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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How To Use The Spell Check

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners use their editing techniques and use the spell check on their computers using writing techniques and any word processing programs. Then they type the paragraph found on the accompanying sheet full of mistakes. Students also go...
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Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Finding Patterns in Spelling Errors and History

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students analyze spelling errors and large sets of data to find patterns, develop abstractions, and discover how large amounts of data can tell us much about our society.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Editing Techniques: Checking Your Spelling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over checking a composition for spelling errors. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
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Activity
Other

Clear Ink/spell Web: Let the Web Decide!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A different type of spell checker, giving results from search engines, not based on dictionary word lists, but on frequency of use on the Web. If you're looking for a word that hasn't become official or want to see whether one...
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Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Spella Roo

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Find an interactive spelling game that gives instant feedback. Players try to identify one misspelled word within each sentence. Two levels of difficulty.
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Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Using Spell Checkers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource gives three pointers for getting the best results from your spell checker.