Saturday, March 21! Thank the Tradition Continues
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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. 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When a team gets three in a row abstruse afflict aplastic barnyard bobbin (like regular tic-tac-toe) they win. absurdity afloat appealed baronial bonus acceptably afraid apprentice barren brandied acceptive against apricot barring bratty acclaim agate aptitude bashful brawn Spelling giggles accompany agency arbiter bastion breach accomplice agog arbitrary bathtub breadth accosted ailment arcade beachcomber brevity accumulate beagle My airedale architect brimstone accursed airtight archive beaker brittle teacher accusal aisle arena beanery browbeat looked at me acerb alacrity arraignment bedlam brute and said, acme alba artificial bedside bubble “Name two I replied: acne albeit ascribe bedstead buffalo pronouns.” “Who, acquire aldermanic ashtray begonia buffet me?” acrid alibi asleep beguile bugle acrylic alkali aspersion behead bullpen adapt allayment assembly belittle cabal addition allergic assuage alleviate astonish alphabetize asunder Spelling amicable asylum amigo athlete Spelling TipS amiss athwart FACT “Underground” To help remember which has amoral attrition two s’s — desert (arid land) or audacious is the dessert (a sweet treat), audacity only word that just remember that with dessert, begins and ends you’d like seconds! auspices automobile with “und” avalance 4 aviary container deduction emotional facultative flipper contriver defeat emperor faculty forsooth controversy delicious emporium failure forte conversant delirious emptiness fainness fortify Spelling convulsion demeanor emulate fainthearted fortress coordinate denominator energizer falcon fortune FACT coot depreciate enjoin fallible foully copilot desman fallow fountain “Lollipop” is the ennui coral desperado entertain fandango fourplex longest word that coronet devout envisage farcical foursquare can be typed cortisone diagram envy farfetched fraction using only the enzyme fashion right hand. crabby dialect framer crisscross diamond equality fatigue fraud cabdriver cider cudgel diary equally faultless freakish cablegram cashier circumspect culprit dilute equational favorite frightening cadge cask citify cumbersome disclaimant equipment fearsome fulvous cakewalk castigate civics cupcake discoloration equitable feature furniture calfskin castle clamor curia dissuade equity feebly gabbro camera casuistic clang cynology distortion equivalent feedback gabelle camper catapult claret dabbing divisible erode felonious gadabout campfire caterpillar cleanser dabble division errancy ferocious galling canal cathole climatology dander divisive errand fertile galore canary caucus clingstone dangle divvy escort festival gambit candied cauliflower clothespin daredevil docket estrange feverish gangrene candle ceaselessly clumsy dative dockhand eternity fewness gape canine celebrity coalesce dauntless documentary ethnicity fibrous garment canny cement coerce davenport doeskin evadable fickle garner canoe censorship cogent dawned doff evermore fiendish garnishee canopy ceramics cohesion dayroom doleful exceed fifteen garrison canteen certainty comic daze domesticate expert figment gaslight capital chapel concave deactivate domineer explicit fishmonger gearing capitulate charlatan concealment deafen donkey exploit flabby genetics captain chattel confide dearth doodling expression flamboyantly gentility capture chieftain confidence deathwatch dotard extinct flange geology caravan chitchat conserve debase downtrodden eyebrow flippancy gimmick carefree choppy conspiracy debate dragonfly fabulous giraffe careless chord constabulary debrief drummer facedown gladiator carnation chortle constant debris eagle facial glean carpet chorus constitution deburr eaglet factitious gleanings carrier chronically constrictor debut earring factory glimmer carroty chub construe deceit easily glissade cartwheel chubby consultor deceitful eastern global cascade churn consumer decency echo gloomy contact deception ecologist glossary decision effortless glossy decontrol effusive glue decorum eland glut elbowroom gluten ellipse gnarl Spelling I’m thinking of a five-letter elude goad em goggles word that, when you take away emblem two letters, you are left with giggles embroidery just one.