How to use Spellzone

You can go to the spelling course and work through the complete course or just 'dip-in' to any part you need to study. When working through a course unit you could follow this path:

  1. If there is a 'Hear the sound' example, click on it and read the teaching text.

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  2. Read the word lists for all the different ways of spelling that sound.
    Use the dictionary box on the sidebar to check meanings and hear words read aloud. You can also get to the dictionary by clicking the word list links on the sidebar.


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  3. Click on the word list links on the sidebar to find the activities and games for that page:

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Activities

Look, Say, Cover, Write Check - practice to help in learning words
Listen and Spell - this will test you on the words

Games

Word Search - choose from easy or hard
Bouncing Balls Anagram - click the balls in the correct order
Which Witch - our version of 'Hangman'
Against the Clock - Listen and Spell
Asteroids - click the letters in the right order
Rain Letters - catch the letters in the bucket to spell the words

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For more information on the activities and games see Activities and games.

  1. Return to your course unit - you will find a link to this on your side menu.


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    Click the link at the bottom of the page to go to the course test.

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    Complete this test and check your score.

  2. You can repeat any games and tests as often as you wish; if you have your own login all your scores will be recorded so you can check your progress. For more details see How your progress is recorded.

  3. Sometimes you will find work split into two different levels:
  • basic level short words
  • and higher level longer words.

If you wish, you can leave the longer words and return to them later.
You can go back and forwards through the pages as often as you like.
If you want to repeat some work, that's fine.

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  1. Most units end with some work on homophones, those tricky words which sound the same but have different spellings. The meaning of each word is given and you can see it in a sentence. Throughout the course there are extra practice tests on these words.

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Some tips

  • When you start Spellzone, it's a good idea to read Unit 1: 'The Basic Building Bricks'. This will make sure you know about topics such as long and short vowels, prefixes and suffixes, etc.

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  • Many people like to have a quick look at each page of the course, to see if there are any words they need to study. You can skip any pages that are too easy but you may spot something you would like to work at. For example, Unit 3 'Consonant Sounds, part 2' and Unit 5 'Consonant Digraphs, part 2' contain some quite difficult work such as: - que as in antique, ph as in photograph, and ch saying /k/ as in technical.

  • To find a particular spelling rule, click on 'spelling course' on the top menu. You can also type a word into the dictionary box on the side bar. For example, type 'station' and the dictionary page will tell you where in the course you can find 'station' and other words with the spelling pattern '-tion'.

  • On the spelling course page click on the '+'at the end of the unit titles to reveal more details.

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"Thank goodness for Spellzone during this remote learning phase. The site is easy for students to navigate independently and they're really enjoying the activities and spelling games. You get an awful lot for your money with Spellzone. Really reassuring is the very prompt response with helpdesk queries. I've very rarely needed the helpdesk, but when I have, the issue has been addressed and sorted within a very short time."

Sarah Taggart, Oasis Academy Lord's Hill