Spelling
bee practice gives students confidence
for the big competition. It also helps kids to build spelling skills
from which they
can benefit all year long!
What are some of the best practice ideas for individual
students? Here are the
ones we like best, arranged in two categories.
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Spelling Bee Practice Ideas
1) Read
a
lot of good books and expand your vocabulary. You'll
learn new words and how to use them. Write down the most interesting
words, and the ones with the trickiest spellings in a spelling
notebook. Review it from time to time.
2) Learn
your weekly spelling words. Keep a list of the words you
miss on quizzes and tests in your spelling notebook.
3) Learn
your best spelling bee style. How do you prepare
to spell a word aloud? Are you most successful if you
Figure this out in advance. Then once a week, have a friend or family member ask you to spell a few words aloud, spelling bee style. Get comfortable with spelling tricky words in front of other people.
4) Practice
writing words on your own so that you don't always have to
involve another person. Or type them into a text document on the
computer.
5) Learn
basic spelling strategies and rules.
Make a list of commonly-used words that are exceptions to these rules.
6) Read
How
to Spell Like a Champ by Trinkle, Andrews and
Kimble, three people closely associated with the Scripps National
Spelling Bee. (If you can't find it at your library, check at Amazon.) The
book contains lists of tricky words, spelling bee practice strategies,
fun quizzes and more.
7) If you're
really serious about advancing to regional, state
or national competitions, you need to get a good
dictionary and study it.
Go to this page to read helpful, short-term practice tips. Here's just one of the tips:
3) Post spelling words everywhere: the bathroom mirror, your computer desktop, your school desk or locker. Carry a list of words you want to learn in your pocket. You can pull it out to study when you have spare minutes between other activities.
We have lots of spelling bee words you can study! Each spelling bee list contains 100 - 120
words, arranged generally from
easiest to
most difficult.
3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade
6th grade 7th grade 8th-grade
You may also be interested in this word list featuring silent first letters, and another list of words where doubling or not doubling consonants is the key to correct spelling.
Our
Spelling
Bee Toolbox eBooks are comprehensive resources for anyone who
wants a simple way to put together a classroom, all-school or
multi-school spelling bee.
Each eBook contains 600 words and
sentences, rules, award
certificates, organizational tips, student helps and much
more.
Remember, it's always good to build vocabulary, all year long! Check out my new collection of grade-level vocabular words. Use the blue tab at the left for the complete list of words for Kindergarten through 8th grade. Here are just two examples:
4th Grade Vocabulary Words - 200 words to help teach your students math, science, social studies and more! You'll find ten words in each of ten categories to interest your kids/students, plus 100 more! From earthworms to equations, this list is packed with fascinating words to help expand your child's vocabulary!
8th Grade Vocabulary Words - Stretch your own vocabulary as well as your students' with this giant list of 250 challenging words! Lots of extension activities and additional resources are also included. Will you discover any paraphrasable paradigms or vacuous variances?
Gigantic Spelling Bee Word Lists with definitions, sentences and languages
Spelling Bee Toolboxes for Grades 3/5 and 6/8 All the resources you need for a successful bee!
Monumental Spelling Bee Word Lists for grades 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8 with definitions, sentences and languages
Mammoth Spelling Bee Word Lists for grades 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8 with sentences, definitions, and languages
Young Spellers Spelling Bee Word List for Grades 1 & 2 only
100 Difficult Spelling Bee Words with Definitions, Sentences and Pronunciations, Volumes 1 and 2
600 Spelling Bee Words & Sentences for Gr 3/5 & 6/8 Extra words & sentences at two levels
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Fun Spelling Worksheets for Grades 1 & 2
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