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1. I give students some small alphabet cards and have them lay them all face up on their desks. Then I call out a word and the students race to spel the word out on their desks.

(For fun I tell them that if the same letter is called 'week' they can try to get the second letter from a neighbor if they are quick enough. However, it get a little roudy.)

2. You can put up larger flashcards and have the students slap them in order, instead of spelling out the word. For large classes, I like to put large flashcards on the board keyboard style and have the students slap them in order using fly-swatters. The other students can be judges.

Maybe one of those could be adapted.