Spelling Champion Episode 1

Hello, Friends! Welcome to the first episode of Spelling Champion. We are going to learn many wonderful things in this lesson. Our words for the day are:
a. staphylococci
b. pterodactyl
c. pulchritude
All these words are from the movie "Akeelah and the Bee". Our spelling lesson for the day is:
Spelling A Word You Do Not Know In A Spelling Bee. You see most at times in a spelling bee, some spellers do not know the words they are given to spell. For example, you are asked to spell the word "intoxicate" in a spelling bee and you have asked all the questions including the language of origin and you can't seem to find any spelling pattern in that language of origin, spell it like it sounds but if you have recognised the spelling pattern the word is coming from, spell it like the spelling pattern. Okay, now, our spelling activity for the day is Breaking Words Into Syllables. If you are spelling a word in a spelling bee and you break your word into syllables, you will have a chance of getting your word right. For example, the word "intoxicate" has been given to you to spell, break it inot syllables like this: in/tox/ic/ate. Therefore, you will know that the word has 4 syllables. Then, give a spelling to each of the sounds you hear. When you give the sounds to them, try and change the spelling of the syllables till you think the spellings are suitable. Then, add all the spellings together and your word will be ready. So, that is our spelling activity for the day. Our spelling study tip of the day is when studying for a spelling bee, don't waste your time memorizing the words but rather spend more time studying word roots and elements because if you study these, you can become a spelling champion and also, study prefixes, suffixes and combining forms. At the end of this episode, I will introduce you to a website that can help you study word roots and elements and things of that sort. Our spelling bee tip for the day is that when spelling a word that has a double letter in a spelling bee, for example, necessary, say s-s not double s. Our spelling tip for the day is most words of Latin origin don't contain rh's, ph's and ch's unless they are/were derived from Greek origin or another origin. Spelling Champion tips of the day are:
a. Study, study study. Don't miss studying for just one day.
b. Study your words and practice them.
c. Study word roots and elements and prefixes, suffixes and combining forms very well.
Okay, Friends. We have come to the end of the first episode of Spelling Champion. I hope you enjoyed it very well. I promised you that I will introduce you to a website that can help you study word roots, word elements and things of that sort. The website is:
http://www.spellingbee.com/pre_suf_comb.pdf.
I hope you use this website to study very well. Anyway, until the next episode, BYE BYE.