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.
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.
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