REED

2016-17

Our first National

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Spelling Bee!

The Rationale

• To help pupils improve their spelling and increase their vocabularies.
• To promote English by having a big National Event.
• To have fun!

Time Frame

• Register by mid-September.
• Introduce the idea to classes (grades 7-8-9)
• Each teacher should pick a finalist from his/her class using either dictations, or else by doing a “sit down” method. The teacher should buy some candy or make a certificate as a prize.
• School Spelling Bee - beginning of January.
• REED Country Wide Spelling Bee -

February 2nd 2017

Rules & Procedures

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• Participants must be in grades 7-9.

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• Each school will send three participants (one is a reserve) to the country wide Spelling Bee Contest

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Phase I - in School

• Suggestion: Start by showing kids, the movie “Achila and the Bee”

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• Pupils should be given class dictations for practice based on a list of 180 words (will be supplied once you register)

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• Each class chooses a representative for the school Spelling Bee

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• Have a school Spelling Bee and choose 3 representatives (one reserve) to send to the National Spelling Bee.

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Phase II - National

• Pupils will be given an extra 100 words for Phase 2 (will be supplied once you register)
• Pupils will compete against schools from all over the country
• The competition will be conducted orally only
• Schools will send a team of: two contestants, one reserve, up to 5 supporters and 1-2 teachers

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National - RULES

• The Spelling Bee is conducted in rounds. Each speller remaining in the Spelling Bee at the start of a round spells one word in each round.
• The pronouncer strives to pronounce words clearly.
• The pronouncer responds to the speller’s requests for a definition, sentence, part of speech, and alternate pronunciation(s).
• The pronouncer may offer word information without the speller having requested that information if the pronouncer senses that the information is helpful.

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National - RULES

• The judges uphold the rules and determine whether or not words are spelled correctly. They are in complete control of the competition, and their decision is final on all questions.
• Because seeing the speller’s lip movements may be critical in detecting misunderstandings or misspellings, the judges encourage spellers to face them when pronouncing and spelling the word.
• The speller gets one and a half minutes to spell the word from the time it is pronounced.

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REED National Spelling Bee

HAVE FUN!!!!

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Judie and the REED team

Sit Down Method

• On the day of the class competition, all the pupils stand up and then each one gets a word to spell. On making a mistake, the pupil sits down. The one left standing is the class winner.

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School Spelling Bee

• After each class has a representative, a school spelling bee should be conducted.
• Parents can be invited, make it an important day

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