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Spelling and Commonly Confused Words Lab
Students pick the right homophones, sort words by spelling rule, build words with suffixes and proofread passages.
Grades 3–8Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline
Try it free: the demo opens the Start page and Station 1 right in your browser. No sign-up needed.
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Grade versions included
- Grades 3–5: to/too/two and other homophones, syllables, ending rules and suffixes
- Grades 6–8: affect/effect and other confused pairs, word function, suffix rules, Greek and Latin parts
What students practice
Homophones and commonly confused words, syllables, spelling rules for adding endings, suffix spelling changes, Greek and Latin word parts, proofreading
Standards
OAS Standard 2: Reading and Writing Foundations; Standard 5: Language
Common Core: L.1 · L.2
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- The download has a separate file for each grade band. Open the one that fits your class.
- Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
- Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
- Each purchase includes the lab files and a one-page Quick Start guide.
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