Spelling
See N' Spell Primary Games
Drag letters into the shaded box to match the picture for each type of word eg short vowel
Spelling with the Spellits
Interactive games and activities to develop spelling skills. Aimed at ages 7 to 11.
Miss Spellings Spelling Centre
This site has a range of resources to help with spelling including activities based around the 100 commonly misspelled words. There are also printables to use in the classroom.
The 100 Commonly Misspelled Words in English
I found that I was making a few of these errors! There is also a useful list of the commonly mispronounced words linked to from the bottom of the page.
Daily Buzz Word
Learn about the a different word every day with Word Central.
Hangaroo
A fun hangman game but you hang a kangaroo instead of a person. Sets of topic words. Can be downloaded to play offline and then you can make your own lists.
BBC Skillwise Spelling
Resources
Learn about root words, suffixes, prefixes, confusing words, homophones, letter patterns, syllables, spelling plurals, look say cover write check, and silent letters.
BBC Bitesize Revision - Spelling and Grammar
Online spelling activity, information and quiz.
Oz Speller
This website has lists of words organised by grade level that the children can practice using the online game.
FunBrain - Spell Check
In this game, you have to identify which words are spelled correctly from a list of four options by putting a tick next to the correct one.
Spelling Wizard
Put your own ten words into this site and then use them to create either a word scramble or word search puzzle.
Harcourt Spelling Activities
Based on the harcourt books, children can practice spelling at different levels.
Spelling Games - gameaquarium
A long list of online spelling games to play.
Spelling Match
Match the spelling words in this sea spelling adventure.
Word Magnets
Drag the words based on a a phoneme (eg short A) into the yellow box to make sentences about the picture.
Spelling Made Easy (a Thinkquest project)
The children who made this website have given guidance on how to spell, spelling practise where you can choose a level and hear words for you to spell, and a couple of spelling games. It would be great to try and create something similar with children.
Online
Spelling
Miss Spellings Spelling Centre
This site has a range of resources to help with spelling including activities based around the 100 commonly misspelled words. There are also printables to use in the classroom.
Sounds Database - Happy Child
Click on a phoneme to see a list of associated words. Accompanying worksheets are planned in the
future but you can create of your own using their blank templates in the meantime. Not very attractive to look at but the word lists are really useful.
Spelling and Vocabulary
Choose a grade level and then an a unit to get a printable PDF on an activity idea for teaching spelling.
EdHelper Spelling Resources
Lots of resources and worksheets to print though many of them require subscription.
This site has a range of resources to help with spelling including activities based around the 100 commonly misspelled words. There are also printables to use in the classroom.
Sounds Database - Happy Child
Click on a phoneme to see a list of associated words. Accompanying worksheets are planned in the
future but you can create of your own using their blank templates in the meantime. Not very attractive to look at but the word lists are really useful.
Spelling and Vocabulary
Choose a grade level and then an a unit to get a printable PDF on an activity idea for teaching spelling.
EdHelper Spelling Resources
Lots of resources and worksheets to print though many of them require subscription.
Printable Spelling
Worksheets
All dictionaries and
thesaurus are listed in the reference
section.
Six ideas to Improve Spelling
This article gives six practical suggestions on how spelling can be improved.
Spelling Rules
A two page PDF download looking at different spelling rules. Not designed for specifically for children but still useful.
English Spelling Rules
This site focuses on spelling correctly when adding endings and ible/able and ie/ei. For each type of rule there is a useful table of exceptions as well.
Susan Jone's Spelling Rules
Again designed for adults but have every spelling rule listed with examples and exceptions.
Online word pattern search tool
This is a great tool for finding words with specific spelling patterns. You type in a sequence of letters and this site will generate lists of words with those letters. You can specify that you want to find the letters from anywhere in the word or the beginning or end.
One Word or Two
From OWL - knowing when to use one word such as altogether or when to use two such as all together. I know this is something that I am not always that clear on!
OWL - Homophones
Information on words that sound alike.
Grain Valley School Spelling links
All of the links I followed were of a high quality.
Spelling rules
Another summary of spelling rules. I really liked the diagrams and cartoons used for some spelling rules.
Reading from Scratch - Spelling Rules
On this site for supporting dyslexic students, every phoneme is covered and is shown how it is spelled and what the underlying rule is for this.
HyperGrammar Spelling Guidelines
Very detailed explanations for each of the spelling rules.
Spelling Rules and Guidelines
Another site with a list of spelling rules. They can be downloaded as a powerpoint and there are some interactive spelling quizzes at the bottom of the page.
Spell It
This guide is for anyone wanting to study spelling at Spelling Bee level (ie exceptionally high level). If looks at how English has been added to from other languages and has lists of words that can be printed out and online challenges.
Six ideas to Improve Spelling
This article gives six practical suggestions on how spelling can be improved.
Spelling Rules
A two page PDF download looking at different spelling rules. Not designed for specifically for children but still useful.
English Spelling Rules
This site focuses on spelling correctly when adding endings and ible/able and ie/ei. For each type of rule there is a useful table of exceptions as well.
Susan Jone's Spelling Rules
Again designed for adults but have every spelling rule listed with examples and exceptions.
Online word pattern search tool
This is a great tool for finding words with specific spelling patterns. You type in a sequence of letters and this site will generate lists of words with those letters. You can specify that you want to find the letters from anywhere in the word or the beginning or end.
One Word or Two
From OWL - knowing when to use one word such as altogether or when to use two such as all together. I know this is something that I am not always that clear on!
OWL - Homophones
Information on words that sound alike.
Grain Valley School Spelling links
All of the links I followed were of a high quality.
Spelling rules
Another summary of spelling rules. I really liked the diagrams and cartoons used for some spelling rules.
Reading from Scratch - Spelling Rules
On this site for supporting dyslexic students, every phoneme is covered and is shown how it is spelled and what the underlying rule is for this.
HyperGrammar Spelling Guidelines
Very detailed explanations for each of the spelling rules.
Spelling Rules and Guidelines
Another site with a list of spelling rules. They can be downloaded as a powerpoint and there are some interactive spelling quizzes at the bottom of the page.
Spell It
This guide is for anyone wanting to study spelling at Spelling Bee level (ie exceptionally high level). If looks at how English has been added to from other languages and has lists of words that can be printed out and online challenges.
General Spelling
Information and Rules