Spelling Classroom Resources, Years 1-8
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Aotearoa New Zealand Spelling Bee provides an exciting learning journey for students in Years 1 – 8 to learn words that are relevant to their lives and gain a love of language. The wordlists include te reo Māori words.
The Spelling Classroom Resources programme is also a great pathway for enthusiastic spellers who want to compete in the National Spelling Bee Competition 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, the competent speller. Students 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.
Teachers/Educators can use the Spelling Bee Classroom Resources for a classroom spelling bee. A programme could look like this.
WEEK ONE |
| Determine which wordlist level best suits each of your students. |
| Print and copy the chosen wordlists. |
| Give each student their wordlist. |
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 wordlist and copy them. |
HOLD THE CLASSROOM SPELLING BEEFor each spelling test word group:
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| Print out and copy the Classroom Spelling Bee Certificate. |
| Give out the Certificates with the Classroom Spelling Bee Test Sheet for each student. |
