Build a week of spelling practice from one list
Type the words you are teaching this week, one per line. The preview rebuilds as you type. Everything runs in your browser, so your word list and class list never leave your device.
To choose which letters Missing letters leaves out, put them in square brackets: fr[ie]nd.
The sheets print in this order, one after another, in a single PDF.
For Trace, write, remember. Step down from dotted to faded to copying as the letters get steadier.
Class set: every child gets their own sheets
Paste your class list, up to 60 names. Each child's sheets carry their name and put the words in a different order, made from the name, so a reprint later is the same sheet.
Runs entirely in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. US Letter or A4 is set in the PDF settings.
Which sheet to use when
- Look, say, cover, write, check The one to lean on. The child writes each word from memory and checks it at once, and a Fix it column catches the mistakes. A line at the bottom sets a day to test the words again.
- Trace, write, remember For children still forming the letters. Tracing helps the hand, and the fold line turns the last step into writing from memory, which is what makes a spelling stick.
- Missing letters Leaves out the part of each word that usually goes wrong, then asks for the whole word, so the child practices the hard bit and the full spelling.
- ABC order A dictionary skill as much as a spelling one, so it finishes with three words written from memory.
- Word shapes A puzzle for words children already know. Many words share one shape, so it is not a way to learn a spelling.
A simple week: Look, say, cover, write, check on Monday and Tuesday, Missing letters on Wednesday with a few words from earlier weeks mixed in, and a test on Friday. Why that order works, and what the research says about tracing, is in How Children Learn to Spell. For the same list as a puzzle, use the word search maker or the word scramble maker.
Spelling Worksheet Generator FAQ
Type or paste this week's words into the box, one per line. Commas work too. Pick the sheets you want, then press Download PDF. All the sheets you picked come out as one PDF, in the order shown. Nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.
Start the week with Look, say, cover, write, check on the words a child does not know yet. It is the sheet with the most research behind it: the child writes each word from memory and checks it straight away. Use Missing letters mid-week, and keep Trace, write, remember for children still learning to form the letters.
It helps them form the letters, but on its own it does little for remembering how a word is spelled, because the answer stays in view. That is why every row on the tracing sheet ends past a fold line: the child folds the model away and writes the word from memory, which is the step that builds memory.
By default, the part of each word children most often get wrong, such as the ie in friend or the ough in thought. To choose the letters yourself, put them in square brackets when you type the word: fr[ie]nd. You can also switch to one random letter or several letters, and the word bank turns on for the harder setting.
Yes. Choose Whole class and paste your class list, one name per line. Every child gets the same words with their name on the sheet and the words in a different order, and on Missing letters with one or several letters, different letters are blank. Each sheet is made from the child's name, so a reprint later is the same sheet and the answer page still matches.
It is a puzzle: children write each word into boxes that follow its tall, short and tail letters. Children do not learn spellings from a word's outline, since many words share one shape, so use it for fun once the words are known rather than as the main practice.
Completely free, with no account, no watermark and no limit on how many sheets you make. Everything runs in your browser, so your word list and class list never leave your device.