Pirate Treasure Spelling Freebie...

I am so lucky to have a class full of 1st and 2nd graders who love to practise their spelling words!  Seriously...when we have a spare 5 minutes or if I have early finishers, they ask if they can write their spelling words!  Favourite ways to do this are on the individual white boards and of course using the jumbo pencils that I posted about HERE.

We have implemented a new literacy program for Grade 1 and 2 this year, as part of a trial program.  Part of that involves us having our class doing literacy centres while I am doing guided reading... nothing new for most of you out there, I know!!  The only downside to this has been that the amount of time that we are required to spend on guided reading AND writing every day, has taken our spelling time away (OK, I am pretty OC when it comes to spelling, so I was 'borrowing' time from science and computer lab, to ensure that my kiddos got their spelling and handwriting practise in)!!

Anyhoo... I first saw some fabulous spelling gems over at the lovely Tara's blog,  4th Grade Frolics, a while back.  I decided to put a pirate themed twist to them and my kiddos LOVE this spelling centre!!

I bought clear glass gems from a local cheapy shop and then used a sharpie to write the letters onto the sticky side of small round dots.  I just stuck these to the flat sides of the glass gems and voila....pirate treasure letters!   I store my pirate treasure gems in an old instant coffee can.

I have used the fabulous graphics from the very lovely Kirsten at KPM Doodles, to make up the centre into a  packet to share as a FREEBIE.

The packet includes a storage container label...

Two worksheets with different pictures,  that you can either just photocopy or laminate (which is my preference, as we have a photocopy limit)...

And lastly, I know that sometimes people are not able to get hold of the clear glass gems, so I have included alphabet circle sheets in the packet, so that you can just print them out onto yellow card, cut and laminate them, and there you will have gold pirate coins :)

CLICK HERE to download the Pirate Treasure Spelling packet.

I hope that you can find this spelling centre useful and that your kiddies have lots of fun using it to learn their spelling words.

Thanks so much for stopping by!