Onomatamore | Spelling Bee Prep Made Fun

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Welcome to Onomatamore! (pronounced On - oh - mot - ah - mor - ay)

Each year 11 million elementary and junior high/middle school students participate in spelling bees in the United States. To prepare for their bees, most students are provided with lists of words to memorize. Many students find this activity tedious, not worthy of their commitment.

Onomatamore presents a better way to prepare for spelling bees. It’s interactive, it’s engaging, and it’s fun.

Onomatamore is based on four principles:

Words are easier to remember when you understand what they mean, how they came to be, and how they should be used.
Multimedia presentation is a more engaging way to learn and retain new words than simply reading text.
Spelling words gets easier the more times you must spell them.
Studying a small number of words daily over several months is more effective than thousands of words a few weeks before the bee competition.

Onomatamore contains all the words from the nearly 4,500 word list that is updated annually for students studying for their school, county, regional, and state bees. This list is furnished by the organization that operates the national spelling bee held in our nation’s capital each year in May.

These 4,000 words are divided between school bees and higher level bees and then by three levels of difficulty. Within each segment, words are bundled into modules, each with twenty words. With a study plan of one module per day (< 20 minutes) and three additional ones on the weekends, you can cover all the school bee words and most of the higher level bee words between October and January. (Most school bees are held in January)

Welcome to Onomatamore

Welcome to Onomatamore, where we make Spelling Bee Preparation Fun. Onomatamore was developed by a family of spellers with experience at all levels of competition.

Onomatamore is based on four principles:

Words are easier to spell when you understand their meaning, origin, and usage.
Multimedia presentation is a more engaging way to learn new words than reading text
Spelling words gets easier the more times you need to spell them.
Studying a small number of words daily over several months is more effective than a large number a week or two before the bee competition.

These 4,500 words are divided between local bees and higher level bees, then by three levels of difficulty. Within each segment, words are bundled into modules, each with twenty words. With a study plan of one module per day, you can cover your School Bee Level words and at least the Level 1 Above School Bee words between October and January.

How it Works

To begin the Onomatamore learning process, select one word module.

On your screen, the first of twenty flashcards will load. As each card comes up, its word is audibly pronounced, multiple fields of information about the word are presented, and a photograph illustrating the word appears on the right.

After reviewing this screen, you can advance to the next word in the module by clicking Next or pressing Return on your keyboard.

When you have completed your review of all 20 words in the module, the Fill in the Blanks game will appear on your screen.

The definitions for the twenty words that you just reviewed are in the center. On the left side type are the missing letters for each word. On the far right, it will tell you if you have spelled each word correctly.

If you need help, you can click the Word Module tab to review the words again. You may not proceed to the Crossword puzzle until you have correctly spelled all twenty words.

Once you have correctly completed the Crossword Puzzle, the Test section for the first word will appear on your screen. As with the Word Study section, the first word will be audibly pronounced. Your task is to spell it correctly on the screen and then advance to the next word. As you hit the Enter key, you will be informed if your entry was correct or not.

When you complete the Test section, your score will be displayed. You will then be directed to Word Module selection screen.

Note: You need to complete each Word Module all in one session. If you are logged out, the entries that you made before completing a Word Module will not be saved.

Onomatamore will allow your school to register as many students in your school as are qualified for the competitive spelling bees that you plan to conduct in your school during the 2024-2025 school year.
User ID’s and passwords for all registered students will be provided by Onomatamore to the School Bee Coordinator to distribute to the students.
The registered students will have full access to the Onomatamore website from the time they first log on to the time until January 31, 2025. The Onomatamore service will be provided free of charge in this time frame.
The school bee coordinator will be able to monitor student progress through online reports in Onomatamore.
Toward the end of the free access period students will have an opportunity to extend their access to Onomatamore through a month to month paid subscription, which would require parental registration and payment. Students participating in the School Enrollment programs are in no way obligated to register for the subscription program and will not need to “opt out”.
Onomatamore’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, as posted on Onomatmore.com, apply to the School Enrollment Program Agreement.
For the 2024-2025 school year, the School Enrollment Program is being offered to schools, like yours, on an invitation-only basis.

In return for your school’s free access to Onomatamore’s School Enrollment Program, you agree to the following:

At various points during the free access period, the School Bee Coordinator will participate in a survey and/or provide informal feedback to aid us in improving our service.
Following your bee competition, the School Bee Coordinator will provide a list of your bee winner’s names to Onomatamore. If these students are registered in your School Enrollment Program, their free access to Onomatamore will be extended to March 31, 2025. The School Bee Coordinator will also provide links to any press coverage received for the school’s bees.
Students requiring technical support can message their needs through the Onomatamore website. The School Bee Coordinator will be automatically copied on all of these outgoing messages. If Onomatamore tech support has questions about a particular user’s inquiry, the School Bee Coordinator will work with the students to provide the answers. Onomatamore tech support will not communicate directly with individual students. Onomatamore will post notification of all fixes on its tech support page as they completed.