Mrs.Kane’s Spelling Contract
30 Ways to Practice Your Spelling Words
*Complete a minimum of 3 different types of spelling practices each week. Each practice is worth 2 points if words are spelled correctly. Tuesday and Wednesday nights you choose from the list below, but on Thursday everyone will choose #30 *See page 2 below for this Unit’s words
- Alphabetize the words
- Divide each word into syllables (do not guess – use a dictionary)
- Write the words and circle all the vowels
- Write the words and circle all the consonants
- Write the words and cross out the silent letters
- Write the words neatly in pen
- Make a set of flash cards for each word
- Write the definition for each word
- Write a sentence for each word
- Write a synonym for each word
- Add prefixes and/or suffixes to each word
- Classify all the words into categories
- Classify the words according to parts of speech
- Write a poem using all the words
- Use the words in similes
- Type your spelling words
- Write your spelling words in cursive using pen
- Cut out letters from magazines or newspapers to make your spelling words
- Scramble the spelling words after you write them
- Make a word search (use graph paper or Armored Penguin on Mrs. Kane’s website)
- Solve a word search (This can only happen if you are given a word search on Wednesday)
- Make a crossword (use graph paper or Armored Penguin on Mrs. Kane’s website)
- Solve a crossword (This can only happen if you are given a crossword on Wednesday)
- Write a story using ALL the words
- Write the words in code for a friend to solve
- Solve a friend’s code words (This can only happen on Wednesday)
- Write couplets (He was fast In the past)
- Draw a picture and hide all of the words in the picture
- Write a news story using all the words
- Have an adult give you a pretest on Thursday (Signature of adult required)
Spelling List Unit 2
Roots: aud (hear) phone (sound)
- Audible 2. Audibly 3. Audience 4. Audiovisual 5. Audition 6. Auditorium 7. Cacophony 8. Headphones 9. Homophone 10. Megaphone 11. Microphone 12. Phone 13. Phonetic 14. Phonics 15. Phonograph 16. Phony 17. Saxophone 18. Symphony 19. Telephone 20. Xylophone
Spelling Contract
Monday – rewrite the words under the correct root
Tuesday – Choose an activity on the Spelling Contract (Electronic practice must be done on Tue)
Wednesday – Free choice activity on the Spelling Contract (Solve a friend’s electronic practice)
Thursday – Parent or adult gives a pretest and signs the pretest so that Mrs. Kane knows parent sees how student is doing *Friday all 4 practice are due