Regional Bee Ready!: Preparation for School, City, & Regional Spelling Bee Off-List Words and Spelling Fundamentals for All Spellers (The Words of ... for Scripps National Spelling Bee Success) Paperback – December 23, 2022

This is the third volume in a 4-book series which consists of: (1) Words of Wisdom, Keys to Success in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, 5th ed. (a textbook which primarily focuses on spelling and has a secondary vocabulary section); (2) Sesquipedalia!: A Rigorous Vocabulary Study Guide for the Scripps National Spelling Bee and the PSAT, SAT, ACT, & Other Standardized Tests, the official companion book to Words of Wisdom which focuses chiefly on vocabulary; (3) Regional Bee Ready: Preparation for School, City, & Regional Spelling Bee Off-List Words and Spelling Fundamentals for All Spellers, a textbook which focuses on regional-level competition and on honing spellers' fundamental skills; and (4) A Few Final Words of Wisdom: Dialect & Geographical Entries, Homophones, & Other Themed Words.Written by a former National Spelling Bee contestant who placed 4th and 34th in his two years of participating and has now been the spelling bee tutor of NSB finalists & champions for 13+ years, these comprehensive guides to the Scripps National Spelling Bee prepare you for success at the highest echelons of the spelling bee world. ***Scott also tutors spellers to prepare them for the Bee. Visit www.spellingbeebook.com for more information on Scott's tutoring program.***This book contains over 8,000 excellent off-list regional-level words organized by difficulty level (beginning, intermediate, and advanced) and language of origin. It also contains about 20 extensive skill-building exercises with thousands more practice words covering topics like assimilation, Anglicized pronunciation, where the stress falls in Latin and Greek words, adjective exceptions, consonant doubling in Latin, Greek, and English, and much more; simplified observations and phonetic rules for each of the major languages; and highly detailed guidance about how and what to study to be best placed for success at local and regional-level competitions. Regional Bee Ready! is an indispensable companion to preparation for the lower levels of competition, and it is also rigorous and challenging enough to be suitable for advanced spellers who are looking to consolidate their knowledge and guarantee that they won't be tripped up by a word from left field at their regional bee. Read more