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Spelling Bee. I need to be prepared!
On Monday my teacher warned my Eight Grade class that we are going to have a classroom spelling. Whoever passes it will go to the School Spelling Bee, which i am very excitd about, because i am a GREAT speller. Although I don't know what the words are going to be, I am very anxious, curious, and scared that I don't know how to spell a word because I never heard or seen it before.
Any tips on how I canbe good at Spelling Bees?
And also do you guys know where I can find the words that are frequently used in Spelling Bees? Either class spelling bees or school, or BOTH :)
I could really use your heklp for my advantage/benefits. I would gladly appreciate if you take your time to give me some advice and help me out so I will feel good & confident when it is my turn to spell, rather than freaking out.
Conclusion:
I REALLY WANT TO GET TO THE TOP AND WIN THE SCHOOL SPELLING BEE SINCE I DIDN'T WIN THE GEOGRAPHY BEE. I KNOW I NEED TO STUDY THE WORDS EACH DAY AND NOT CRAM ALL THE WORDS IN MY HEAD 3 DAYS BEFORE THE COMPETITION. BUT DO YOU GUYS KNOW ANY WAY HOW TO HELP ME OUT WITH WORDS? ANY TRICKS AND TIPS?
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Do you guys know any hard words that you think I can spell?
If there's more to say, please add more information and go beyond the advice, meaning, give a really helpful advice to me.
14/female/8th grade :),
Future spelling Bee QUEEN :)
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If you have a list of the words, I suggest checking the words you already know, and making a list of the words you don't know. Believe me, this is extremely helpful. I won the 2012 ACSI spelling bee using that tip. Also, if you get nervous during the Spelling Bee, take slow, deep breaths and smile a lot...it will relax you. ^_^ You should study hard and practice a lot! Good luck, future spelling bee queen! ;)
-12, 7th grade
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good luck! you seem slike you can will and i hope you do, Future Spelling Bee Queen!!!!11
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I was a champ back in my day.
I was really close to going to nationals in 2005.
Anyway.
The official book is called 2008 Spell It!
However, most schools do NOT use the official book nor do they play by official rules. You jsut have to be good at spelling to win those. I think my words were rather easy.
A lot of spellers write it out either mentally or with their finger on their hand. I never found this to be particularly helpful, but a lot of other people did. I can't do math like that, either.
Furthermore, be sure to use things to your advantage. You can ask your adjudicators to repeat words and (I'm using regional and national rules here) you can also ask for the etymology, definition, and part of speech. Be sure to ask for these! You can ask for them for every word, and I recommend doing so. Besides giving you more time, it helps you to know that you're spelling the right word. For example, if I said "effect", you might spell a-f-f-e-c-t, and in that case you'd be wrong. Also, it clarifies. For example, a fellow competitor was eliminated for spelling mohair incorrectly because the adjudicator said "molehair".
Good luck.
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well... there is always the traditional method of reading words from the dictionary, but this takes a LONG time and it's something you need to start doing months before the spelling bee to prepare. so i wouldn't suggest this method. the best thing you can do is get Scripp's consolidated word list, because this has the actual words that will be chosen for the national spelling bee. you can find this by going to spellingbee.com, and then clicking on the icon that says study zone in the left hand side toolbar. scroll down about halfway, and you will see where you can click to download the entire list for free, or click on different parts of it and view it online. good luck.
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Hey, I've been in two spelling bees. I never won (the first one I won, but later lost; very complicated story involving incomeptent judges) but I came close.
The most important thing is planning what you're going to say before you say it. You don't have to blurt out an answer right away, you can think about it first and they won't get upset in the slightest. If you're stuck (or know already and just want more time to think) ask for whatever they can provide- a definition, word origins, ask them to repeat it, use the word in a sentence, etc. All of those things are really helpful, so take advantage of them.
When you're studying, write down words you're not sure of, and go back to them. Ask a friend for family member to help you practice format of answers, like if you have to say the word, spell it, and say it again for example, practice doing just that.
If you get a word you don't know, take your best shot & sound it out. Break it down into smaller sections, whatever method works for you.
The spelling bee usually starts with easy words so you'll build up your confidence really quickly. During the bee, if someone before you messes up, remember what they did & don't do the same thing!
I also suggest asking a similar question to this to the regular question queue (don't copy-paste though, you'll get in trouble!) and you'll get a lot more answers. Good luck!
-LM
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Here are a few links that should help you.
This one has the winning words of different people: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
Here are words straight from the spelling bee website in the frequency of which they appear: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
Scroll down to the bottom of that little box and it will tell you how frequent they appear, then you can click on them and 50 pages worth of words come up in a pdf file. Study those words, they will help!
I was the 7th grade champ at my school. In 8th grade I got out because I thought my teacher said the word "posture" when she said "apostrophe" (I'm a senior in high school and I still don't know if that's how it's spelt). Anyway, good luck!
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I'm glad to see someone else enthused about spelling! I won my schools spelling bee in 7th grade, and went on to regionals - and spelling my word wrong due to nerves, but the experience was such a thrill and I wouldn't trade it for anything! Here's some tips and strategies I used when studying for the bee, I hope they help!
STRATEGIES FOR SPELLING:
Think about the word, and where you've seen it before. Close your eyes are try to invision the world. If you need to - you can spell the word with the finger. I suggest these two things because these were things that helped me win my schools spelling bee.
STUDYING STRATEGIES:
+ Studying language of origins
- each language of origin has different tricks, and if you know these it'll be easier for you to spell the world
+ try reading some news articles, and you'll be suprised to find interesting words.
- if you see a word you don't know, circle it, look it up on dictionary.com, and from that you'll know it's context
+ whenever a teacher says a word you haven't heard before write down how you think it's spelled, and ask the teacher afterwards how infact you do spell it.
+ grab a friend, and have them pick random words out of the dictionary and let them quiz you
All those things are little, but they definitely add up! I used those, and from experience I can say they helped me.
Remember to have fun with this, and I wish you the best! (:
P.S. You know anything is possible! My friend won 3rd in the Scripps National Bee a few years back as well! SO you can do it if you put your mind to it!
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