SELLING SPELLING – CORRECTLY SPELL WORDS WITH LONG AND SHORT VOWELS
VOWEL VOYAGE

Purpose
Using previously learned knowledge to practice spelling words with long and short vowels.

Preparation

Provide paper, scissors, crayons, and four strips of paper with the numerals one through four written on them.
Reproduce copies of the Vowel Voyage game board in quantities sufficient to meet the needs of the group.
Place the numbered paper strips face-down on the table.

Procedure

This game is for two, three, or four players.
Each player designs a marker, cuts it out, and then places it on the game board.
The first player draws a number and moves the correct number of spaces. For example, if the number says 3, the player moves three squares. If the space stopped on is marked “a,” the player must spell a word that contains the short“a”sound. If the word is correctly spelled, the player moves forward one space. If the word is misspelled, the player must move back one space.
The game continues with players taking turns until one player has moved around the board three times to be declared winner of the game.

WORKSHEET & Sample PDF Activity

Sample PDF Activity

SPELLING DEMONS

guarantee
guard
height
heroes
hoping
immediately
incidentally
incredible
independent
intelligence
interest
irrelevant
island
its
jealous
judgment
knowledge
laboratory
length
license
losing
maintenance
meant
medicine
necessary
neighbor
neither
nickel
niece
ninth
occasion

occurred
occurrence
omission
omitted
opinion
opportunity
original
paid
parallel
particularly
perceive
perform
personal
planned
possession
possibility
practical
practically
practice
preferred
principal
privilege
probably
procedure
proceed
pursue
questionnaire
really
receipt
receive
recommend

reference
referred
responsibility
rhythm
safety
schedule
secretary
seize
separate
several
shoulder
significant
similar
sincerely
socially
stationary
stationery
succeed
surprise
temporarily
therefore
thorough
through
tragedy
undoubtedly
until
using
usually
Wednesday
weird
writing

CONTENT AREA WORDS TO SPELL AND USE

Math:
arithmetic
algebra
geometry
addition
plus
subtraction
minus
divide
multiply
fraction
measure
count
compute

Language Arts:
reading
word attack
comprehension
fiction
literature
fluency
phonics
novel
writing
creative writing
process writing
grammar
sentence
paragraph
report
speaking
listening
spelling

Social Studies:
Earth
planet
space
map
globe
state
nation
continent
hemisphere
ocean
geography
anthropology
economics
sociology
history

Science:
computer technology
physical science
Earth science
research
microscope
telescope
biology
physics
chemistry
laboratory
scientific
solar system
exploration
experiment

Introduction – 7
Vowel Voyage – 8
Pick•A•Pocket – 10
Red-Hot Rules – 12
Consonant Pairs – 14
Alphabet Adventure – 16
Perfect Ending – 18
Blender’s Bag – 20
Consonant Cranny – 22
Freaky Fortunes – 24
Double Duty – 26
Abbreviated Treasures – 28
Briefly Stated – 30
Classy Contractions – 32
Compound Connection – 34
Plural Picnic – 36
Root Relay – 38
Variety Victory – 40
Daring Spelling – 42
Great Guessers – 44
Dazzling Detectives – 46
Right or Wrong? – 48
Bowling Bonanza – 50
Prefix Checkers – 52
Park and Lock – 55
Touchdown! – 58
Mountain Climbers – 60
All Stars – 62
Puzzling Pieces – 64
Speech Splash – 66
Animal Answers – 68
Map Maker’s Guide – 70

Shake and Make – 72
Math Monster – 74
Star Gazers – 76
Category Capers – 78
Look and Spell – 80
Spelling Stories – 82
Ed’s Tour Bus – 84
Holiday Hunt – 86
Picture Play – 88
Catalog Countdown – 90
Calendar Clues – 92
Double Trouble – 94
Crazy Quilt – 96
Market Baskets – 98
Menu Makers – 100
Scrambled Sentences – 102
Character Builders – 104
Weather Watchers – 106
Dizzy Digraphs – 108
Adjective Adventure – 110
Syllable Secrets – 112
Helpful Habits – 114
Potpourri – 116
Geography Gains – 118

Appendix

Selling Spelling Skills Checklist – 122
Ten Ways to Reinforce Spelling Skills – 123
Spelling Rules – 124
Spelling Demons – 125
Content Area Words to Spell and Use – 127