On Day 5 we play tic-tac-toe with the 2 "target words" marked with an *.
He'll happily write and re-write his word in order to play this game..!
On days 1 and 4, we will either do lift the flap or "memory". For memory, I write all the spelling words on individual cards and then he studies them (one by one) and writes them on his own cards. Once we have 2 of each word, we flip them all over and play memory with them.
Then I can reuse the cards to make "lift the flap" for day 4. Flip card to see word, flip "shut" and write from memory... the picture below "explains" it better.
For day 2, the "test" day, I write the words on a long slip of paper and weave I it into a sheet of sturdy cardstock. He can't see what I wrote, but I tell him the word to write and then he pulls the tab out to reveal the correct spelling.
Aaaaand sometimes we play "switcher-roo" which I have written about before. Choose 3 words, show the child the written word then flip them over and move them around ball-and-cup style. The child must track them and then write the word where he thinks it goes on the backs of the cards. He loves this! Then turn the cards over and see if he got them right!
And just for fun, I made up some bingo cards using the spelling list. I haven't tried actually playing this with him yet and it doesn't have him actually spelling the words. I guess in the future I could have him write the words onto a card... but let him use MY card so he can see the word written... uumm... *neatly*.
Lift the flaps:
Pull-tabs:
Bingo:
I hope it alright to share these!
