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4th Grade Spelling Bee

5th Grade Spelling Bee

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6th Grade Spelling Bee

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  able above act address agree airport alarm alive alphabet although

always among animal answer aren’t army asleep aunt avenue baking

bandage baskets began believe belong below benches between blanket bloom

boil bold books bottle bought break breath brick bridge broil

broke broken brook broom brought brushes bubble bucket building built

burned busy button buying cabins calf cardboard caring carrying catch

cause celery center certain chance changing chicken chief choice choose

chose circle clock clothing coast coin comb common corner cotton

couch cough couldn’t counting couple cousin cover cracked crayon crime

crow crowd crush crying curl damage damp danger dare deaf

dear death decide deer didn’t died dirt disappear discovered divide

double downstairs drain drawer drew drill dump during earn earth

edge either elbow electric engine enough evening everybody except exciting

false famous fear feather felt fence few fifth fixed flight

floor flour flow fold follow footprint forest forever forgive fork

These words can be written on your “word wall”, assigned in blocks, utilized for writing assignments or spelling drills. Be sure to reference the Grammar Punk Tutorial CD to access the interactive SPELLING BEE for 4th grade.

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Accurate: free from error Address: the place where a person lives Afford: to bear the cost of Alert: to make aware of; watchful against danger

Analyze: to make an analyses of; to examine Ancestor: one from whom an individual is descended Annual: occurring once a year Arrest: the state of being stopped; taken into legal custody Ascend: to move upward Assist: to help another Attempt: to make an effort toward Attraction: the act or power of attracting; personal charm Awkward: clumsy or ungraceful Baggage: the traveling bags and belongings of a traveler Barometer: an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure Basic: concerned with the fundamentals Blend: to mix thoroughly Blossom: the flower of a plant Boastful: to praise oneself Burrow: a hole made in the ground by an animal Bystander: one present but not participating Calculate: to determine by mathematical process Capable: having ability or power to do something Captivity: held under control Century: a period of 100 years Circular: having the form of a circle

Grammar Punk Sentence: T E 4 | Cecil couldn’t resist the urge to analyze his report card for signs of teacher inattention.

Teachers, challenge students to write sentences containing one vocabulary word and one word that contains at least one dice word. Dice words are created by rolling the (white) consonant and vowel dice and creating a word that contains at least one letter from each die.

When students seem to be comfortable with creating dice words, roll the (black) number die and create the number of dice words dictated by the number rolled. See examples below.

As student’s comfort level and confidence grows, introduce the punctuation and grammar dice as students assimilate these vocabulary words.

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Coax: to gain by gentle urging or flattery

Column: supporting pillar Communicate: to make known Competition: the act of competing, rivalry Complete: having all parts of elements Concentrate: to fix ones powers, efforts, or attentions Concern: interest or anxiety Confuse: to make mentally unclear or uncertain Congratulate: to express pleasure on account of success Considerable: important; large in degree Content: satisfied; something contained Contribute: to give along with others; to help, assist Create: to cause to exist, to bring into being Dare: to have sufficient courage Dependent: relying on another for support Discover: to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time Discuss: to argue or consider carefully Doldrums: a spell of listlessness or despondency

Domestic: relating to the household or family Draft: to draw a preliminary sketch Drama: series of events involving conflicting forces Dream: a series of images occurring during sleep Dual: having double characters or nature Dwell: to abide or remain Ease: comfort of body or mind Entertain: to amuse or divert Entire: complete or whole; sound and perfect Entrance: permission or right to enter Envy: resentful awareness of another’s advantages Essential: of the utmost importance Extraordinary: notably unusual or extraordinary Flexible: yielding to influence Focus: adjustment that gives clear vision Fragile: easily broken Function: the particular purpose for which a thing exists Fusion: the union by or as if by melting

Grammar Punk Sentence: D O 3 | Nothing dispelled Natasha’s doldrums like a trip to the mall to shop for hats that would inevitably turn out to be too hideous to wear.

Grammar Punk Sentence: C A 5 | When it came to her grandchildren Myra was a real pushover; it didn’t take much to coax her into making a batch of her famous chocolate-chip-cherry-macadamia cookies.

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Vocabulary Crossword

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Vocabulary Crossword Clues Across 2. a hole made in the ground by an animal 4. condition of full development 7. to bend the knee; to rest on the knees 9. of or relating to the moon 12. yielding to influence 13. to amuse or divert 16. to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time 17. an inherited, or established pattern of action 18. to answer or reply 21. undertaking involving chance or risk 22. filled with excitement, activity or confusion 23. rapid or speedy Down 1. having the form of a circle 3. material left over, rejected or thrown away 5. of common quality, rank, or ability 6. addition or enlargement in size 8. regular, standard, natural 10. to bear the cost of 11. person who has the care of a building 14. exceeding the usual in size 15. of high rank or station, excellent and stately 19. containing or yielding plenty 20. strict or stern; hard to endure

   

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What’s That Word? Answer Key Fill in the blank to match the word (in the box below) to the definition 1. Astound: to fill with bewilderment or wonder 2. Belief: something believed 3. Curious: having a desire to investigate or learn 4. Diamond: figure having four equal sides 5. Eggplant: large and dark purplish fruit 6. Grateful: expressing gratitude 7. Hedge: boundary formed of bushes 8. Icicle: a hanging mass of ice 9. Liquid: neither solid nor gaseous 10. Mirror: smooth surface that reflects an image 11. Octopus: sea creature with eight long arms 12. Piano: musical instrument played with keys 13. Reindeer: horned deer 14. Speak: to utter words 15. Television: system for transmitting pictures and sounds 16. Upstairs: on an upper floor 17. Salesman: person who sells 18. Whisper: to speak very softly

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4th Grade Vocabulary Puzzle

I I E M X O N E W W E R S Z I P P E R D

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Q I I D T S U F O O T P R I N T Y Q Y B

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Abecedarian:Of or relating to the alphabet, alphabetically arranged, rudimentaryThe history of abecedarian is as simple as ABC, literally. The term’s late Latin ancestor, abecadaurius, which means “of the alphabet” was created as a combination of the letters, a, b, c, and d plus the suffix aurius. In its oldest documented English uses, early in the 17th century, abecedarian was a noun meaning one learning the rudiments of something, it specifically referred to someone who was learning the alphabet. The adjective began appearing in English texts around 1665.

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fireproof following foolish forecast forehead foreign forgetting forgiveness forward fossil

fourteen fraction freedom freight friction froze fuel funnel furnish further

galaxy garlic garment gaze gesture governor gracious graduation grateful grief

grocery hamburger handsome handy happiest happiness headache ledge heritage heroes

higher hire history honorable horizon humid hunger hyphen identify ignore

imagination importance improvement independence information ingredient injury inquire inspect instance

instant instead instruct instruction instrument interesting intersection interview invention invisible

invitation jealous junior knowledge language lawyer lecture legal liberty liquid

loaves location luggage magazine magnet major manager marriage material mature

meaningful measure mechanic medical medicine mention method midnight minute mistaken

misunderstand mixture modern monument mood motion multiple muscle museum musical

myth napkin nationality natural negative neighborhood nineteen ninety noisy novel

numerator observe officer official operate opposite original outline Pacific paragraph

passenger patient pattern pears pedal penalty penguin percent performance personal

petal phrase physical piano pledge plumber poem poet policy pollute

pollution popular population positive potato potatoes prairie predict prefer preserve

prevent preview principal private probably problem project property protective provide

publish pumpkins purchase quote radius raisin rapid ratio realize recently

recycle reduce referred regular regulate regulation rehearse remarkable remind remote

replacement replied reptile request require requirements rescue resident resources respectful

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Courteous: marked by respect for others Debate: to discuss a question by considering opposed argument Dedicate: to set apart for a definite purpose Deprive: to stop from having something Document: a paper that furnishes information Duplicate: consisting of two corresponding or identical parts Edible: fit or safe to be eaten

Escalate: to increase in extent, volume, number or scope Evade: to manage to avoid especially by dexterity or slyness Exasperate: to be vexed or irritated Excavate: to dig out and remove a covering Exhibit: to display publicly Exult: to rejoice, glory Flare: a blaze of light used to signal or illuminate Fountain: a spring of water, an artificial jet of water Frequent: happening often or at short intervals

Friend: one attached to another by respect or affection Garage: a shelter or repair shop for automobiles Ghost: the soul of a dead person; a faint trace Groove: a long narrow channel; a fixed routine Hazard: a source of dangers Highway: a main direct road Holiday: a day set aside for special observance Humor: comical or amusing entertainment Impatient: restless or short of temper, not patient Impossible: incapable of being or accusing Interest: to persuade to participate or engage Island: a body of land completely surrounded by water Jalopy: a dilapidated vehicle

January: first month of the ancient Roman year; first month of the calendar Jeopardy: exposure to loss or injury Junction: a place or point of meeting Kayak: a canoe with a small opening propelled double bladed by a paddle Kettle: a metallic vessel for boiling liquids Kumquat: a small citrus fruit with a sweet spongy rind

Grammar Punk Sentence: N O 3 | Inordinately proud of his ramshackle jalopy, Dennis spent every spare moment working to keep it running.

Grammar Punk Sentence: F E 2 | Looking worriedly out the window, Bruce watched the frequency of the lightning flashes; the storm was getting closer.

Grammar Punk Sentence: L I 5 | Highly skeptical that the tiny little cake sitting on the saucer with the Eat Me sign next to it was edible, Bruce nevertheless snatched it up and gobbled it down.

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6th Grade

M N J P Y P T G F D B X Q B N Q P Y D P

S O V C A S C E A E Q N F B Y G F F U W

P Y H P A R G I L L A C I G O L L I A S

B A I D U T Q L J I L X K W H L Y T D E

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H Q Z L E V I T A R U G I F F H T J T Q

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ABDICATE ARCHITECT ATTITUDE BELLIGERENT BERATE BUNDLE CALLIGRAPHY CRAYON DELIBERATE DETRACT ELABORATE ELONGATE FIGURATIVE FINANCIAL GALLOP GURGLE HINDRANCE HOSPITAL ILLOGICAL IMMINENT JUSTIFY KLIEG

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A Criss-Cross of Words

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What’s That Word? Fill in the blank to match the word (in the box below) to the definition 1. a mental position with regard to a fact or state 2. toward the back 3. the act of creating or producing 4. hazardous, perilous 5. notably bad 6. weariness from labor or stress 7. the natural features of a region 8. to injure the self respect of 9. incapable of being separated 10. marked by jesting; playful 11. to become amused or derisive 12. wretchedly deficient 13. relating to or occurring in the night 14. formal consent or authorization 15. the purest essence of something 16. an act or instance of asking for something 17. nervous agitation 18. to set too low a value on 19. superiority in a contest

20. one that gives evidence

Egregious Backward Creative Fatigue Attitude

Vantage Geography Permission Inseparable Jocular

Trepidation Witness Laughable Underestimate Dangerous

Request Miserable Humiliation Nocturnal Quintessence

 

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absence absorption abundant acceptable accidentally accommodation accompaniment accurate accustomed achievement

acquaintance actuality adequately administration adolescent aggressive agriculture amateur ambassador analysis

analyze angel annual apparatus appearance application appropriate approximately arousing arrangement

bulletin calendar category changeable characteristic chemistry circumstance civilization cocoon commencement

commissioner committed comparative comparison competition conceivable confidential confirmation conscientious consciousness

consequently considerable consistency continuous controlled controversial cordially corps correspondence criticize

distinction distinguished dividend dominant dormitory earnest easily ecstasy eighth eliminate

embroidery endeavor enormous equipment especially essential estimation etiquette exaggeration examination

exceedingly exceptional excitable executive exercise exhaustion exhibition expense experience extension

fundamentally gasoline gentleman grammatically grateful guidance gymnasium handkerchief heroic hindrance

humorist hygiene hypocrisy illustrate imitation immense inability incidentally indispensable influential

innocence inquiry institute intellect interference interpretation interruption interval irrelevant irresistible

magnificence maintenance maneuver mansion martyr maturity medical merchandise merit miniature

mischievous missile misspelled monotony mortgage municipal narrative naturally neighbor noticeable

nuisance obstacle occasionally occupy odor offensive omitted opinion opposition optimism

These words can be written on your “word wall”, assigned in blocks, utilized for writing assignments or spelling drills. Be sure to reference the Grammar Punk Tutorial CD to access the interactive SPELLING BEE for 9th grade.

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peril permanent persistent perspiration pertain phase picnic pigeon playwright pleasant

poison politician positively possibility practically practice precede precisely predominant preferred

prejudice preliminary preparation primitive priority prisoner procedure proceedings procession prominent

proposition prosperous prove psychology publicity purposes qualities quantities questionnaire readily

reference referring regard register rehearsal religious remembrance representative requirement resistance

resolution responsibility restaurant ridiculous satisfactorily security senator sensibility sheer sheriff

significance simile situated solution sophomore souvenir specific specimen spiritual strenuous

stretch substantial subtle successful sufficient summarize superintendent suppress surgeon suspense

syllable symbol symphony technique temperature tendency tournament traffic twelfth tying

tyranny unanimous undoubtedly unforgettable unpleasant unusually vacancies varies vengeance villain

 

Encourage student to look up words they are unsure of in the dictionary. By searching for the word or typing it on a keyboard the redundancy will help them remember the spelling, the definition and usage.

Using the Grammar Punk™ Dice, encourage students to use these spelling words in sentences.

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99tthh GGrraaddee VVooccaabbuullaarryy LLiisstt Abstruse: difficult to understand; recondite Acrimonious: bitter, sharp, ill-natured animosity, especially as it is exhibited in speech or behavior

Ambulatory: capable of walking; moving about; not bedridden Ameliorate: to make or become better; improve Amenable: responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; tractable Anarchy: absence of any form of political authority Apartheid: any policy or practice of separating or segregating groups Apathy: lack of interest or concern; especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference Appropriate: to take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission Aptitude: an inherent ability, as for learning; a talent Arbitrary: determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason or principle Ardent: expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate

Assiduous: constant in application or attention; diligent Assimilate: to incorporate and absorb Auspicious: attended by favorable circumstances; propitious Autonomous: not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent Belittle: to cause to seem little or less than another Beset: to trouble persistently; harass Blithe: carefree and lighthearted

Cacophony: jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

Grammar Punk Sentence: C O 4 | Between the rooster crowing, the cows mooing, the dogs barking and the tractor’s motor, the cacophony of farm life was anything but peaceful.

Grammar Punk Sentence: T E 3 | Perennially cranky, Joyce often dreamed of being blithe and contented.

Grammar Punk Sentence: G I 2 | Bruce tried hard to hide his ardent feelings for angel food cake but the upcoming bake sale was bound to give him away.

Grammar Punk Sentence: R U 4 | Dreading the holidays and the acrimonious argument that inevitably occurred when it was time to decide who would carve the turkey, Sidney opted for a vegetarian Thanksgiving this year.

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Charisma: a rare personal quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular devotion and enthusiasm Chasm: a deep, steep-sided opening in the earth's surface; an abyss or a gorge Chivalrous: demonstrating the qualities idealized by knighthood, bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women Circumspect: heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent Coherent: logically connected Complicity: involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime Compose: to make or create by putting together parts or elements Conciliatory: to make or attempt to make compatible; reconcile Concord: being in agreement or accord Concurrent: happening at the same time

Consecrate: to declare or set apart as sacred Conspicuous: attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable Constitute: to be the elements or parts of; compose Contrived: obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous; labored Copious: large in quantity; abundant Corollary: a natural consequence or effect; a result Countenance: appearance, especially the expression of the face Credulous: disposed to believe too readily; gullible Cursory: performed with haste and scant attention to detail Daunt: to abate the courage of; discourage Dearth: a scarce supply; a lack Deleterious: having a harmful effect; injurious Demagogue: a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace Despot: a ruler with absolute power

Diligent: marked by persevering, painstaking effort Diverse: differing one from another Docile: ready and willing to be taught; teachable Elliptical: marked by deliberate obscurity of style or expression Elusive: difficult to define or describe Endemic: prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people Engender: to bring into existence; give rise to Ephemeral: lasting for a markedly brief time Equitable: marked by or having equity; just and impartial

Grammar Punk Sentence: B A 3 | Maybe it was because she’d worked at the school so long, somewhere along the way Mrs. Zewicki had become quite the despot when it came to the late return of library books.

Grammar Punk Sentence: S A 2 | She was quite proud of her ability to rub her stomach and pat her head concurrently.

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Finish The Sentence I Choosing from the words listed below, fill in the blanks to finish the sentences. 1. It’s hard to deal with Steve’s as he boasts about his new

skateboard.

2. Though she hated to resort to , she was not above threatening to tell their parents that Sue had skipped class.

3. The tough set out by our professor made the calculus class a last resort.

4. Certain he was on the verge of discovering a fourth , Stu studied every Star Trek episode for clues.

5. It was nearly impossible to draw a line that was perfectly from its counterpart.

6. Though he often acted in a , Clyde’s behavior was always worse when the circus came to town.

7. There is no of a perfect score no matter how hard you study but it certainly improves the odds.

8. Not exactly , he did seem to be overly fond of gum chewing.

9. Determined none of her students would ever be , Mrs. Santucci assigned more reading assignments than any other teacher.

10. Showing particularly bad , Cindy bought the pink sweater with the orange polka dots.

11. We doubted the captain would ever go so far as to any of his crew, we nevertheless obeyed his every order.

12. Always charmingly , Darcy was even more talkative during the dessert course.

Illiterate Fatuous Keelhaul Dimension Arrogance Guarantee Equidistant Blackmail Criteria Loquacious Judgment Habitual

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9th Grade Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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9th Grade Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle – Word List Across 1. having or showing the desire or reason to thank someone 4. a session in which something that’s to be done later, especially a public performance is practiced 5. the degree of heat as related to hotness or coldness 8. somebody who lives next door or close to someone else 9. a writer of plays 11. somebody who chooses to die rather than deny a strongly held belief 16. a lack of experience of the world 18. the craft of using needlework to make decorative designs 19. a society that has a high level of culture and social organization 20. communication by means of exchanged written messages by letter or email 23. uninteresting or boring as a result of being repetitive and unvaried Down 2. relating to or affecting the underlying principles or structures of something 3. a large room in which many people sleep 6. a second-year student in a high school or college 7. the tendency to believe, expect, or hope that things will turn out well 10. showing great bravery, courage or determination 12. punishment that is inflicted in return for a wrong 13. giving a correct or truthful representation of something 14. not pleasing, enjoyable, pleasing or enjoyable 15. with a full-figured body 17. cruelty and injustice in the exercise of power or authority over others 21. an elected member of a senate in the United States or ancient Rome 22. a short broadcast containing a single item of news

Accurate Bulletin Civilization Correspondence Dormitory Embroidery Fundamental Grateful

Heroic Innocence Martyr Monotonous Neighbor Optimism Playwright Rehearsal Senator Sophomore Temperature Tyranny

Unpleasant Vengeance Zaftig

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TTHEHE 77THTH GGRADERADE SSPELLINGPELLING BBEEEE!!TTHEHE 77 GGRADERADE SSPELLINGPELLING BBEEEE!!

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Teachers, this is an Teachers, this is an ,,interactive spelling interactive spelling b Th lli g b Th lli g bee. The spelling bee. The spelling

words will scroll with words will scroll with a click of the mouse.a click of the mouse.

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Welcome to the 7Welcome to the 7thth

G d S lli B !G d S lli B !Grade Spelling Bee!Grade Spelling Bee!

Let’s Spell!Let’s Spell!Let s Spell!Let s Spell!

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a c u m e n a d d e n d u mb e a u t i f u l

b r e v i t y y

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O d h O d h Once students have Once students have spelled the word spelled the word spelled the word spelled the word

(correctly) (correctly) encourage them to encourage them to define the worddefine the worddefine the word.define the word.

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l g l a m o r o u s g r a t i t u d e h i l a r i t y y

h u m i l i t yy

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Once students have Once students have spelled the word spelled the word

(correctl ) (correctl ) (correctly) (correctly) encourage them to encourage them to encourage them to encourage them to use the word in a use the word in a

ttsentence.sentence.

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t l i t m e n t a l i t y m a s q u e r a d eN o v e m b e r n u r t u r e

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Challenge students Challenge students ggto use the words in to use the words in

their everyday their everyday vocabularies vocabularies vocabularies. vocabularies.

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t i l i t iu t i l i z a t i o nu t t e r l y

v o r t e xv a n q u i s hq

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Once students have Once students have ll d th l t d ll d th l t d spelled the last word spelled the last word

(correctly) challenge (correctly) challenge (correctly) challenge (correctly) challenge them to put some of them to put some of

the words into a the words into a storstorstory.story.