Spelling Bees Goal: to practice spelling Divide the class into two teams. Have each group of students think of a name for their team.   Give a member of the first team the first word to spell. If it is spelled correctly, that team gets one point. The other team then gets the next word.   For every word spelled correctly, a point is awarded. The first team to reach a certain number of points wins. Variation: Set up the Spelling Bee so that all students participate simultaneously. Begin by having all the students stand up. Each student is given a word to spell. If it is spelled correctly, the student remains standing. If not, the student sits down. Continue giving out words to those students still standing until all but one are eliminated. To involve the students in the Bee even more, you may want them to write up the spelling lists to be used and to call out the words. (The caller could be the winner from the last Spelling Bee.)