I am in a spelling bee and need tips on how to remember the words its on jan 29?

hello!! I have a great tip that helps me memorize things or learn things easier. Take the word and relate it to a image...it is called mind mapping, it works...take a look at it and good luck...this also helps you for all your academics.





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Ten Tips for Better Spelling


1) This may be the best-known spelling rule:


i before e, except after c


or when sounded like ';ay';


as in neighbor and weigh


Here are some words that follow the rule:


IE words: believe, field, relief


CEI words: ceiling, deceit, receive


EI words: freight, reign, sleigh


Some exceptions: either, foreign, height, leisure, protein, weird


';CIEN words'; are another exception to the rule. These include ancient, efficient, and science.


2) Here's another familiar spelling rule: ';Silent e helps a vowel say its name.'; This means that when a word ends with a vowel followed by a consonant and then silent e, the vowel has a long sound. That's the difference between rate and rat, hide and hid, and cube and cub.


3) Have you heard the expression ';When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking?'; This means that when there are two vowels in a row, the first usually has a long sound and the second is silent. That's why it's team, not taem; coat, not caot; and wait, not wiat. Remembering this rule will help you to put vowels in the right order.


4) Learn the basic rules for spelling with plural nouns so that you know whether to use s or es and how to make plurals of nouns that end in y or f.


5) In general, though, memorizing rules isn't the most effective way to learn spelling. Most rules have exceptions鈥攁nd besides, you are best at learning words that you have made an effort to understand. A good way to understand a word is to break it into syllables. Look for prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Practice each short part and then the whole word.


dis-ap-pear-ing


tra-di-tion-al


After you break apart a word, ask yourself: How is this word like other words I know? Spelling the word traditional may make you think of spelling functional and national. Finding patterns among words is one of the best ways to learn spelling.


6) It's also helpful to try making up a funny memory aids. For example, do you have trouble remembering which has two s's鈥攄esert (arid land) or dessert (a sweet treat)? Remember that with dessert, you'd like seconds. Similarly, do you have trouble remembering how to spell separate? Remember that there's a rat in the middle.


7) Another kind of memory aid is to make up a sentence in which the first letter of each word can be used to make the spelling word. The sillier the better鈥攇oofy sentences may be easier to remember.


chili: cats have interesting little ideas


physical: please have your strawberry ice cream and lollipops


8) Make sure that you are pronouncing words correctly. This can help you to avoid some common spelling errors, such as canidate instead of candidate, jewelery instead of jewelry, and libary instead of library.


9) Put together a list of words that you find difficult to spell. Go over your old papers and spelling exams to track down these troublemakers. Once you've got your list in hand, see if some of the tips above will help you.


10) And lastly: Don't rely on electronic spellcheckers! They can miss errors鈥攅specially when you have used the wrong word but spelled it correctly. To prove it, we've taken a sentence and messed up all the words. And the spellchecker thinks it's fine.


';I might need some new shoes for gym,'; Harry told our Aunt Ann.


';Eye mite knead sum knew shoos four Jim,'; Hairy tolled hour Ant an.I am in a spelling bee and need tips on how to remember the words its on jan 29?
Have you seen this movie? Akeelah and the Bee? This movie can help you how you know the word are latin or greek and then spell it correctly.





Try this link http://www.m-w.com/spell/index.htm





Good luck!
it depends... do you know what words would be in the spelling bee? then study those. if they are random, then read the dictionary as many times as you can between now and then.
i berfore e except after uh uh i think its b or c
remember the word and recite it, over an over again. When your done ask your parent to test you on them
take lil' peices of paper and write letters on them. Then make a crossword with them. See how many you can get to fit together.