Spell City Presentation
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Spelling City is a free online spelling program that makes practicing for spelling tests fun. Can you picture a classroom of students who actually look forward to studying spelling words? Can you imagine having the children in your class having as much fun studying spelling as they do playing video games? With online spelling games, spelling reviews, and spelling quizzes, your students can memorize those weekly spelling words while having fun, and you will have a new tool in your box for teaching spelling.
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Spelling City is a free online spelling program that makes practicing for spelling tests fun.
Can you picture a classroom of students who actually look forward to studying spelling words? Can you imagine having the children in your class having as much fun studying spelling as they do playing video games?
With online spelling games, spelling reviews, and spelling quizzes, your students can memorize those weekly spelling words while having fun, and you will have a new tool in your box for teaching spelling.
TEACHERS
Search term Spell City
will get you to this site
Getting Started:
First, register for the free service
Once you have a home page, click on List Management to begin saving your lists. You can post your lists for the entire year at once, or post them one week at a time. Your lists will remain on our site until you edit or remove them
Tell your students to visit SpellingCity.com and have fun practicing their words
Making a New ListClick on List Management
Click on Create A New List
• This page comes up.• Put in name of list so
that students can identify the list to work with.
• Input words. To get 15 words click on add 10.
• Beside publish this list click the box otherwise students will not be able to see the list
• Click save.
STUDENTS
Students click on username and put in password.
Search Term is the same as Teacher Login.
Student Page
Students Click here to find list.
(Find your List)
Students now have a choice of
activity.
Test me
Teach Me
Play a Game
Students Comments
• Listening and Writing helps me a lot
• Tells you the word in a sentence so it is easier to understand.
• Good Fun.
• Learning words in a fun way.
• Crossword, because it’s cool to find the words
Teacher Observations
• Students really engage with the activities.
• Students show pride in achievement.
• Reluctant spellers always willing to work .
• Choice of activities caters for all types of learner.
• Weekly test results maintained.
• Students ask to use this program.
CLASSROOM USAGE
• Used in a computer suite with a computer for each child.
• Some students work on Spell City at home.• Possibilities are:-• Part of a reading program• Allotted time for groups of students.• Part of homework if students have internet
at home.
