If the name of the game with spelling bees is to teach spelling, team efforst work well. Teacher can choose the teams so that they include the kids who spell well and others who don't. Give each team the list of words that will be 'tested', and the deal is that everyone on the team has to agree as to how the word is spelled prior ot its oral voicing. I tend to choose the kid who can't spell worth a darn to be the spokesperson. That way the child sees the word, hears the word, spells the word.

There are many ways to make 'inclusive education' work effectively. Nor does inclusion mean that the kids who are way ahead of their peers intellectually have to be held back so that the class progresses as a homogeneous group. They can be given additional responsibilities or progressively more 'important' roles to play.