How to Spell Like a Champ - Softcover

Trinkle, Barrie; Andrews, Carolyn; Kimble, Paige

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9780761143697: How to Spell Like a Champ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761143696 ISBN 13: 9780761143697

Publisher: Workman Publishing, 2006

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How do you know if a word ends in -ible or -able? What are those h's doing in "rhythm"? "How to Spell Like a Champ" takes children on a guided tour of the English language from antonyms to eponyms and suffixes to prefixes. Along the way, they will learn many new words as well as rules for spelling, memorisation tricks, word groups, and the etymology of words from asterisk to nudnik. Crossword puzzles and other word games let kids apply their new-found knowledge. But wait-there's more! "How to Spell Like a Champ" contains an hour-long CD that recreates the journey from classroom bee all the way to the National Bee in Washington, D.C. Listeners follow a fictitious speller destined for greatness and get to try their hand at the same words. They'll get a chance to spell it themselves before our main character spells it - correctly, of course! The CD replicates the ambiance and experience of bees at every level, culminating in the National Spelling Bee competition, when the CD features the voice of the official National Spelling Bee announcer, Dr. Jacques Bailly himself the official voice of the National Spelling Bee, familiar to millions from his appearances on ESPN and in two spelling bee movies.

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How to spell, from “A-D-A-G-I-O” to “Z-U-C-C-H-I-N-I”

At last, everything you need to master the art of spelling. Learn the basic rules and all their annoying exceptions, plus 26 words of unknown origin, like curmudgeon. � Discover the four most commonly misspelled word types (#3: words with a schwa). � Don’t know what a schwa is? Aren’t sure about the difference between antonyms and eponyms? Discreet and discrete? Here’s your chance to learn all the tricks and tips that’ll make you a bee winner! � Oh, and did we mention the pages and pages of skill-building puzzles and games?

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