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Entry level study materials for use at the school level!

  • For classroom, grade level and school spelling bees, you learn a list of 50 study words. When you master the 50 study words, you further prepare for spelling competition by learning the study words for other grade levels.
  • Study words are available for grades 1–8. You obtain study words from your teacher. Your teacher obtains the study words by logging into the password-protected section of spellingbee.com and printing one-page study sheets.
  • Click here for study recommendations for classroom, grade level, and school spelling bee participants.

 

What about Spell It!—the study booklet and Web site?

  • Spell It!, a collaborative effort of Merriam-Webster and the Scripps National Spelling Bee, is the official study source for school spelling champions. If you will represent your school at a district, county, city, regional or state spelling bee you should study Spell It! Click here for complete study recommendations for school spelling champions.
  • No Spell It! words appear on competition word lists that the Scripps National Spelling Bee has designed for use at the classroom, grade or school level.
  • Many Spell It! words appear on competition word lists that the Scripps National Spelling Bee has designed for use at the district, county, city, regional and state level.