How Do You Spell Tomato?

Spelling
How Do You Spell Tomato?
Activity
Grades
2nd / 3rd
Part 1 - Before the Lesson
Environment
1. Go to www.my.playosmo.com/words on the iPad
Individual or station, Groups of 2-3
2. Create an account
Materials
3. Enter link in the URL bar:
Osmo base + Osmo Words app +
Letter tiles + iPad 2 or higher
https://my.playosmo.com/words/public/album/1jq24rqaoe8
4. Click ‘Download to iPad’
Objective
5. Congrats! Now you have the album available in your Osmo
Words Library.
CCSS R.F 2.3.B.
CCSS L.2.2.D
CCSS L.3.1.B
CCSS L.3.2.E
CCSS L.3.2.F
*If you are using multiple iPads, go to my.playosmo.com/words on each
iPad, log in, and download the album.
Part 2
Spelling Words
1. Open the Osmo Words app and click on ‘Library’
pineapple
strawberry
mango
mushroom
kiwi
banana
cherry
watermelon
broccoli
corn
pear
lettuce
3. Hit ‘Play’
onion
tomato
apple
4. Have students start on ‘Easy’ on Zen mode. This
encourages teamwork in a learning environment.
2. Deselect all other albums and select only ‘Fruits&Veggies’
Difficulty Levels
5. After one round, have them play ‘Medium’ on Versus
mode. Remind them that some fruits and vegetables have
short and long names, such as ‘peas’ and ‘green peas.’
Easy: 1-3 consonants for common fruits and
vegetables
Medium: 50-75% of the word for all fruits
and vegetables
6. Challenge them to play ‘Hard’ or ‘Very Hard’ if they finish
early or during break time.
Hard: Entire word
Very hard: Entire word in plural form
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