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Title
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Web Address
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Notes
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OWL
– Online Writing Lab
Grammar,
Spelling, and Punctuation
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu
/handouts/grammar/index.html
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Purdue
University’s Online Writing Lab offers an extensive list of language
resources; spelling links cover homonyms, plurals, suffixes, and other
rules.
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Scripps
Howard National Spelling Bee
Home
Page
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http://www.spellingbee.com/
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If
you have championship aspirations in this annual
competition, here is where you can find words and materials.
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Spelling
Worksheets
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http://www.edhelper.com
/spelling.htm
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Create
your own worksheets on grade levels one through eight and with examples of
rules, commonly misspelled words, prefixes and suffixes.
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Teaching
Spelling in Primary Grades
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http://www.microsoft.com
/education/mctn/?ID=primary
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Read
the remarks of Dr. J. Richard Gentry, a noted author of numerous books on
spelling for children and parents.
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Spelling
Zone
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http://members.home.net
/englishzone/spelling/spelling.html
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Select
from a variety of spelling topics AND other Language Arts themes.
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Free
English
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http://www.freeenglish.com
/english/fegames/spelling/asp
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Begin
with “Jungle Guy” game, on various levels, and then check out “Buggy
Brunch,” “Bunny Drop,” and “Spelling Bee.”
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Learning
Network’s
Games
& Quizzes
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http://www.factmonster.com
/funfacts.html
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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.
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Fact
Monster™ from Information Please
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http://print.factmonster.com
/ipka/A0781709.html
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Want
to know what words are frequently misspelled?
Take a look at this one.
A print copy is also available.
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More
from Fact Monster™
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http://www.factmonster.com
/ipka/A0769309.html
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Eliminate
confusion. Words listed, defined, and differentiated.
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Scott
Foresman’s Everyday Spelling
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http://www.everdayspelling.com
/grade6/g6-25words.html
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Start
with Grade 6 for a preview, and access materials for Grades 1 through 8,
using the links.
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Glencoe
Online Writer’s Choice:
Common Latin Word Roots
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http://www.glencoe.com
/sec/writerschoice/sp/hslessons
/grade11/lesson3/index.html
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Find
out about Latin roots and spelling in context, and then return to the
Spelling Practice Main Menu.
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“Notorious
Confusables”
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http://webster.commnet.edu
/grammar/notorious.htm
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Homonyms,
explanations, and quizzes abound on this interactive site for high school
students and beyond.
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Irregular
Plural Nouns – Word List
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http://teenwriting.about.com
/teens/teenwriting/library
/blank/blstory1458.htm
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From
the Creative Writing for Teens Publishing Center; spelling, vocabulary,
and a wealth of writing ideas can be found.
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Homonyms,
Homophones, and Homographs
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http://www.teenwriting.about.com
/teens/teenwriting/cs
/homonym/index.htm
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More
links from Creative Writing for Teens.
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Spelling
Help and Learning New Words
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http://www/teemwriting.about.com
/teens/teenwriting/cs/spellingvocab/
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Try
the link on Commonly Misspelled Word Scramble.
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Spell
Check
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http://www/funbrain.com/spell/
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Play
the computer in this self-correcting game with various difficulty levels.
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A
Spelling Test
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http://www/sentex.net
/~mmcadams/spelling.html
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Online
test of 50 commonly misspelled words by Mindy McAdams.
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Spelling
Books and Related Sources
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http://www.sentex.net/
~mmcadams/spell_books.html
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Links
and resources for all ages.
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