Saturday, March 21! Thank the Tradition Continues

Spelling Study Guide

See you at The Bee, Saturday, March 21! Thank The Tradition Continues

The Missourian Media Group will host The Bee, the ﬁfth annual You regional spelling competition, on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at East Central College.

All schools in the area are invited The Bee 2015 Steering Committee each year to send their school spelling bee champion to Jennifer Baker, Clearview Elementary, Washington School District compete in The Bee. Jennifer Hawkins, St. Clair School District The Missourian initiated The Bee in 2011 to offer students in grades Patty Kellmann, retired, Union School District four through eight incentives to Eric Lause, St. Clair Junior High School hone their spelling skills, and to provide area schools an Terri Ogle, retired, Washington School District opportunity to advance a student Dot Schowe, East Central College to a regional competition at no cost to the school. hth companies, inc., sponsor of The Bee 2015 We believe spelling will always be critical to good communication Word List for The Bee was provided by Professor David L. Adkiss, Missouri and the basis for sound reading Southern University, Joplin. skills. Special Section Design: Lisa Noelke, Missourian Media Group The Bee is just one way the Project Director: Dawn Kitchell, Missourian Media Group Missourian Media Group is working to help raise readers in Spelling Standards met with this resource include: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1. the areas we serve. The mission Missouri GLE Standards for activities in this resource include: R1C, R3A, W2A, and W2D. of our educational program is to engage young readers, building Important Note on Word Study List in this Guide skills and connecting them to If the judges are unable to determine a champion for The Bee through the word list provided their communities, and to offer in this publication, the pronouncer will be given additional words furnished by East Central educators and parents resources College. These words are not a part of The Study Guide, and students will not receive a copy to enrich the lives of their children. of these words. Ofﬁcial Rules for The Bee 2015 may be found at emissourian.com on the Missourian In To learn more about our Education page. Missourian In Education programs, visit www.emissourian.com and link to the Missourian In Education page. Spelling TipS See It, Say It. Hear it, Use your to senses to help you learn new words. Each time you SEE the new word, don’t just look at it, 2 ﬁnd out how it is pronounced and SAY it out loud. Have somebody else help out by saying the word so you can HEAR it. DOUBle SpelleR WORD SeARCH pUZZle S E D I A M O N D C P F M S Q A U T O M O B I L E H F A C U H E B I V R J F H N O U N I I N X Y E R A A G K A T C N V L Y E N E Y O O Z F G O D E I T E O W W B L V K O I G N R C D M L A S R R W A N R R A S R D B L B E C A O N F V A H G F W K V T B S A K W Y Q P M N O J T A Z O U E S C X O H O E A Y W G N I E B A T D E E W A E S S H R P L G B K E G O O E Y V U U E A E O R E Z R S C J Z Y E R L L I M D A E R T X I N A Z L F A A O N M P F S M D J E

AUTOMOBILE LEGACY BUBBLE MANNERS CIVICS NEWSCASTER DIAMOND PHOTOGRAPH EYEBROW QUILT FAVORITE RAZOR GOOEY SEAWEED HANDCUFF TREADMILL INNKEEPER VENOM Unscramble each of the clue words. Solutions JAYWALK WATERLOG Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same on page number. YOGA 10 ZERO Spelling RiDDleS Riddles are a fun way to understand and practice homophones. Remember that homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Spelling 1. How do you catch a fairy? What 2. Why couldn’t the pony talk? 3. Why did the bread have holes? giggleS ﬁve-letter word 4. What advice did Newsbee give the other bee? becomes shorter 5. What vegetable is important to music? 6. What is a chicken’s favorite thing to do at a basketball game? when you add 7. What’s the scariest lake? letters

8. How do you paint a rabbit? spray (hair) hare With 8. to it? wheat bread 4. Just bee (be) yourself 5. The beet (beat) 6. Take a fowl (foul) shot 7. Lake Erie (eerie) (eerie) Erie Lake 7. shot (foul) fowl a Take 6. (beat) beet The 5. yourself (be) bee Just 4. bread wheat

Short 3 1. By its fairy tale (tail) 2. Because he was a little horse (hoarse) 3. Because if was whole (hole) (hole) whole was if Because 3. (hoarse) horse little a was he Because 2. (tail) tale fairy its By 1. Answer: Answers:

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When I was about 8 years old, I had an electronic toy parody piker pollard quench remedy called a Spelling Ace that had all kinds of word partage pilfer pollution quern remote games like Hangman and Anagrams on it. passion pilgrim ponderous quest renounce I still love hearing stories, playing word games passkey pillbox pontal queued rental such as Words with Friends, and watching Wheel pasture pilot porpoise repertory quid of Fortune. I learned German in high school, replenish patent pineapple porridge quilt and I want to learn more languages in the patronize pinecone porringer quitclaim resonant future. respondent pawned pinhead portfolio quondam I did study the words for the spelling bee, but spelling has always come naturally to me. When I was preparing, I would picture words in my head. Even when I was just having a Bee A gOOD SpelleR conversation, I would spell out words in my head Can you spell? Take this quiz based on words from this year’s Word List. In each of the when I thought or said them. If I came across following groups of words, only one of the words is misspelled. For each group, select the misspelled word and spell it correctly in the space provided. a word that I didn’t know how to spell, I would make sure to learn it. 1. amigo cupcake gimmick jelosy ______I am currently a senior at St. Francis Borgia, 2. mediate whippit octane fibrious ______and I plan to go to University of Missouri this fall 3. barren parboil midrif tediously ______4. gimick molecule albeit feebly ______to study psychology and then go on to grad 5. wizen plumage ethnisity hoax ______school and do neuroscience research. 6. stanza juggernot ostrich bugle ______7. petrify transparensy acrid seminary ______8. yowl rube apricot scetchy ______past Champions of The Bee 9. porpoise emperor notarise erode ______2014 – Emily Braun, 10. gleanings literbug incense vulture ______

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1. jealousy 2. whippet 3. midriff 4. gimmick 5. ethnicity 6. juggernaut juggernaut 6. ethnicity 5. gimmick 4. midriff 3. whippet 2. jealousy 1. Answers: Union Middle School 2012 - McKenzie White, Meramec Valley Middle School 2011 - Ashley Roberts, St. Francis Borgia Grade School 7 invisible Man game Divide the class into two teams. Draw two large “stick-type” ﬁgures on the board. Be sure to give each of them the same number of body parts. Draw 13 parts for each: two eyes, two ears, nose, mouth, head, hair, body, two arms, and two legs. Make one a girl and the other a boy (use different hair styles).

Start with team 1 and give the first person a spelling word. He must resurgence scandalous septennial spitz say-spell-say it. If he is correct, he gets to erase a body part from the retrogress scarcely serrefine splendor opponents’ figure. Then move to the other team and repeat. If the word is not properly spelled, no part is erased. Keep going until one team richness scattered serried spur has completely erased the other’s person — hence, the Invisible Man. riddling scenery sexton squadron riffraff scepter shank squat taint tidal vehicle weighhouse righteous schizoid sharkskin squatter talisman tightrope veined welfarism rightful scientific shavetail squeal talkathon timorous velocious whammy rigorous scope sheepish squeg tallowy torso vendue wheedle ritualistic score shenanigans stagecoach tallyho trainable venom whereas rivulet scoundrel sheriff stagehand tanbark trammel venture wherry roadster scour simpatico staggered tangent transistor verbatim whippet robbery scouting sire staircase tango transparency verjuice whisk robot scowl sketchy stalemate tangy travesty vermin whist roseleaf scraggly skiff stalk tantalize treadmill vespacide wiseacre rube scrapbook skimpy stampede tapestry treble vibrant wizen rumored scrappy skullcap standpatter tapeworm trenchant vilely womp ryegrass scratchy slag stanza tarry tricolor villa wrestling sagacity screamer snood stapes tawdry tricot vindicate yacht salmon screenplay snoopery starch tearstain triplicate vinegar yammer salve scrimmage snooty stearic technician troika vocabulary yardage salvo scruffy snubbed steeplechase tediously troth vocation yaws sandbar scruple soapbush steeved teething tuft volleyball yoga sandlotter scrutiny soberingly stylebook telecast tundra vulture youngster sarcasm scuffle sodden suable telegram turbine wail youthfully sardine seaweed soilage suasible television tyrannosaurus waiter yowl satisfaction secession solidify subconscious temperance uglify wake zanily saturate sedate soloist subsidiary tempest ulcerate waterlog zebra sauce seductive soprano substantive temporality ultimacy watery zero saucerless semester sorcery successor tenant ultraviolet waxen sausage semiautomatic spandex suet tendency umpire wealth savory seminary spastic suffocate tennis umpty wean savvy senatorial species sukiyaki tentative unfurl weasel scabby senseless spellbinder sulcus tepid unscrupulous wedge scaffold sensible spherical sultana terrace unveiled weevil scalper sensitive spindly superjacent terrier upbeat scandal sensual spindrift swaddle territory urn symmetry terse usage tabard testy utmost tabby tetanus vacant tabernacle tether vacationland What tableau thatch valuable is the tabletop theretofore valve smartest taciturn thew vampire tactful thicket variable

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Use the news • Create a T-chart on notebook paper. Write 10 words from The Bee Word Study List down the ﬁrst column. Using the newspaper, cut out a synonym for each word and 20 paste it in the second column.

• Using at least ﬁve words from The Bee Word Study List, create a classiﬁed ad selling a product or 21 service.

• Use a newspaper to cut out your spelling words or letters to make your words. Glue the words to a piece of paper.

• Cut pictures from the newspaper 22 and write a story about the pictures using at least 10 words from The Bee Word Study List. Across 2. a kind of small shellfish that attaches itself to rocks and the bottoms of boats underwater • Create a chart to categorize 10 5. special eyeglasses that fit close to your face and that are worn to protect your eyes words from The Bee Word Study List 6. a place where pigs are kept according to the number of syl- 9. a usually large amount of money won in a game of chance 10. a round object with flat ends and a tube in its center around which thread or yarn is wound lables. Then, cut 10 words from the 11. a school or class for very young children newspaper and paste them in the 14. a small animal that has a thin body and brown fur and that eats small birds and other animals correct columns in the chart. 15. a man in ancient Rome who fought against another man or animal for public entertainment 17. a hard and dry part that is the fruit of a pine tree and contains many seeds • Write the alphabet on a separate 18. not neat, clean, or orderly sheet of paper. Beside A, write $1. 19. a small object used for holding clothes on a clothesline Beside B, write $2, and so on. Select 21. a real or imaginary machine that is controlled by a computer and is often made to look like a human or animal 22. all of the words known and used by a person 10 words from The Bee Word Study List and calculate how much each Down 1. a large area of land where animals feed on the grass word is worth. Then, locate more 3. friendly conversation about things that are not very important words from the newspaper and 4. something (such as a monument or ceremony) that honors a person who has died or serves as a reminder of calculate their worth. Paste a word an event in which many people died from the newspaper beside each 7. a symbol that has the first letters of a person’s first, middle, and last names and that is put on towels, blankets, word from the Study List, then com- clothes, etc., as a decoration or to show ownership 8. a public box in which letters and packages are placed to be collected and sent out pare the two using the symbols: 12. a young eagle >, <, and =. 13. a tightly stretched rope or wire high above the ground that a performer walks on, does tricks on, etc., especially in a circus 16. an aircraft that can stay in the air without moving forward and that has metal blades that turn around on its top 9 20. an exercise machine which has a large belt that moves around while a person walks or runs on it Word Search Double Speller puzzle From Page 3 From Page 3

EN V Y Score Yourself 8-10 correct M A N GO You may be the next spelling bee champion! PLA T O O N 5-7 correct You’ll be okay with a good dictionary – and a BLOWT O R C H little more practice. 3-6 correct Y A C HT Can you spell “practice?’ 0-2 correct RENTA L Wake up! Have you been sleeping through H O AX spelling class?

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Spelling Resources and Spelling Crossword Games Online From Page 9

spellingcity.com (spelling games)

funbrain.com/spell (spelling games)

spellingcoach.com (Raphael’s Fun Spelling Tips and Tricks)

kidsspell.com (spelling lists and spelling games)

todayifoundout.com (spelling trivia)

pbskids.org/games/spelling (spelling games)

eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg (spelling match game) 10 Fun Ideas For Spelling Practice

• Write your words in three colors. • Use graph paper and make at least 10 of your words • Make a word search with a friend, then trade and solve. connect like a crossword puzzle. • Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a • Write your spelling words with vowels lowercase and time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words. consonants uppercase. HaPPy. • Write your word and then write at least two words made • Write a sentence for each spelling word. Try to place five from each. words in each sentence. • Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter or • Write each spelling word backwards, for example: anything you can eat! cat=tac and money=yenom. • Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some • Write silly sentences that use all of your spelling words. other surface that can be cleaned safely. Underline all of the spelling words. • Write your words in mud or sand. • Write your spelling words in dots. Then connect the dots by • Write your words in ABC order – backwards! tracing over them with colored pencil. • Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words. • Make flash cards with your spelling words. • Write two words having one common letter so they criss- • Write your spelling words once in manuscript and then cross. once in cursive. • If you are right-handed, write with your left, or vice versa. • Write each spelling word in bubble letters. • Write your spelling words using a different color for each • Write riddles with your spelling words. Don’t forget to put letter. the answers. • Write your entire spelling list end-to-end as one long word, • Number the alphabet from 1-26. After writing your spelling using different colors of crayon or ink for different words. words, change them to a number and add them. • With a long length of string, “write” words in cursive, using • Write your words then use the dictionary to the string to shape the letters. write a short definition. • Translate your words into numbers from a telephone • Spell your words on the computer and keypad. print out. Use a different font for each • In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the word. air. • Find synonyms (words that mean the • Search a newspaper page from top to bottom, circling same for your spelling words.) each letter of a word as you find it. Write the spelling word and the synonym. • Make words using Popsicle sticks. • Make a comic strip using • Use an Etch-A-Sketch to write your words. 10 of your words. • Stamp your words on a piece of notebook paper. • Draw a flower garden • Draw and color a picture. Hide your words in your spelling picture. Put one spelling word on picture. each flower or petal. • Write your spelling words around the outside of a piece of • Write your words in Morse Code. notebook paper. Keep going until you get to the middle • Draw a picture to define your of the paper. spelling words. • Write a song or rap with 10 of your spelling words. • Write your spelling words, • Record yourself spelling your word list and play it back to dividing the words into yourself over and over. syllables using slashes. Thank You

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