Title: Alphabet Soup
Description: Each word is taken from the beginning of a joke. Unscramble the word, and you get the punchline. With joke words missing, kids have an incentive to use context and spelling knowledge to unscramble the letters.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (2) 20: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. [RF.2.3]
[ELA2010] (3) 20: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. [RF.3.3]
[ELA2010] (3) 21: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. [RF.3.4]
[ELA2010] (3) 37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.3.1]

Title: Alphabet Soup
Description: Each word is taken from the beginning of a joke. Unscramble the word, and you get the punchline. With joke words missing, kids have an incentive to use context and spelling knowledge to unscramble the letters.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (2) 20: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. [RF.2.3]
[ELA2010] (3) 20: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. [RF.3.3]
[ELA2010] (3) 21: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. [RF.3.4]
[ELA2010] (3) 37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.3.1]

Title: Making and Writing Words
Description: Making and Writing Words is a variation of Making Words, a popular spelling and word study instructional activity. In Making and Writing Words, students are guided by their teacher in writing and sorting words using a limited set of letters. Teachers have found that the activity is engaging and appears to be helpful in developing students' proficiency in word recognition and spelling.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (2) 35: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.2.1]
[ELA2010] (2) 40: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy). [L.2.6]
[ELA2010] (3) 37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.3.1]
[ELA2010] (3) 38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.3.2]
[ELA2010] (3) 42: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them). [L.3.6]

Title: The Y Rule
Description: This spelling and phonics lesson pack contains several exercises on practicing the y rule for spelling. This pack of worksheets includes an explanation of the skill followed by exercises that can be used to practice understanding.
Standard(s):
[ELA2010] (2) 35: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.2.1]
[ELA2010] (2) 36: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.2.2]
[ELA2010] (3) 37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.3.1]
[ELA2010] (3) 38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. [L.3.2]