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Spelling Bee sample · Grades 5–6

Five short questions with a real teaching moment. On a phone, move through one clear question at a time.

Question 1 of 5

Word parts - free strategy

Which spelling is correct?

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Use a base word and suffix

Careless is built from care + less. Checking each part helps with longer words.

  1. Find the base word: care.
  2. Add the suffix: -less.
  3. Put the parts together: careless.

Question 2 of 5

Vocabulary

Which word means to predict?

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Question 3 of 5

Spelling

Which word is spelled correctly?

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Question 4 of 5

Synonyms

Which word is closest in meaning to enormous?

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Question 5 of 5

Prefixes

What does the prefix re- usually mean?

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