Spelling Menu

Print a board of nine spelling activities that work with any word list, or type a menu of your own.

Name:Spelling menuMy spelling words:WriteSortUseWrite in three colorsPut the words in ABC orderWrite a sentence for eachLook, cover, write, checkSort words by syllablesUse five words in a storyWrite the vowels in redSort shortest to longestDraw and label five wordsHow many to do:Due:
Spelling menu: nine activities Nine spelling activities in three columns, Write, Sort and Use, under a Name line and two lines for the week's words. Two lines at the foot say how many to do and when they are due.
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Ready-made spelling menus 5

  • Spelling menu with points Columns worth 5, 10 and 15 points, with the longer tasks worth more. Students add up tasks until they reach the number on the Points I need line.
  • Spelling menu, Monday to Thursday One row a night with two activities to pick from, for a week that ends with a test on Friday. Students do one each night.
  • Spelling menu: appetizer, main course and dessert Laid out like a restaurant menu: three quick warm-ups under Appetizer, three longer tasks under Main course and three playful ones under Dessert. Students pick one from each column.
  • Spelling menu: nine activities Nine spelling activities in three columns, Write, Sort and Use, under a Name line and two lines for the week's words. Two lines at the foot say how many to do and when they are due.
  • Tic-tac-toe spelling menu Nine activities with a partner quiz in the middle box. Students pick three in a row, across, down or corner to corner. A word written as a pyramid adds one letter a line: c, ca, cat.
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By grade 2

  • 5th grade spelling menu Nine activities for longer words in columns headed Break it down, Look it up and Write: syllables and base words, definitions and synonyms, a paragraph and clues.
  • Spelling menu for 1st and 2nd grade Nine short activities for early writers in columns headed Say, Write and Make: say and clap the words, write them in crayon, build them from letter cards.

Blank spelling menus 2

  • Blank spelling menu, 3 by 3 Nine empty boxes under an empty heading box for each column. The title, the words line, the boxes and the two lines at the foot are all typed on, or left blank to fill in by hand.
  • Blank spelling menu: appetizer, main course and dessert The restaurant layout with its nine boxes empty, for activities of your own under Appetizer, Main course and Dessert.

How this list was compiled: Laid out and worded in-house on October 16, 2026. Every activity on the ready-made menus is our own suggestion for any word list; no published menu is copied. Licence: own work

How it works

Students write the week's words on the lines at the top of this spelling menu, then choose from its nine activities for homework or classwork.

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Four ways to choose

On the appetizer, main course and dessert menu students pick one from each column, and on the tic-tac-toe spelling menu three in a row. The menu with points gives each task 5, 10 or 15 points. The Monday to Thursday menu offers two activities a night.

Menus by grade

The menu for 1st and 2nd grade keeps to saying, writing and making the words. The 5th grade spelling menu is a free printable worksheet for longer words: syllables, base words, definitions, synonyms and parts of speech.

A menu of your own

The two blank menus are typed on in place: the title, the week's words, each box and the lines at the foot.

  • The ready-made menus print as they are. To change an activity, start from a blank menu.

Questions and answers

What is a spelling menu?

On this page it is a choice board for spelling practice: a grid of activities, such as writing each word in three colors or sorting the words by syllables, from which students choose a set number.

How do you use a spelling menu for homework?

Write the week's words at the top, then how many activities to do and the due date at the foot, and send a copy home. Students do the activities on notebook paper and hand it in with the menu.

What activities go on a spelling menu?

Ones that work with any list and need little more than paper and a pencil: ABC order, a sentence for each word, look, cover, write, check, five words in a story, a quiz with a partner.

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