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Web Address

Notes

OWL – Online Writing Lab

Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation

http://owl.english.purdue.edu
/handouts/grammar/index.html

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab offers an extensive list of language resources; spelling links cover homonyms, plurals, suffixes, and other rules.

Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee

Home Page

http://www.spellingbee.com/

If you have championship aspirations in this annual  competition, here is where you can find words and materials.

Spelling Worksheets

http://www.edhelper.com
/spelling.htm

Create your own worksheets on grade levels one through eight and with examples of rules, commonly misspelled words, prefixes and suffixes.

Teaching Spelling in Primary Grades

http://www.microsoft.com
/education/mctn/?ID=primary

Read the remarks of Dr. J. Richard Gentry, a noted author of numerous books on spelling for children and parents.

Spelling Zone

http://members.home.net
/englishzone/spelling/spelling.html

Select from a variety of spelling topics AND other Language Arts themes.

Free English

http://www.freeenglish.com
/english/fegames/spelling/asp

Begin with “Jungle Guy” game, on various levels, and then check out “Buggy Brunch,” “Bunny Drop,” and “Spelling Bee.”

Learning Network’s

Games & Quizzes

http://www.factmonster.com
/funfacts.html

Rescue Pearl and Flora’s lost friends from the bubble machine and practice your spelling!   Build your own puzzles with the Word Turtle, or try the others.

Fact Monster™ from Information Please

http://print.factmonster.com
/ipka/A0781709.html

Want to know what words are frequently misspelled?  Take a look at this one.  A print copy is also available.

More from Fact Monster™

http://www.factmonster.com
/ipka/A0769309.html

Eliminate confusion. Words listed, defined, and differentiated.

Scott Foresman’s Everyday Spelling

http://www.everdayspelling.com
/grade6/g6-25words.html

Start with Grade 6 for a preview, and access materials for Grades 1 through 8, using the links.

Glencoe Online Writer’s Choice:  Common Latin Word Roots

http://www.glencoe.com
/sec/writerschoice/sp/hslessons
/grade11/lesson3/index.html

Find out about Latin roots and spelling in context, and then return to the Spelling Practice Main Menu.

“Notorious Confusables”

http://webster.commnet.edu
/grammar/notorious.htm

Homonyms, explanations, and quizzes abound on this interactive site for high school students and beyond.

Irregular Plural Nouns – Word List

http://teenwriting.about.com
/teens/teenwriting/library
/blank/blstory1458.htm

From the Creative Writing for Teens Publishing Center; spelling, vocabulary, and a wealth of writing ideas can be found.

Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs

http://www.teenwriting.about.com
/teens/teenwriting/cs
/homonym/index.htm

More links from Creative Writing for Teens. 

Spelling Help and Learning New Words

http://www/teemwriting.about.com
/teens/teenwriting/cs/spellingvocab/

Try the link on Commonly Misspelled Word Scramble.

Spell Check

http://www/funbrain.com/spell/

Play the computer in this self-correcting game with various difficulty levels.

A Spelling Test

http://www/sentex.net
/~mmcadams/spelling.html

Online test of 50 commonly misspelled words by Mindy McAdams.

Spelling Books and Related Sources

http://www.sentex.net/
~mmcadams/spell_books.html

Links and resources for all ages.

 

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