Bulletin Board Activities
These activities in downloadable PDF format offer ideas for classroom bulletin board displays. Aligned to each cycle of lessons in Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary, the Bulletin Board activities will carry you through the entire school year.
Printable Spelling Games
Downloadable in PDF format, these documents contain engaging educational games to accompany each cycle of lessons in Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary.
Activities for English Learners
Activities for English learners can be downloaded in PDF format and added to your classroom instruction. These activities contain exercises to support and engage English learners as they use Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary.
Hear Our Authors Here!
This feature introduces our authors and allows you to share their research and learn several spelling activities for your students.
Spelling Newsletters
Available in English and in Spanish, these PDF format downloadable family newsletters provide content overviews of each cycle of lessons in Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary as well as at-home spelling games that students and their families can enjoy.
Printable Crossword Challenge
The challenges are printable versions of the interactive crossword puzzles on Education Place. They provide students meaning-based practice with spelling words and cross-curricular vocabulary. Printable answer sheets are also provided.
Back to topPrintable Web Word Find
These printable versions of the Web Word Find on Education Place use the popular word-search format to help students practice spelling words. Printable answer sheets are also provided.
Back to topWord Sort
Students can improve their word-study skills as they have fun sorting their spelling words by sound, spelling pattern, syllables, or word parts.
Back to topWord Builder
Students can improve their understanding of spelling principles as they slide word parts together to build spelling words.
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Match Game
This inviting interactive game helps first- and second-grade students to strengthen their understanding of sound-spelling relationships. Older students can play the game to develop their word-study skills.
Web Word Find
Word Find uses the popular word-search format to help students practice their spelling words.
Power Proofreading
Students in grades 2–6 can work for a virtual TV station and hone their proofreading skills by correcting scripts, memos, news stories, and more.
Wacky Web Tales
Students can further their understanding of parts of speech by submitting words that become part of some very silly stories.
Fake Out!
This popular Education Place feature tests students' word knowledge and expands their vocabulary as they try to define words and to stump other students.
Interactive Crossword Challenge
Interactive crossword puzzles give students meaning-based practice with their spelling words and their cross-curricular vocabulary.
eWord Game
This interactive game helps students expand their vocabulary as they match words and definitions.
Take-Home Word Lists
Parents and students will always have access to the week's spelling words via these downloadable PDF documents.
Spelling Newsletters
Available in English and in Spanish, these family newsletters provide content overviews of each cycle of lessons in Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary as well as at-home spelling games that students and their families can enjoy together.
Back to topPrintable Crossword Challenge
These printable versions of the interactive crossword puzzles on the student site give students meaning-based practice with their spelling words and their cross-curricular vocabulary. Printable answer sheets are also provided.
Back to topPrintable Spelling Games
These downloadable documents contain engaging educational games to accompany each cycle of lessons in Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary.
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