How To Win Your Classroom/School Spelling Bee and More If you advance – Flashcards
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Before we begin....
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Have a goal that is rational. If you cannot spell "because", then don't shoot for the nationals.
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The Classroom/School Spelling Bee:
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Study Latin and Greek word roots as well as the current year Classroom/School Spelling List.
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The District Spelling Bee:
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Study Latin and Greek Word Roots, the current year School Spelling List, and "Spell It!".
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The County Spelling Bee:
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Study Latin and Greek Word Roots, the current year School Spelling List, " Spell It!", and the "Most Frequent Consolidated List".
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The Regional/State Spelling Bee:
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Study ALL word roots, the current year School Spelling List, "Spell It!", the "Most Frequent Consolidated List", and all Off-List Words.
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The National Spelling Bee:
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Study ALL word roots, the current year School Spelling List, "Spell It!", the ENTIRE Consolidated List, all Off-List Words, "New Nat's Notes", "Verbomania", "Words of Wisdom", "Paideia", and words from previous national spelling bees. So, basically study all our class sets. An alternative is that YOU COULD STUDY THE WHOLE MERRIAM WEBSTER'S THIRD DICTIONARY!!!!!
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National Spelling Bee Tip #1: It can be helpful to study words from other languages that could be bizarre.
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There are many sets like this such as "Words from Afrikaans".
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National Spelling Bee Tip #2: For each spelling bee, there are various recommendations on how many hours should be studied per day. Here are my ideas:
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1. School: 1-2 hours 2. District: 1.5-2 hours 3. County: 2-3 hours 4.Regional/State: 3-4 hours 5. National: At least 8 hours
