Engage students in a homophone spelling bee. Write a set of homophones on the board and state a sentence that uses one of the homophones. For example, write the words, "to, too and two" on the board and state the sentence, "I enjoy playing at the park, too." If the student who is up correctly spells the homophone that is used in the sentence, she remains in the bee; if she is incorrect, she must sit out. Provide new lists of homophones and continue the bee until one student remains.
Have students draw images that illustrate a pair of homophones. Divide a piece of paper in half and on each half, write a homophone; add and ad, right and write or ate and eight, for example. Provide students with crayons and ask them to draw pictures to illustrate each of the words. For instance, a student who has the words "ate and eight" may draw a picture of someone eating and a picture of number 8s. Display the pictures around the classroom or assemble them in a book that children can use as a reference.
Engage students in a game in which they must correctly use given homophones in a sentence. Divide your class into two teams and have the teams form single-file lines. Have the first member of each team stand at the front of the classroom, and provide a different set of homophones to each of the competing sets of students. If the students correctly use the words in different sentences, they earn a point for their team; if they use the words incorrectly, no points are awarded. The team that earns the most points wins the game.
In this game, students must provide a homophone to a given word. On paper, write a list of words that are a part of a pair of homophones; for example, aloud, blue, pair and due. Students must write the other half of the homophone on their papers. The first student to complete the activity and supply the correct matching homophones wins the game.