Spelling Words Well
Spelling Words Well offers a wide range of spelling word lists, spelling worksheets, spelling games, spelling bee words, along with many other activities to help you, your family members, or your students to improve spelling skills. I've also written LOTS of spelling bee resources, word brain teasers, vocabulary word lists, phonics helps, and so much more! Take our fun new spelling quiz!
We offer a myriad of spelling and vocabulary words to equip professionals, parents, teachers and learners of all ages to spell well in all situations.
Use the tabs on the left or the links below to find the resources you need to learn word spellings. If you can't find what you need, please contact me.
Featured Spelling Word Lists:
3rd Grade Spelling Words: afraid, birthday, buses, circus, coming, doesn't, early, grinned, heard, kept, lived, maybe, mouth, none, paint, scratch, shopping, spread, trouble, whole, and 180 more.
7th Grade Spelling Words: abbreviation, bacteria, cancellation, deceive, economics, fatigue, grammar, harass, inconvenient, legibly, maneuver, nuisance, occasion, panicked, parallel, recruit, solemn, unfortunately, vigorously, wheeze, and 280 more.
Follow the grade level link to find the complete word lists. Use the tabs on the left to find additional grade level spelling lists for grades 1-12.
This Month's Featured Pages
Think-A-Spell Brain Teasers, for Ages 10 to adults
I select pages to feature each month that I believe will be of interest to many of my website's visitors. Pages are chosen because of their popularity and/or seasonal appeal. Be sure to check back early each month to discover those "hidden gems" that you may have missed on your own! If you'd like to nominate a favorite page of yours to be featured here, please contact me!
Featured eBooks, available for immediate download
Visit my store to see the entire collection of spelling bee word lists, spelling worksheet collections, spelling word puzzles, spelling curriculum and even a book of Christmas puzzles! You'll find a great assortment of correct word spellings.
Sixth Grade Spelling Words & Activities
240 words in topical units, TONS of activities, NO printer required. Ideal for remote learning and home school! Also available for Fourth & Fifth Grade
Mammoth Spelling Bee Word Lists
400 graded spelling bee words with sentences, plus definitions, parts of speech, pronunciations & languages of origin!
Grades 3/4, 5/6 & 7/8
Fun Spelling Worksheets for Grades 1-2
50 printables, ideal for your early learners! Sight words, phonics, color and number words, ABC order, find misspellings and more!
Looking for something specific? Visit my Site Map! There you will find links to every page on this site, organized by topic or grade level.
Try this NEW Spelling Quiz!
Take this quick quiz to test your word spelling skills. How many spelling errors can you find? How many incorrect words do you see?
The mayer of Gearing unvieled a new HelperBot5000 to keep the citys streets clean. Unfortunatly, he had not thuoght about programing the bot with limmits. Soon the robot had “helpfuly” vaccuumed up three mailboxs, halve of the town’s pigoens, and Mr. Murray’s toupay (which HelperBot now war proudly). The sidwalks sparkled, but no one could find thier socks, because HelperBot decided laundary qualifyed as “street debris.”
At the next city counsel meetting, the townspoeple and the mayor where up in arms. “How can we stop you?” he asked the bot. The bot whired thoughtfully, raised its little claw, and declared: “One ice cream sundae, extra sprinkels.”
The town compiled, and for the frist time ever, Gearing’s most powerfull citisen was a sticky, strawberry-smeared robot happyly huming to itself. Everyone agreed the mayor’s desicions had never been cleaner.
You should find about 30 errors in spelling and/or word choice. Check your answers with mine at the blue button down below.
Additional Resources at Spelling Words Well
Please check out my growing collection of grade level spelling word lists, writing prompts, spelling worksheets, seasonal bulletin boards, phonics games and activities and brain teasers, at two different levels.
There are so many great ways to teach and reinforce spelling skills! Be sure to poke around this site for awhile to find just what you need.
As a former classroom teacher, and homeschool mom, I know that it takes a wide range of resources of all types to connect with your learners. Different ages, abilities, and attention spans all require different approaches. I believe the lower performing spellers CAN improve, and I'll show you how. I also believe that high performing students should continue to be challenged! That's why you'll find several lists of really difficult spelling words here at Spelling Words Well.
If you can't find something, please contact me and let me know what you'd like to see. I do respond to your questions and comments.
The mayor of Gearing unveiled a new HelperBot5000 to keep the city’s streets clean. Unfortunately, he had not thought about programming the bot with limits. Soon the robot had “helpfully” vacuumed up three mailboxes, half of the town’s pigeons, and Mr. Murray’s toupee (which HelperBot now wore proudly). The sidewalks sparkled, but no one could find their socks, because HelperBot decided laundry qualified as “street debris.”
At the next city council meeting, the townspeople and the mayor were up in arms. “How can we stop you?” he asked the bot. The bot whirred thoughtfully, raised its little claw, and declared: “One ice cream sundae, extra sprinkles.”
The town complied, and for the first time ever, Gearing’s most powerful citizen was a sticky, strawberry-smeared robot happily humming to itself. Everyone agreed the mayor’s decisions had never been cleaner.
How did you do on this quiz? Don't worry if you missed a few spelling errors. I'm here to help! One way to improve your spelling is to brush up on this list of frequently misspelled words. Reviewing commonly misused homophones are another way to quickly improve your spelling. If you're helping a younger struggling speller, remember that practice, practice, practice makes perfect. But practice doesn't have to be boring! Check out my spelling homework tips, my many spelling word games and fun spelling worksheets!
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Ann Richmond Fisher is a longtime published educational writer, a former classroom teacher and a former homeschool teacher. Ann's spelling bee resources, graded spelling word lists, spelling games, worksheets, and other language arts resources have become respected around the globe since she launched Spelling-Words-Well in 2010.
Ann is also the creator of www.word-game-world.com.
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200 Third Grade Spelling Words
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