Words Tower

Spelling test prep

Spelling practice before the spelling testThis week's spelling words, as a game and on paper

Paste the school's spelling list and set the test date. Your child meets every word in the tower before the test, then picks the right spelling on the doors, and you print practice sheets that end with a home test.

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A printed practice sheet titled Word practice, with columns to look at each word, trace it and write it four times.

Six steps

How spelling practice works

  1. Paste the spelling words

    In 🎯 Test prep: a plain list, a table or “word - translation” lines. If all you have is a photo of the sheet, a ready request for ChatGPT turns it into words and draws a picture for each.

    The Test prep tab with ten pasted words: one already has a picture from the library, the others are waiting for theirs.

  2. Set the test date

    The game spreads the new words over the towers left, about one tower a day, so every word is met before the test.

  3. From new word to spelling doors

    A new word appears on a poster with its picture and is said aloud; further up, your child finds its door. Once the word is familiar, its doors show three spellings — the right one and two look-alike mistakes — and only the right one opens.

  4. Hard words come back sooner

    A wrong door stays shut and the word returns later. The parents' page lists the hard ones and shows every word as new, learning, familiar or mastered.

    The parents' page: the test date with the days left, what each colour means, hard words, and every word with its colour.

  5. Print the practice sheets

    “Practice sheets + home test” turns the list into paper: look at the word, trace it along the dotted line, then write it four times.

  6. Give the home test

    The last printed pages: numbered empty lines for your child, and a page for you with the same words in a shuffled order to read aloud and tick.

    Two printed pages side by side: numbered empty lines for the child, and the parent's page listing the words in a shuffled order with a tick column.

Your child goes to the spelling test prepared. The same list works for a vocabulary test or a weekly quiz.

Good to know

Spelling games without the stress

  • No timers

    No jumps to time and no lives to lose: gaps are hopped by themselves, so the only challenge is the word.

  • A list per child

    Brothers and sisters each keep their own spelling list, test date and progress on the same device.

  • Learning to read?

    Younger children start with the sight word games: the Dolch and Fry lists, built in.

Before you start

Questions about spelling practice

What does the game do with our spelling words?

Each new word first appears on a poster and is said aloud, and your child finds its door. Once the word is familiar, its doors show three spellings, the right one and two look-alike mistakes, and only the right one opens.

What kind of mistakes are on the doors?

The ones children make: two letters swapped, a letter dropped, a letter doubled, a vowel changed.

What if the list has translations?

Lines like “word - translation” work too: the translation becomes the hint on the poster, which helps children who learn English as a new language.

What does the home test look like?

The last printed pages: numbered empty lines for your child, and a page for you with the same words in a shuffled order to read aloud and tick.

Does my child need an account?

No. The game works without signing up. Progress stays in the browser on your device.

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