Alphabet Wheel
A random letter turns almost any word game into a fresh round. This wheel has all 26 letters of the alphabet, ready for phonics practice, category games and spelling challenges. Younger students can name the letter and its sound, then think of something in the room that starts with it. Older students can race to fill a category grid, such as an animal, a country and a food, all beginning with the letter on the wheel. Switch on Take winners off the wheel in Settings to work through the alphabet without repeats, or remove tricky letters like Q, X and Z for beginners.
How to use it
- The wheel is ready with 26 entries. Press Spin, click the wheel or press Space, and the result appears in the middle.
- Open Edit entries to change the list for your class, or press Use my class instead to spin your students' names.
- Press Present (or F) to show just the wheel on the board. Turn on Take winners off the wheel in Settings if you don't want repeats.
Ways to use it in class
- Category race: spin a letter, then give teams one minute to write an animal, a place and a food that start with it.
- Phonics warm-up: the class says the letter's name, its sound and one word, all together.
- Alphabet story: each spin adds a sentence that must start with the letter shown.
More ready-made wheels
Questions teachers ask
Can I change what's on the wheel?
Yes. Open Edit entries to add, remove or reword anything, one entry per line. Your changes last until you leave the page, and Restore brings back the original list.
Can I spin my students' names instead?
Yes. Press Use my class instead to swap the entries for your saved class, with absent students left off. Press the back button in the same place to return to this wheel's entries.
Is every entry equally likely?
Yes. The result is chosen with your browser's cryptographic random number generator before the wheel moves, and every slice has the same chance. Turn on Take winners off the wheel in Settings to avoid repeats.
Will ads show on my projector?
No. Press Present (or F) and the screen shows only the wheel and the Spin button, in large type for the back of the room.