Making Words

This is a teacher directed spelling activity in which students arrange letter cards to form words.

1. Make letter cards
2. Choose a large word (example: hieroglyphics) and distribute the needed letter cards to the students
3. Name the letter cards: have them sort them by consonants and vowels
4. Make words: students use the letter cards to spell words containing two, three, four, five, six or more letters. They should list the words they spell on a chart
5. Share words

Source: Tompkins, G. E. (2008). Literacy for the 21^st century: a balanced approach. Pearson

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