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***EVERYONE MUST The Diary of a Speller Sound Sort: Think about your week. Use a Cut 3”x5” cards in half. Write DO FOR EACH LIST: journal/diary format and write at one list word on each half. least 4 entries using your list Shuffle the words. Have a parent words. Each entry should be at time you as you sort them by long Have a parent give you a least five sentences long and and short vowel sounds. Repeat. practice test& correct it. describe or explain something What was your best time?OR (This can be an oral, written, or that happened to you or that you challenge a parent. Can you beat online test) saw during the week. their time?

SpellCity: Sunny Words MUST DOfor List 2 Visit www.spellingcity.com. Draw a big, bright sun on Alphabetical Words: Type in your spelling words and construction paper. Write Put your words in choose an activity to complete each word 3 times on a ray alphabetical order. other than the test. coming out of the sun.

Sand Spell Guided Practice: MUST DOfor List 4 Get Mom’s or Dad’s Write each word. Look it up Picture It: Permission First! in the classroom dictionary. Write each word so the Pour enough sand (salt, sugar, Record the page number and letters are part of a picture dirt…) to lightly cover the list the two guide words. that shows what it means. bottom of a cookie sheet. Have a parent call out a word from the list to writeit in the sand.

Spelling Baseball It All Adds Up Invisible Man Draw a baseball diamond on Write each list word. Figure On a white board, draw a man construction paper (or set up pillows the value of each word: (hat, head & torso, 2 arms, 2 legs). for a physical version). The pitcher vowels=25 pts. Beginning with a leg, erase a selects a word. If the batter can body part for each incorrect spell the word correctly, he moves Consonants = 10 pts. letter guess. Score one point forwards one base. A point is scored Record the equation and for each body part not erased. everytime you pass home base. value next to each word.