SLIS Spelling Bee - Grade 3

SLIS Spelling Bee

GRADE 3

Guidelines and Mechanics

1. The competition will be held online via Google Meet and Quizziz, therefore participants should make sure that the supporting equipment and devices are available (Laptop/PC/Ipad/Phone with a functioning camera and speaker, microphone, and internet connection).

2. During the competition, the teachers will mute the microphone of all the participants.

3. If the participants are caught cheating, the teachers are entitled to decide to disqualify participants from the competition.

Guidelines and Mechanics

4. All participants should respect and appreciate every judgment from the teachers.

5. When the participants make mistakes when answering, the teachers do not allow any pauses of duration nor provide any restart for the participants.

6. Every participant should be present punctually, at least five (5) minutes before the competition starts. We do not compromise tardiness. If the participant is late to be present, then the teachers will decide to disqualify the participants from the competition.

7. All other devices are switched off during the competition.

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8. Before the competition begins, participants have to make sure that they are clear from any cheat sheet by showing their hands up to the camera.

9. Participants are not allowed to: a. Open any kind of dictionary, electronic included, when the competition is being held; b. Receive any help from anyone including spectators and/or supporters; and c. Any violation of the requirements above will result in disqualification.

10. During the competition, each participant must open up their front camera, use earphones or headsets, and mute their microphone.

Guidelines and Mechanics

1. Each round (Easy, Average, Difficult) consists five (5) words to spell.

A. In each word, the teacher will read the definition and sample sentence twice.

B. The participant will choose the correct spelling of the word for 10 seconds in each round.

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2. The scores in the Quizziz Leaderboard will be the basis.

3. Clincher round is provided if ever there is a tie that needs to break.

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4. The winner will be awarded as Speller of the Year.

ARE YOU READY?

Let's Get Started!

EASY ROUND

1. noun. a small nocturnal Old World mammal with a spiny coat and short legs, able to roll itself into a ball for defense.

Glenn has a _________.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• hedghog

• hejhog

• hedge hog

• hedgehog

2. noun. an area of short, mown grass in a yard, garden, or park.

Our _______ is very green.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• dawn

• lawn

• laun

• lon

3. noun. a domesticated polecat kept as a pet or used, especially in Europe, for catching rabbits.

The _______ hid under the newspaper.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• feret

• ferette

• ferret

• ferett

4. noun. a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.

There was a ________ that left five feet of snow.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• blizarde

• blizarrd

• blizzard

• blizarld

5. noun. a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

The song had good ______ to it.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• rythm

• rhythem

• rhythm

• rhithym

AVERAGE ROUND

1. conj. In spite of the fact that:

They are good friends _____ they don't see each other very often.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• althuogh

• althogh

• allthough

• although

2. adj. liberal or generous in bestowing gifts or favor

It is a ______ harvest.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• bountyful

• bountiful

• bountifull

• buntiful

3. n. Uninterrupted connection

The _______ of the company's management is satisfying.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• continuity

• community

• continuiting

• continuety

4. a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.

He was almost swept to his death by an _______.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• avalunch

• avalaunch

• avalanch

• avalanche

5. in opposition to.

The community was ______ the new shopping center.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• againts

• against

• agenst

• agains

Difficult Round

1. adjective. of or belonging to a military enemy

The soldiers entered ________ territory.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• hostel

• hostile

• hostil

• hustile

2. noun. a person who fells trees, cuts them into logs, or transports them to a sawmill.

A _________ cut down all the trees.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• lamberjack

• lumberjack

• lumberjet

• lamberjet

3. verb. represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.

My little brother tends to _________.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• egxagerate

• igzagerate

• exaggerait

• exaggerate

4. noun. large movable equipment, such as tables and chairs, used to make a house, office, or other space suitable for living or working.

The ________ was old and torn.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• fernture

• feniture

• funiture

• furniture

5. noun. a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward, e.g., madam or nurses run.

A _________ can be read in either direction like the word mom.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• palendrum

• palindrome

• palindrum

• palendrome

CLINCHER ROUND

For those who are tied in top place

adjective. having or showing fluorescence.

The _________ light made a buzzing sound.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• florescent

• flourescent

• fluorescent

• flouresent

preposition. from beginning to end of (an event or period of time).

We saw many symbols __________ the film.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• thruought

• thoughout

• throughout

• threwout

adjective. (of a person) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own.

Joan is the most ________ person I know.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• congenial

• conginieal

• congeniel

• conginual

noun. a cabbage of a variety which bears a large immature flower head of small creamy-white flower buds.

We ate steamed _________ and broccoli.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• coliflower

• caulliflower

• cauliflour

• cauliflower

noun. a mixture of dark bituminous pitch with sand or gravel, used for surfacing roads, flooring, roofing, etc.

The parking lot will be covered with ________.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• ashfall

• asphalt

• askpaul

• asphault