MRS. SANDRA NOGUERA - SIXTH GRADE

Rules for Altamira Spelling Bee Contest:

There will be two groups: grades 2-3, grades 4-6. The following list of words will be used for the competition. The words are listed according to their difficulty A-W.

1. The first category – grades 2 - 3 will be responsible for words from the letter A category to the letter K category.
2. The second category – grades 4 – 6 will be responsible for words from the letter L category to the letter W category.
3. Teachers must give students a copy of the words that they must learn how to spell.
4. Teachers should make sure that students know the meaning of each of the words in their category range. Grades 2-3 – A to K Category; and Grades 4 – 6 – L to W Category. Grades 4-6 must know all the words in the A-K Category, as well !!
5. Semi- Finals – Teacher will select best spellers of a particular grade level to participate as representatives in the semi-finals of March 24. The selection of students to participate may be done by an internal room competition if the Language Arts teachers chooses to do so or by just a hand selection of students who are recognized as avid readers and good spellars.
6. Each class (grade section, for ex. 4 A) will send five finalists to the big round of Semi-Finals of March 25 that will take place in the library.
7. Semi-Finals Rules:
a. Elimination will take place first in the 2 – 3 grade category and then in the 4 – 6 category.
b. Chairs will be provided for all contestants and each contestant will be given a number (to be placed on each as an identification).
c. In each category, candidates will compete against each other.
d. Each contestant will stand when it is his or her turn, pronounce the word, and then spell it.
e. Any contestant who fails to spell a word will drop out. A new word will be given to the next in line.
f. Contestants may request the words to be re-pronounced or defined.
g. A contestant may stop and begin to re-spell the word, but the letters may not be changed. If there is a change in the letters already spelled, the entrant will be eliminated.
h. When there remain but two in the contest and one misses a word, the other must spell the word correctly and also a new word before he is declared the winner. If he missed either of the words, a new word will be given to the first speller and the contest will continue as before until a winner is selected.
i. There will be one pronouncer and one judge for each class.
j. The decision of the judges shall be final. The pronouncer will act as the final authority if a question arises.

8. The final competition will take place on April 8.