New Zealand Classroom Spelling Bee, Years 1-8
Classroom Programme with Online Resources, Years 1-8
The Classroom Spelling Bee is a fantastic programme for Years 1-8 students. It exposes them to both everyday and new words to help them gain confidence and expand their vocabularies.
It is also a great pathway for enthusiastic spellers who want to compete in the New Zealand Spelling Bee when they are in Years 9-10. The wordlists can be accessed online once you have registered. They are organised by the following year groups:
- Years 1–2
- Years 3–4
- Years 5-6
- Years 7-8
Each year group has three wordlists, three test sheets and a document with all the words.
The wordlists have been prepared for all spelling abilities from Level 1, the emerging speller to Level 3 and the competent speller. Students looking for more of a challenge can use wordlists from other year groups.
The words have been organised into different categories ranging from food to reptiles. All the words apart from those in the Years 1-2 include the word’s part of speech, definition and use in a sentence.
|Determine which Classroom Spelling Bee year group and wordlist level best suits each of your students.|
|Print and copy the chosen wordlists.|
|Give each student their word list.|
WEEK TWO – WEEK THREE
|Encourage students to practise their words and help each other to learn their words.|
WEEK THREE – WEEK FOUR
|Print out the Classroom Spelling Bee Test Sheets for each word list and copy them.|
HOLD THE CLASSROOM SPELLING BEEFor each spelling test word group:
|Print out and copy the Classroom Spelling Bee Certificate.|
|Give out the Certificates with the Classroom Spelling Bee Test Sheet for each student.|