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!
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ab sence
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ac ci den tal ly
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ac com plish
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ac cor di on
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a cross
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ad vice
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af fect
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ef fect
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a part ment
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ap pear ance
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arc tic
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ar gu ment
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at ten dance
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bal loon
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bar be cue
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be gin ning
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be lief
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be lieve
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bis cuit
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cal en dar
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cem e ter y
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chan ging
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choose
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chose
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climbed
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clothes
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cloth ing
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cloth
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com ing
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coun sel or
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de ceive
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des cribe
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des pair
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de vel op
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dic tion ar y
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dif fer ence
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dis ap point
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dis ease
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eas I ly
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en e my
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en vir on ment
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ex is tence
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ex is tent
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fam i liar
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Feb ru ar y
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for ty
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fourth
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gen er al ly
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gen us
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gov ern ment
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gram mar
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hap pi ly
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height
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hoarse
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hop ing
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im a gin ary
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is land
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i deal ly
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in cred I ble
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jeal ous ly
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know ledge
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la ter
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light ning
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loose
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lose
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mag a zine
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min utes
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mys ter I ous
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nine ty
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ninth
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o be di ence
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op tim is m
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or I gin
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pe cu li ar
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per form ance
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plan ning
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pos si ble
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quiz zes
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real ize
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real ly
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safe ty
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sur prise
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there fore
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through
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though
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un ique
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vac uum
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vol ume
