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TEKS ELA Standard: 3.2.B

demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:

Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)
Students will go from “FLY” to “BEE” by changing just one letter per step.
Words Within Words: RAINBOW
Words Within Words: RAINBOW
How many words can you find within rainbow?
Words Within Words: IRELAND
Words Within Words: IRELAND
How many words can you find within Ireland?
Words Within Words: STUFFING
Words Within Words: STUFFING
Students will build words using the letters found in “STUFFING.”
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE
Students will move from D to ASIDE by adding one letter at each step.
Word Pyramid: P to PLAINS
Word Pyramid: P to PLAINS
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
Word Pyramid: T to PLANET
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect T and PLANET?
Word Pyramid: T to Patch
Word Pyramid: T to Patch
Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?
Writing in Pilish
Writing in Pilish
Pi can go beyond circles! What if you wrote using the digits of pi as your guide?
Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)
Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)
Students will go from “East” to “West” by changing just one letter per step.
Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)
Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)
Students will go from “Work” to “Hard” by changing just one letter per step.
Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps)
Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps)
Students will go from “ARM” to “LEG” by changing just one letter per step.
Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)
Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)
Students will go from “KID” to “OLD” by changing just one letter per step.
Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)
Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)
Students will go from “SKY” to “RED” by changing just one letter per step.
Word Ladders Introduction
Word Ladders Introduction
You won’t believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids’ brains sweating over the smallest of words.
Plurals: An Inductive Spelling Lesson
Plurals: An Inductive Spelling Lesson
Plural nouns in English are deliciously fascinating. Yet most plural lessons are so dull! In this experience, students are given a pile of plurals and then inductively create groups and pull out rules and patterns.
“Its Big Day” – A Children’s Story About Its and It’s
“Its Big Day” – A Children’s Story About Its and It’s
Let’s spice up a typically dull lesson about the difference between “its” and “it’s” by asking students to write a children’s story about the adventures of a critter named It.