Spellings for Me

Information for parents:

Dear Parent/ Guardian,

Spellings For Me incorporates meaningful, enjoyable activities for your child, that are proven to improve children’s spellings. There are a number of resources available online on your child’s profile should you wish to use them. If you would like to see their progress, you can look at their profile.

Here you will see:

(i) What level your child is on

(ii) How many words they already knew how to spell

(iii) How many words they have “mastered”. (mastered words are words that the child has spelled wrong but has since learned them, and spelled them correctly on the online test they can be retested again and again on these words to make sure they really know them)

Your child will earn certificates, which are also available on their profile. This is a great way to celebrate their achievements at their own level. We really hope the children enjoy using this different approach to learning spellings while they are at home.

Thank you,

The Sixth Class Teachers

Information for Children

Hi Girls,

We are going to start a new spellings programme this week called ‘Spellings for Me’.

Watch this video to see how the programme works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=TT1IftBVWi4&feature=emb_logo

Watch this video of children using the this programme in their school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHQJY90M6I&feature=emb_logo

Let’s Get Started

1. Email your class teacher to get you login details. If you go to Ms Hayden’s group at 8.50am every morning e-mail her for your login details. You will find all of our e-mail addresses on the “Contact Us” page.

2. Once you have your username and password you can log into the website by clicking on this link. https://www.spellingsforme.ie/

3. You will need to put “ursulineprimary” in as the school.

4. Start on the yellow side level 1.

5. When you spell a word incorrectly it will automatically go into your learning words list.

6. Once you have spelled 96 words incorrectly the game will be paused.

7. E-mail your teacher to tell him/her that you have completed your learning words list.

8. We will unlock your learning words list for you.

9. You can use the dictation sentences as much as you like. This will never be paused for you.

10. Once you feel confident that you have learned them, you can email your teacher again and they will unlock the learning words test. Any word that you get right will now go to your mastered words. Any word that you get incorrect will stay in your learning words so that you have another chance to learn them. At this stage, the yellow box will reopen and you can start playing the yellow box again until you have another 96 words in your learning box section and then we will start the process again.