Spelling Match Game...

• is a spelling game developed by Houghton Mifflin;
• is, as implied, a game where learners have to complete matching activities based on...
  • the sounds; and/or
    
  • meanings of words.
    
• offers different levels of difficulty for learners (grades 1 through 8);
• can be played as timed or untimed activity;
• is just a game that almost all learners can use on their own; and
• is also a good game to play on an interactive whiteboard.

It could be used by...

• Literacy and/or
  
• ESOL, ESL...

The Early Childhood Education Network's Literacy Center (Centre) provides learners with online learning activities in four languages.

The Literacy Centre provides tutorials and games in...

• English,
• Spanish,
• German, and
• French.

The tutorials and games are designed to teach learners...

• the alphabet,
• writing the alphabet,
• numbers,
• shapes,
• colours,
• phonics, and
• basic spelling.

Each section begins with a tutorial before moving on to ask learners to apply their new knowledge to an activity...

Learners often expect practitioners to correct their written errors!

However learners can learn a lot from looking for and correcting errors in written work.

Practitioners can provide learners with texts that may, or may not, have spelling errors. Learners can then be encouraged to look at the text carefully and try to find any errors. If they see any they should try to correct them. They can then copy and paste the text into SpellChecker and then 'Spell Check'.

Try it out at http://w...