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What is the Know Words Bee?

The Know Words Bee (or Know-Bee) is a word-knowledge contest that helps students develop exceptional literacy skills through systematic training in the science of reading and analytical vocabulary and spelling skills.


FAQ

What is the Know Words Bee?
The Know Words Bee (or Know-Bee) is an intensive word-mastery team competition that requires students to master the foundational phonetic and morphological structures of English orthography.


The Bee is a one-year tournament that requires daily, intensive training in a fully interactive online environment as well as live monthly Zoom teaching and coaching sessions. Students score by doing more and learning more. They earn as they learn. Team and individual points are calculated throughout the year, and student teams compete in round-robin contests to determine which teams head to the National Championship at the end of the twelve-month tournament season. The National Championships will be held live at a location TBD and also streamed on social media platforms.


What is the goal of the Know Words Bee?
Our mission is to inspire and equip students to think analytically about the structures of sounds, words, and sentences so that they can speak, read, and write with confidence and excellence. Preparation for this competition requires students to study etymology, phonology, morphology, analogy, and orthography. These linguistic tools will prepare students for success in school and life by helping them understand how words are spelled, spoken, defined, and used.

 

Our goal is to encourage students to

Bee Sound Smart (or to become phonics-scholars™️)

Bee Word Smart (masters of meanings) and

Bee Sentence Smart (masters of syntax).

 

Students will have to answer seven questions in different levels of complexity based on their ages and grades:

  1. How is the word spelled?

  2. Why is the word spelled that way?

  3.  How do we say this word?

  4. Why is the word said that way?

  5. What does the word mean?

  6. How did the word get its meaning?

  7. What part or parts can that word play to help us express complete thoughts?


Who can participate?
The Know Words Bee is for students from K-3.

Where is the Know Words Bee going to be held?
The Know Words Bee will be held virtually and in person throughout the qualifying rounds. The championship round will be held in person.

When does the Know Words Bee begin?

The Know Words Bee begins in September 2024 and Ends in August 2025. Third graders remain eligible until the beginning of September 2025.

Get in Touch

 321 S. William Street, Newburgh, NY 12550

833-433-7323

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