Spelling Activities based on Gardners Multiple Intelligences

Verbal Linguistic:
Select words from the text (homophones, phonemes, word blends)
Study etymology (origin of words).
Say then ~ Loo ! Say ! "o#er ! $rite ! "hec
%ae ~ crosswords, search words, &umbled words
'dd ~ endings, prefixes, suffixes
(ictionary wor ! alphabetical order
)ead*write a poem
$rite a play*sit
(ebate*discuss ideas
Learn #ocabulary words and meanings using flashcards.
Logical %athematical:
$rite your words in code
(isco#er patterns or trends in a group of words
$rite a math problem using spelling words
Sol#e story problems
$ord +ingo
(o word webs*Venn,diagrams
-dentify patterns in your word list
)an your words in terms of length or difficulty
"lassify your words in se#eral different ways
Visual*Spatial:
(raw the words ~ illustrate the meaning
$rite the word in fancy lettering styles
.lay /.ictionary/
'rrange your words into , chains , ladders
(raw the words as they sound
"reate word web
"reate a slideshow of words with matching picture
-n#ent a board*card game using spelling words.
-llustrate, draw, setch, sculpt an art wor.
"reate a collage using maga0ines, newspapers of spelling words.
+odily 1inaesthetic:
2aboo*Scattergories
"lassroom 2heatre
%ae tas or pu00le cards for spelling words
.lay charades
Say your words in sign language ! use the deaf alphabet
(ance out the meaning of the word
"lap out the syllables of the words
%usical*)hythmic:
2ap out the syllables
"reate a rap incorporating the spelling of words
Learn %orse code and tap out the words
$rite a song and sing the words
.lay the sound of the words on a musical instrument
-nterpersonal:
$or with a partner to say*spell words
(o mimes of the list of words
3orm peer coaching teams to help learn words
.lay word games in small groups
4ames ~ Scrabble, %emory, 5angman, +oggle, 6p $ords
.eople Structure: students creating a physical form of a concept*word with their
bodies.
-ntrapersonal:
Loo at your spelling wor ! mae your own
Set goals for impro#ing one aspect of your wor
2hin about the ways you learn best , what helps*hinders you7
5ow do you feel about school sub&ects7 $here do you rate spelling7
Loo bac o#er your spelling acti#ities ! do a self e#aluation.
$rite a meaning dictionary of spelling words.
)eflect on different strategies used to remember words.