"Spelling Factory: Follow the Arrows to Write and Then Find Words" is a worksheet that incorporates spelling with problem-solving skills. A series of letters in two rows is accompanied by arrows that point to the right. Students move up or down the two rows, box by box, spelling different words. Then, they must find each word that they wrote on the line in a series of jumbled letters.

For example, the top two letters in a Spelling Factory sequence are "L" and "I." The bottom two letters are "P" and "U." The final letter is "T." Students can spell "lit," "pit," and "put." Then, they find each of the three words in three different strings of letters. More letters are included in Spelling Factory puzzles in higher grade levels to make the activity more challenging. Each page contains examples so students can see how to solve the puzzles.

Using puzzles to spell words is a great way to incorporate problem-solving skills that help students become better decoders and writers.

Word scrambles are a fun way for students to practice rearranging letters. You can play a variation of this game where they see how many different words they can create from the same set of letters.

Another activity could include creating a maze where students spell a word one letter at a time to arrive at different finish lines or creating a board game where they pick up letters on each square and have to use them to spell words at the end of the game.