I try to provide my students with centers that appeal to a variety of learning styles. I try to incorporate a variety of senses also. This center is meant to entice the reluctant student to use some fun confetti and practice their spelling. I keep the confetti in a plastic pencil box. I have a mixture of different shapes and colors, but you could also change out the confetti to be seasonal. This center is sort of the counterpart to Soft and Fuzzy Spelling!
Students use the sparkle pieces to spell out their weekly vocabulary or word study list. They could also write the words with a pencil and place sparkles only on the letter intersections. They can connect the sparkles with a marker to spell the words.
This activity can be used with content vocabulary or sight words. A student chooses a heart and reads the word written on the heart out loud. Then she reads the labels on the buckets. Put the heart into the bucket that describes a category the word fits into. For a challenge, a partner must use the word in a sentence. Take turns picking hearts.
Instead of hearts, you can also make this center with other holiday shapes and just change the title of the center: shamrocks--Lucky Words, snowman--Winter Words, etc.
