaches, all with different advantages.

As English takes so many words from other languages (one statistic suggests this accounts for around 80 per cent of our collective vocabulary), we end up with many exceptions to the spelling ‘rules’.

Many people disagree with referring to them as rules for this reason, so perhaps ‘generalisations’ would be a better term, as it sounds less absolute.  

Phonics knowledge

Having good phonics knowledge plays a huge part in learning to spell: if children can identify the different sounds they can hear, then they can make a phonetically plausible spelling suggestion.

There are many excellent resources out there that suggest ways to bring a more phonetic approach into the KS2 curriculum. Exploring the different rules or generalisations alongside solid phonics-based teaching helps children tackle unfamiliar words.

These spelling sheets give pupils the chance to explore and experiment with different spelling patterns. 

A spelling guide

This resource contains a guide for using the spelling pattern you’re teaching – using a prefix to negate the root word, for example.

For example, it lays out that, for words starting with ‘m’ or ‘p’, we usually use the  im-  prefix (e.g. possible / impossible), rather than  in-  (impossible). There are exceptions, however – it’s not a hard and fast rule.

Having this guide available when children are completing the activities means they can refer back to it, rather than having to try to commit it to memory while it is still be explored. This also offers a level of scaffolding; more confident children may choose not to use it.

In this section, we’ve provided a set of words to which pupils can apply the spelling rule you’re working on.

E.g., for the  -ing  suffix, there’s a set of root words such as  hope ,  cry ,  hint  and  mop  to which they will add  -ing  (potentially involving adding or removing letters from the end of the word).

Fill in the gaps

Here, there’s a sentence containing a missing word, and several possible spellings to choose from. The spelling alternatives include likely misconceptions, and all refer back to the guide at the top.     How is he _________?  copping             copeing                coping     With this example, children will have to identify the root word ( cope ) and then apply the correct rule (in this case, remove the ‘e’ before adding the suffix).

Word categories

In this activity, give the class a set of words to sort into the correct groups. For example, give them patient ,  legible  and  regular and ask them to match each of these to the correct prefix from the list supplied ( im-, in-, il-, ir- ). 

KS2 wordsearch

In general, I don’t think a wordsearch is necessarily a useful tool for spelling. However, these wordsearches contain five correctly spelled words as well as some incorrectly spelled ones.

There’s no list of words for pupils to find, so they must look for words and decide (with or without the guide’s help) whether they are spelled correctly or not.

Spelling mistakes

There is a set of sentences containing spelling mistakes, which children must correct. Not every word is wrong. Otherwise pupils quickly learn to just swap it for an alternative, rather than referring back to their prior knowledge (or the guide!) and judging the spelling for themselves.

Investigation skills

This is my personal favourite section, as it gives children a chance to discuss and really explore the rule through a few different lenses: 

What’s wrong with this?

Provide a sentence containing a spelling mistake ( He is gazeing at the stars ) or an incorrect statement ( You always double the last consonant before adding -ing ).

Ask children to decide whether the statement is true or false, and explain why. In this example, they might say the statement is incorrect as the consonant is only doubled when the root word ends in a single  vowel  then a single consonant. 

Write three words that fit each different category

Either using vocabulary they have already explored or using their own knowledge, ask children to find words to fit different categories, such as ‘Words with the prefix  im -’.

Explain your reasoning

Give pupils a question or statement to discuss, such as ‘ How are the rules different for words that end in ‘e’ and words that don’t end in ‘e’?’  

Is this correct?

Provide a sentence containing the focus spelling ( Unfortunate ly , he will be late for school ), or a statement about the rule ( To make any adjective an adverb, just add -ly ) which pupils must prove or disprove.

Like with the ‘What’s wrong with this?’ challenge, the statements refer back to the guide at the beginning of the resource.  

If this is the answer, what is the question?

As the name suggests, the idea here is to give pupils an answer for which they must find a possible question.

For example, for the  in- ,  il- ,  im-  and  ir-  prefixes, the answer may be ‘ To change the meaning of the word to its opposite ’, and children may suggest the question ‘ Why is the in- prefix added to words? ’ 

Finding exceptions

This is another of my favourite challenges, as it actively encourages children to look for exceptions or words that don’t fit with the others.

This then opens up discussion about why it doesn’t fit. Encourage children to suggest words that are exceptions to the rules they’ve learned (like the infamous ‘I before E except after C’!).

Some rules may not have any exceptions, but plurals often do, such as the plural of ‘fish’ not being ‘fishes’.

Choose the right word

In spelling lessons, we often give children a set of words and ask them to write a sentence for each one.

This can be quite difficult, as even if they know the meaning or find it in a dictionary, it can be tricky to put some words in context without direct instruction on how to do so.

Instead, try giving pupils a range of words related to the spelling pattern they’ve been studying, and get them to select the correct one to fit into different sentences, based on the context.     E.g:  trying        climbing        hoping   He is ___________ a ladder.  

Sarah Farrell is a KS2 teacher in Bristol who makes and shares resources online. Follow Sarah on Twitter  @SarahFarrellKS2  and see more of her work at  mrsfclassroom.wordpress.com . Browse our Year 3 and 4 spelling list resources, Year 5 and 6 spelling list resources and more  SPaG games . Read advice for teaching  SPaG  consistently throughout your school.

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Age range: 7-11

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30 Spelling Activities for ANY List of Words

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We work hard to teach our students the correct way to spell words.  We spend countless hours creating spelling practice activities that are fun and not just writing the word multiple times.  Are you ready to get some of those hours back?!  Take a look at these fabulous EDITABLE Spelling Activities we have created for your students to practice their word lists.

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* Spelling Activity Line-Up *

1. spelling list.

This is the page where you will type in your spelling words (up to 15 words).  It can be sent home for students to study during the week, as well as for parents to cut apart and use as flashcards.

2. MAGIC WORDS

Write each spelling word in white crayon, then color over with a marker to watch them “magically” appear.

3. ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Write each spelling word in ABC order.

4. RAINBOW SPELLING

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5. WRITE A SENTENCE

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6. SECRET CODE

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7. ROLL A SPELLING WORD

Roll the dice to see which way you are going to practice your spelling words.  Which number did you roll the most?

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8. WORD ILLUSTRATIONS

Students choose 4 different spelling words to illustrate. As an extension, can they write a sentence to go with the picture?

9. TRACE WORDS

Practice each word as you trace it with different writing tools.

10. EMOJI SPELLING

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11. PATTERN BLOCK SPELLING

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12. VOWELS AND CONSONANTS

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13. SCRABBLE SPELLING

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14. SPIN IT — SPELL IT

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15. SPELLING MAZE

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16. SPELLING SPIRAL

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17. SPELLING WORD SYLLABLES

Students practice separating their spelling words into syllables. Count on fingers, clap your hands, or stomp your feet to see how many syllables are in each word. Then circle the corresponding number.

18. SILLY WRITING

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19. PYRAMID SPELLING

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20. SPELLING RHYMES

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21. SPELLING COLORS

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22. WORD SEARCH

For your higher-level kiddos, this word search is great! They write their words either across, down, or as a challenge, diagonal on the grid. Then place random letters among the words. Share with a partner to see if they can find all of your “hidden” words!

23. WORD ART

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24. CREATE A STORY

How many spelling words can your students include in a story? Write a short story that makes sense and illustrate it.

25. KEYBOARD WORDS

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26. STAMPING SPELLING WORDS

Everybody loves dot markers! Grab a few different colors and stamp your spelling words as you read them.

27. SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS

For a more challenging activity, connect spelling practice with vocabulary work by finding a synonym and antonym for each spelling word.

28. SIGN LANGUAGE SPELLING

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29. How Many Sounds

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30. Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling

Perfect for partner spelling activities. Your students can each take a color and play tic-tac-toe with their spelling words.

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KS2 Spelling Activities

Are you a teacher looking for KS2 spelling activities to use with your class? Well, you’re in luck! We’ve compiled a list of loads of fun ways to help your KS2 children embed tricky spelling words.  

Ordering letters

Giving children the letters from their chosen spelling words and challenging them to arrange them into the correct order is a great way to help familiarise them with the spellings. Depending on whether they are in lower KS2 or upper KS2, you may wish to only provide the letters contained in the word, or a range of letters the children must pick from. Here are a couple of fun ways to do this: 

  • Provide children with letter tiles and challenge them to order the letters into the correct spelling. Scrabble tiles are great for this or you can use these free downloadable letter tiles . 
  • Give each child a sheet of A4 paper displaying one letter from a particular word. Can the children arrange themselves so that the word is spelled correctly? 
  • Play Bananagrams ! Similar to Scrabble (but much faster paced!), this involves children creating words out of letter tiles and connecting them in a crossword formation.

Selection of letter tiles

Make it memorable

Many KS2 children find it very helpful to have visual guides or other devices to help them with tricky spellings and homophones, such as this visual guide to the ever-problematic ‘there, they’re, their’ : 

Visual representation of there, they're and their

Another great spelling activity to help make tricky words memorable is to create mnemonics. Some mnemonics take each letter in a word and assign a new word to each letter to make the spelling more memorable. For example: 

  • BECAUSE: B ig E lephants C ause A ccidents U nder S maller E lephants. 
  • RHYTHM: R hythm H as Y our T wo H ips M oving 

Why not challenge your class to create their own mnemonics to help them remember words they are struggling with? 

Here are some other helpful ways of remembering some of those commonly misspelled words: 

  • ne C e SS ary: one C ollar and two S leeves
  • ‘-ould’ words, like would, should and could: O U L ucky D uck! 
  • ‘Never be lie ve a lie ’
  • Said: S illy A nts I n D resses
  • ‘A really good fri end stays right to the end ’
  • ‘An island is land with water around it’ 
  • Special: the CIA are spe cia l agents

Playing word games is a great KS2 spelling activity that will have them reinforcing words without them even realising they are working! 

  • Boggle: create a 3x3 grid by muddling up the letters from any 9-letter word on a spelling list, such as ‘important’, ‘existence’, ‘guarantee’, ‘vegetable’ or ‘neighbour’. Challenge children to find as many words as they can from the nine letters (using each letter only once per word), with the added challenge of finding the nine-letter word. 

Examples of 3x3 grids with jumbled letters

  • Word searches: create a word search with the spellings you want children to focus on. There are lots of websites, like this one , that will make the word search for you if you just enter the words you would like to include. 
  • Board games: choose one of the boards from this Educational Games FreeBee Pack and give pairs of children dice and word lists. Taking it in turns, children to read one of the words to their partner. If the other child spells the word correctly, they can roll the dice and move that number of spaces. If not, they stay where they are. The winner is the first child to get to the end of the board. 
  • Table tennis spelling: in pairs, children to imagine they are playing table tennis but they bat letters instead of balls! They take it in turns to ping pong each letter in a word in order to each other until they have spelt the word between them. 

Other ideas: 

Spelling Art : draw an overlapping wiggly line with space in each section you create. Choose one word for each sentence and challenge children to write the word as many times as they can within each section. 

Word rank : from a range of spelling words, ask children to rank them from what they think are the easiest to spell to the hardest. Try to identify why the words at the bottom are hardest and work on these first. Children could write them out, identifying the trickiest letters and making sure to write these letters larger than the others. 

Silly sentences : make up silly sentences that use all the words from a given list of spellings. What’s the silliest sentence you can make?!

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Spelling for kids learning English at primary school. EYFS, KS1 & KS2 homework help with worksheets, links, game and videos.

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If you find the spellings difficult in your year then try starting with spellings from the year below. It's ok to work lower than the year you are on and fill the gaps rather than struggling at your level without understanding the basics.

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Spellings - Tips for parents

One of the best ways that you can help your child's education at home is to support them with their spellings. We have made this easy for you with our print at home spelling worksheets for all years. These focus on the essential words your child needs to know to become top of the class in their spellings.

If you are unsure of what level of spelling your child is at, take our new online spelling test (links above) to find out. Start with the test appropriate to their year and the results will give advice on whether their level should be higher or lower.

What if my child is really behind on their spellings?

It's not uncommon to be lower than where they should be. But don't worry you can close this gap. Our spelling sheets work from Monday to Friday and there are fewer sheets than there are weeks in a year. So by using weekends and continuously working through the years, there is every chance of catching up.

Say your child knows half the words from a particular year but they need to fill in the gaps of the ones they don't know. Test your child first on the spellings for that week. Any words they don't know straight away without seeing them should be the ones they are tested on. Leave the others out and they will soon catch up.

Did you know?

Helping your child become confident at spelling allows them to focus on the content of their writing rather than worrying about the spelling of words.

Future exams take away a percentage of marks for poor spelling. This can make all the difference in that grades they are awarded.

Reading can improve spelling. When your child reads more often they will start to recognise words that look wrong.

It's never too late to do something about poor spellings.

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Teachers can choose from practising spellings students have already met to using Emile’s unique learning mode to playing real games based on Frogger, Snake and Hang Man .  

Emile's Unique Learning Mode

Multiple choice.

Help viking Emile travel to the mysterious island. 

Words are shown on screen and then disappear. Can your students spot the correct one in the multiple choice? 

Help Emile transform into Thor!

Words are shown on screen and then disappear. Can your students rearrange the runes to make the correct word? 

Typing & Spelling

Emile needs to save his village. Help him get back as fast as possible. 

Words are shown on screen and then disappear. Can your students spell the word? 

Emile’s village is under attack by the Scramblings! Help him save his friends and the village!

Students have to spell out the words learned over the previous 3 rounds. 

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  1. Fun Spelling Activities Pack

    If you're looking for ideas for teaching spelling, then you've come to the right place. This comprehensive resource pack includes a huge variety of fun spelling activities, designed to improve your KS2 pupils' spelling skills.When you download the pack, you'll get access to 13 fun spelling activities and games. They're all kept inside one handy folder, so you can keep your virtual desktop just ...

  2. KS2 Spelling Challenge Cards

    KS2 Spelling Selection Display Posters - Find even more active spelling strategies in this fantastic resource. Display these posters in the classroom to encourage children to find fun and new ways to practise spelling. Y3/Y4 Statutory Spelling Word Mazes Activity Pack - This fun activity asks children to find their way out of the maze by ...

  3. Spectacular spelling activities for KS2

    Fun spelling activity ideas for KS2. 1. Rainbow words. With spelling, repetition is key. But rather than writing out the same word lots of times on a piece of paper, why not use a colourful rainbow? This activity is specifically designed to encourage daily practice, making it a great way to learn tricky words. Print out an image of a rainbow on ...

  4. Spelling games KS2

    Explore suffixes and prefixes with KS2 using this extensive pack of ready-made spelling games KS2 sheets. The download includes: A huge number of activities, including for prefixes, suffixes, spelling patterns for sounds, homophones and near-homophones, and 'spot the spelling mistakes' games. 14 spelling tests. Spelling rule explanations.

  5. Spelling Activity Sheet

    Spelling Activity Sheet. This sheet has 16 spelling activities included on it to help children learn their words at home (but can also be used in school!). There are a wide range which should be able to be used across different year groups, as well as (hopefully!) being fun. This was adapted from a 'Spelling Menu' resource on TES.

  6. Spelling strategies

    A KS2 spelling resource with lots of fantastic visual and kinaesthetic ideas to help children to learn their spellings both at home and at school. Includes a blank 'look, say, cover, write and check' grid for you to create your own weekly spelling list. 916.03 KB.

  7. Spelling Practice Packet

    Spelling Practice Packet - KS2. Subject: English. Age range: 7-11. Resource type: Worksheet/Activity. File previews. pdf, 1.63 MB. Ten pages of different spelling activities to engage students in spelling practice. These can be used in the classroom or given as homework to encourage practice at home. The worksheets could be used as a teacher ...

  8. Fun Spelling Activities Pack

    If you're looking for ideas for teaching spelling, then you've come to the right place. This comprehensive resource pack includes a huge variety of fun spelling activities, designed to improve your KS2 pupils' spelling skills.When you download the pack, you'll get access to 13 fun spelling activities and games. They're all kept inside one handy folder, so you can keep your virtual desktop just ...

  9. Spelling Activities

    Spelling Activities. The New Web-Based Twinkl Spelling App. Spelling Puzzle Pack. 5.0 (14 reviews) KS1/KS2 Spelling Test Template Worksheet. 4.6 (13 reviews) Spelling from the Year 3 and 4 Word List PowerPoint Quiz (Set 2) 4.2 (5 reviews) Spelling from the Year 3 and 4 Word List PowerPoint Quiz Set 1.

  10. Spelling Year 5 KS2 Worksheets & Games

    Take the Year 5. Check what your spelling level is with our online test. Start Year 5 Spelling Test. Download and print out our spelling worksheets for Year 5. 360 words especially selected for kids in Year 5, KS2. Uses the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check method. Covers all the essential words to learn in Year 5.

  11. KS2 Spelling Rule Worksheets (Teacher-Made)

    Our Spelling Rule Worksheet includes common spelling rules including differences between words ending in: -able and -ible. -ably and -ibly. -ant, -ance and -ancy. -cial and -tial. -ent, -ence and -ency. -tious and -cious. The above video is from a third-party source.

  12. Spelling Year 6 KS2 Worksheets & Games

    Take the Year 6. Check what your spelling level is with our online test. Start Year 6 Spelling Test. Download and print out our spelling worksheets for Year 6. 360 words especially selected for kids in Year 6, KS2. Uses the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check method. Covers all the essential words to learn in Year 6.

  13. Spelling Year 4 KS2 Worksheets & Games

    Check what your spelling level is with our online test. Start Year 4 Spelling Test. Download all Year 4 spelling worksheets. Download and print out our spelling worksheets for Year 4. 360 words especially selected for kids in Year 4, KS2. Uses the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check method. Covers all the essential words to learn in Year 4.

  14. 30 Spelling Activities for ANY List of Words

    Practice each word as you trace it with different writing tools. 10. EMOJI SPELLING. Use the emoji picture code to spell each of your words. 11. PATTERN BLOCK SPELLING. Use the pattern block spelling words to create real-life pattern block spelling words! 12. VOWELS AND CONSONANTS.

  15. KS2 Spelling Activities

    Word games. Playing word games is a great KS2 spelling activity that will have them reinforcing words without them even realising they are working! Boggle: create a 3x3 grid by muddling up the letters from any 9-letter word on a spelling list, such as 'important', 'existence', 'guarantee', 'vegetable' or 'neighbour'.

  16. Spelling Activity Grid

    A spelling activity grid contains a variety of spelling-related tasks that can be completed with any spelling list. This means that it can be used more than once. Your pupils will enjoy being able to pick their own activity as it allows them to have some control over how they reinforce their spelling skills. The mix of different activities to ...

  17. Spelling for kids

    Spellings - Tips for parents. One of the best ways that you can help your child's education at home is to support them with their spellings. We have made this easy for you with our print at home spelling worksheets for all years. These focus on the essential words your child needs to know to become top of the class in their spellings.

  18. Spelling Homework App for Primary Schools

    Spelling Homework for Primary Schools. Stop sending home lists and start setting Emile. Learn modes, real games and class spelling battles. ... National Spelling Competition - KS1 & KS2 - 5-7 March; MTC Competition - 21 May 2024; MTC Cup - 5th June 2024 ... Brilliant Games And Activities! Fun Compound Words Worksheets And Activities For ...