RULES, PROCESS AND ADVICE AT EACH LEVEL: INSTITUTIONAL, CIRCUITAL, AND REGIONAL The ABC’s of how to do a Spelling Bee.

RULES, PROCESS AND ADVICE AT EACH LEVEL: INSTITUTIONAL, CIRCUITAL, AND

REGIONAL

The ABC’s of how to do a Spelling Bee

The Spelling

Bee Manual–

The Key to all

information!

Introducing this year’s Peace Corps Volunteer Co-Coordinators….

Nicole Carrell (Los Santos)

Abby Taylor (Guanacaste)

What it has (all in English)…*history/description of a spelling bee*rules*procedures*dates *participation rules*roles of students, judges, teachers, pronouncers, etc.*information on how to practice*contact information

Who and When??

Who can participate??-any MEP registered

student who would like to, regardless of prior English experience (page 3)

• We are hoping that every MEP region will be represented this year in the Spelling Bee!

When are Spelling Bees?

-dates can be found in the Spelling Bee Manual for year 2014 (pages 2 & 3)

Institutional Bee:April 21- May 9Circuital Bee:May 19- June 6 Regional Bee: June 16- August 8

The “Levels”

“Bumble bee” level: students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

“Worker bee” level:students in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades

“Queen bee” level:students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grades

Top 5 Rules

1. Students are ordered alphabetically; a judge calls a student and gives them a word randomly selected from the word list

2. Student has two minutes to spell the word correctly may start a word, repeat the same letters, and continue on (demonstrated later)

3. Student may ask the judges to repeat the word, ask for a sentence, or ask for the definition ** They may also write the word down.

4. The judges will decide if a word is correctly pronounced or not…

5. All players will continue on until there is 1 winner! The winner must spell the previous word AND another word correctly to win

o All rules (in greater detail) can be found on pages 3 and 4 of the manual

English, English, English!

During the Spelling Bees, please only use English! Try to have a “motivation” in English from a student Only the rules may be explained in Spanish for

clarification Rule Change for year 2014

*** in the Circuital, Regional, and Inter-Regional Bee, there will no longer be a Spanish translation for the Elementary competition

For institutional bees, teachers/directors may opt to provide the Spanish translation….

By the numbers

Institutional Bee 3*3 students advance to

circuital in each levelCircuital Bee 3

*3 students advance to regional bee in each level

Regional Bee 1*1 student advances to

the inter-regional bee in each level

Inter-Regional Bee 1 WINNER

1: Institutional

Can be a big event Or something small in a classroom

Who Is Involved?? What resources Peace Corps has…

DIRECTOR-will suggest the idea to the English teacher- he/she will plan a date to have the institutional bee

English Teacher!-will commit to teaching English spelling to students

On the website… Letter to the Director Permission slip

template to stay afterschool for classes

Word lists at this level Ideas for teaching

spelling in a classroom setting

Institutional Bees!

Advice…

Start talking about the Spelling Bee in the first few weeks of school…

Make a practice schedule with teachers/students if applicable

Allow the students to choose if they want to open the event and invite parents and other students who are not participating

Make the event similar to an “acto civico”Offer small prizes and a certificate

2. Circuital

Who is Involved… Resources Peace Corps has…

SuperviserEnglish Teachers

Regional English Adviser

Template forms for getting donations for prizes, transport, etc.

Certificate templates

Words for this level

Circuital Bees!

Advice for Circuital Spelling Bees…

Not all regions will need a circuital bee…we recommend a circuital if more than 6 schools in a region are participating

Try to use only English from this level forward

Have the Superviser coordinate a committee of English Teachers to oversee the organization of the Circuital Spelling Bee

3. Regional

Who is involved??What resources Peace Corps has to offer…

Regional English Advisor (and the MEP office)

English Teachers

Template forms for getting donations for prizes, transport, etc.

Certificate templates

Words for this level

Regional Bees

Advice for Regional Bees

Try to involve as many teachers, students, Peace Corps Volunteers and parents as possible

Talk to bus companies or directors to see if free transport is an option

Form a “Spelling Bee Committee”Solicit local businesses to get prizes at places

students frequent

Questions?

Peace Corps Contact Information for year 2014:

Abby Taylor:[email protected]

Nicole [email protected]

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