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Spelling:

Tricky Word Flashcards

 

Today's Snack: Here's a trick that you can do with a taco shell. Instead of putting taco meat inside a soft or hard tortilla shell, put one strip of bacon, cooked, drained and crumbled up. Add 1 egg, beaten and scrambled over low heat, plus a sprinkling of shredded cheese. Yummy! Have some orange juice or apple juice to go with.

 

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Supplies:

Blank index cards | pencil | dictionary | thick rubber band

 

 

            The best way to become a good speller is to practice.    An easy way to practice your spelling is to make your own "practice deck" of flashcards of tricky spelling words.

 

            You can use index cards to make your spelling flashcards. If you don't have index cards, you can cut up scratch paper, or use the backs of recycled letters. Ask in the office of your school, church or parents' business for extra paper you can use for this purpose.

 

If the following words are too difficult, put your own spelling words on index cards, and add more each week until you have a huge deck. You probably have a spelling test each week at school; just add flashcards to your deck for all those words that give you trouble, or that you misspell on the test. Next time, you'll get them right!

 

Put a different tough word on each card. Write it fairly big. Put a little space between the syllables to help you remember how to pronounce each one.

 

            Use a dictionary to double-check each spelling. If you aren't sure what the word means, you can jot down the definition, or meaning, of the word on each card, too.

 

            Once a week or so, study the cards. To study a spelling word, pronounce it out loud, study the spelling, and then shut your eyes, pronounce it again, and spell it out loud. Now give the deck to a friend or family member to quiz you. He or she shouldn't let you see the words, but just pronounce them out loud, and you spell them out loud.

 

            They say that once you have looked at a word, and said it aloud, 25 times, even a very difficult word, you have mastered the spelling, and it will be yours forever. So drill yourself as often as you can, and it'll really pay off. Keep your deck neat with a large rubber band.

 

      Study these words once a week for one semester of the school year, and you will be a master speller!

 

 

§         ab sence

§         ac  ci den tal ly

§         ac com plish

§         ac cor di on

§         a cross

§         ad vice

§         af fect

§         ef fect

§         a part ment

§         ap pear ance

§         arc tic

§         ar gu ment

§         at ten dance

§         bal loon

§         bar be cue

§         be gin ning

§         be lief

§         be lieve

§         bis cuit

§         cal en dar

§         cem e ter y

§         chan ging

§         choose

§         chose

§         climbed

§         clothes

§         cloth ing

§         cloth

§         com ing

§         coun sel or

§         de ceive

§         des cribe

§         des pair

§         de vel op

§         dic tion ar y

§         dif fer ence

§         dis ap point

§         dis ease

§         eas I ly

§         en e my

§         en vir on ment

§         ex is tence

§         ex is tent

§         fam i liar

§         Feb ru ar y

§         for ty

§         fourth

§         gen er al ly

§         gen  us

§         gov ern ment

§         gram mar

§         hap pi ly

§         height

§         hoarse

§         hop ing

§         im a gin ary

§         is land

§         i deal ly

§         in cred I ble

§         jeal ous ly

§         know ledge

§         la ter

§         light ning

§         loose

§         lose

§         mag a zine

§         min utes

§         mys ter I ous

§         nine ty

§         ninth

§         o be di ence

§         op tim is m

§         or I gin

§         pe cu li ar

§         per form ance

§         plan ning

§         pos si ble

§         quiz zes

§         real ize

§         real ly

§         safe ty

§         sur prise

§         there fore

§         through

§         though

§         un ique

§         vac uum

§         vol ume

 

By Susan Darst Williams • www.AfterSchoolTreats.com • Writing © 2012

 

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