Unlock the List Fill in the Missing Letters Spelling Word List Activity Bundle

What if your students approached each week's spelling word list with eagerness and anticipation, ready to dive into the word study focus and strengthen their spelling skills? Why not consider launching students' new word lists with an engaging fill-in-the-blank spelling words activity appropriate for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade spelling programs? Each word list in this resource is aligned to the Words Their Way Sorts for Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers, Within Word Pattern Spellers, Syllables and Affixes Spellers, and Derivational Relations Spellers 3rd Edition and appropriate for 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, and beyond for differentiation and remediation. Please reach out if you need more information about the word lists included.

Unlock the List is a spelling activity that transforms your typical phonics or spelling word sort printable into a fun, challenging puzzle that increases students' engagement and enhances their spelling skills. With Unlock the List, students encounter their weekly or bi-weekly spelling word list with missing letters (beginning sounds, ending sounds, vowels, word parts, inflected endings, Greek and Latin affixes, prefixes, suffixes and more based on the level they are assigned to) and are challenged to "unlock the list" by filling in the blanks. It's a brain-filled exercise that will have them tapping into all of their prior knowledge of English letter patterns, word parts, and spelling skills.

Use this as an entry point into students' next word study list or as an activity they complete once they've done their word sorts and have been introduced to the word list.

As students unlock words, they'll begin noticing connections among them, prompting them to analyze spelling patterns, vowel sounds, and word structures in order to uncover the word study focus of the word list. Filling in the Missing Letters is an activity that not only strengthens spelling abilities but also nurtures critical thinking and analytical skills.

Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers Stage Unlock the List includes:

⭐ 60 Word Lists on the following Concepts:

• Sorts 1-11: Review Sorts for Beginning Consonants
• Sorts 12-18: Same Vowel Word Families with Pictures
• Sorts 19-32: Digraphs and Blends (S, P, G, C Blends)
• Sorts 33-39: Mixed Vowel Word Families
• Sorts 40-52: Short Vowels in CVC Words
• Sorts 53-57: Preconsonantal Nasals
• Sorts 58-60: Additional Sorts: R-Controlled Vowels and Contractions

Within Word Pattern Stage Unlock the List includes:

⭐ 59 Word Lists on the following Concepts: 

• Sorts 1-12: Short and Long Vowels (CVC and CVCE)
• Sorts 13-17: Common Long Vowel Patterns CVCE and CVVC
• Sorts 18-25: Less Common Long Vowel Patterns
• Sorts 26-34: R-Influenced Vowel Patterns
• Sorts 35-39: Other Vowels: Diphthongs and Ambiguous Vowels
• Sorts 40-48: Beginning and Ending Complex Consonants (Silent Beginning Consonants, Triple-R Blends, CE/VE/ZE, DGE/GE, etc) 
• Sorts 49-54: Long Vowel Homophones and Homographs
• Sorts 55-59: Additional Sorts: A/BE-, Contractions, Plural Endings, Past Tense -Ed, and Irregular Verbs

Syllables and Affixes Stage Unlock the List includes:

⭐ 58 Word Lists on the following Concepts: 

• Sorts 1-9: Inflected Endings (-ing, -ed, -es)
• Sorts 10-12: Compound Words
• Sorts 13 - 17: Syllable Juncture
• Sort 18-23: Long Vowel Patterns in Accented Syllables
• Sorts 24-30: Other Vowel Patterns in Accented Syllables
• Sorts 31-40: Unaccented Syllables (Final -le, -el, -il, -al, y + inflected endings, and more!)
• Sorts 41-47: Exploring Consonants (Hard/Soft C/G, Sound of K, Silent Consonants, GH/PH)
• Sorts 48-54: Affixes (Intro to re/un, dis/mis/pre, non/in/fore, uni/bi/tri, y/ly, -er/-est, ness/ful/less)
• Sorts 55-58: Additional Sorts: Advanced Compound Words, Homophones, Homographs, I Before E 

Derivational Relations Stage Unlock the List includes:
⭐ 65 Word Lists on the following Concepts: 

• Sorts 1-5: Suffixes and Prefixes
• Sorts 6-11: Derivational Suffixes
• Sorts 12-15: the Suffix -ion
• Sorts 16-18: Spelling-Meaning Patterns 1
• Sorts 19-22: Latin and Greek Word Parts 1
• Sorts 23-26: Spelling-Meaning Patterns 2
• Sorts 27-31: Latin and Greek Word Parts 2
• Sorts 32-37: Spelling-Meaning Patterns 3
• Sorts 38-47: Latin and Greek Word Parts 3
• Sorts 48-55: Latin and Greek Word Parts 4
• Sorts 56-59: Prefix Assimilation
• Sorts 60-65: Miscellaneous Sorts

⭐ Teacher's Guide with Tips for Implementing and Suggestions on ways to incorporate 

⭐ Answer Keys

If you are implementing differentiated word study groups this bundle allows you to SAVE 20% on all 4 levels of Unlock the List . 

NOTE: Unlock the List is included in the Engaged Spelling Membership. Please do not purchase if you are a member!

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