5th grade spelling bee

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What is a spelling bee?

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A spelling bee is a competition where participants are asked to spell a variety of words, usually with increasing difficulty.

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What is the purpose of a spelling bee?

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The purpose of a spelling bee is to promote literacy and improve spelling skills among students.

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What does it mean to spell a word correctly?

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To spell a word correctly means to arrange the letters in the exact order as defined in the dictionary.

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What is a homophone?

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Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings, like 'to', 'two', and 'too'.

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What is a synonym?

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A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word, like 'happy' and 'joyful'.

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What is an antonym?

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An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word, like 'hot' and 'cold'.

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What is a prefix?

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A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like 'un-' in 'unhappy'.

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What is a suffix?

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A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, like '-ness' in 'happiness'.

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What is a compound word?

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A compound word is formed when two or more words are combined to create a new word, like 'toothbrush' (tooth + brush).

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a letter in the alphabet that represents a speech sound, specifically 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'.

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