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School SCRABBLE® Activities: Issue #27

Educators and parents have been asking us for more School SCRABBLE® activities. Here they are! Every two weeks, a new page will be posted. We welcome your questions and suggestions. Send them to Cindy McCaffery.

Spelling Demons

September 24 - October 5, 2001

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A small number of words account for a large percentage of all spelling and writing errors. Challenge your students to score high on a spelling test comprised of these frequently misspelled words. Score 4 points for every word spelled correctly. Then find the class average.

   

85 to 100

Excellent

70 to 84

Good

50 to 69

Need more practice

Elementary List

  • about
  • again
  • all right
  • already
  • awhile
  • because
  • bought
  • choose
  • cough
  • enough
  • friend
  • height
  • instead
  • minute
  • neither
  • principal
  • quite
  • receive
  • rough
  • several
  • suppose
  • though
  • thought
  • trouble
  • would

Intermediate List

  • absence
  • accustom
  • arctic
  • argument
  • athlete
  • breathe
  • category
  • conscience
  • desert
  • dilemma
  • emigrate
  • fascinate
  • guarantee
  • interrupt
  • leisurely
  • miniature
  • noticeable
  • parallel
  • prestige
  • privilege
  • receipt
  • subtle
  • vacuum
  • vegetable
  • wrench

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