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PARENT AND STUDENT RESOURCES

Words to Study
For any spelling bee:
Read How to Study for a Spelling Bee by national finals pronouncer, Dr. Jacques Bailly.
For a classroom, grade level or school-wide spelling bee:
Step One: Learn the 100 study words for your grade level. Ask your teacher or school spelling bee coordinator for the study words. Your teacher obtains the study words by logging into a password-protected area of spellingbee.com available exclusively for teachers. It is there that your teacher prints out "Study Words for (Your Grade Level)."
Step Two: Ask your teacher for the study words for all other grade levels. Study words are available for grades 1–8.
Step Three: Get a head start on district, county, city, regional or state competition. Learn the words in Spell It! Also, expand your spelling skill set by playing the fun word games at Merriam-Webster's Word Central.

For a district, county, city, regional or state spelling bee:
Step One: Ensure that you know the study words for grade levels 1–8.
Step Two: Learn the words and do the activities in Spell It!
Step Three: When you master the words in Spell It!, expand your spelling skill set by playing the fun word games at Merriam-Webster's Word Central.

RULES

Click here to download a PDF of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Spelling Bee Rules.
SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE Click here to download a PDF of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Rules.