Learning to Spell With Tricky Phonemes – M, MM, and MB Words

As teachers, we all know that there are some spelling rules that just don’t make sense! And there are quite a few that students really struggle with. In a survey of our teacher team, we’ve come to discover that there is one phoneme/spelling rule that often rises above the others in terms of difficulty. We discovered that words with m, mm, and mb were some of the most commonly misspelled words in student work. With that in mind, we’ve decided to put together some fun skill building resources to help your students master this difficult skill.

Read, Say, and Spell Words with M, MM, and MB With a Fun Spelling Game

This downloadable teaching resource is a brand new spelling game that is perfect for your young readers and writers to use to practice spelling words with tricky letter combinations. In this case, this spelling/phonics game focuses on using the phonemes M, MM, and MB to spell a variety of words correctly.

Playing this spelling game is a breeze! Check out the instructions below

1. Download the file and open it in Presentation Mode.
2. Click the first slide to begin. Students are presented with a picture and a word that could contain m, mm, or mb to complete it.
3. Students will click the correct letter combination to complete the word.

If correct, students will advance to the next word. If they make a mistake, they are prompted to return to the previous slide and try again.

How to Use Your Spelling Game in the Classroom

This spelling game game be used in a variety of ways. Try these out!

• Have students to play the game independently as a fun filler activity during downtime.
• Have students play it as a warm-up in the morning.
• Teach your students using the game as your whole-group instructional tool.
• Assign the game as an in-class literacy or writing center.

Download, Project, and Play Your Spelling Game Today!

This resource is available as an editable Google Slides resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to download your resource. Make your copy, set up the game, and start playing today!

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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