WordMasters Basics: 10 Easy Steps. WordMasters Basics. You have tremendous flexibility in how you build your team and incorporate it into your school setting.
WordMasters Basics: 10 Easy Steps
You have tremendous flexibility in how you build your team and incorporate it into your school setting.
Some teams have the whole class participate while other teams are comprised of interested students or those in an accelerated language arts program. Others offer it as after school enrichment.
Some teams prepare during class
while others meet after school or
study at home.
Some small schools and those who
homeschool combine grades to
create a team.
Remember: The right way is the one that
works best for you and your students.
Do what works best.
Make it your own.
The Challenge Schedule for each meet can be found on the WordMasters website under the RESOURCES tab. Plan your team’s schedule according to the following:
A free download titled Analogy Practice (from
“Teacher Tools” under the RESOURCES tab)
has students build their own analogies to
better understand how to solve them.
A is to B
C is to D
To setup your team’s information and download Word Lists for each meet:
Remember: The online Challenge Schedule lists the dates Word Lists are available for each meet.
Free printable documents for learning tools and games to help students practice their words for each meet. PDF files are found in “Teacher Tools” under the RESOURCES tab.
Classroom strategies and teaching tools
submitted by Team Leaders. Look for them
under the RESOURCES tab. Don’t forget
to share your ideas, too!
To access your Challenge Tests for each meet:
Remember: Each Challenge Test consists of 20 analogies. The suggested test time is 20 minutes. However, a strict time limit is not imposed.
Good Luck, Team!
To submit your team’s scores for each meet:
team score (top 10 students)
Remember: Since the online system is calculating the
team score, test results must be reported by the
deadline to be included in the competition results!
Check website postings after each meet for:
Acknowledge students for their hard work and outstanding achievements. Challenge Tests are difficult.
They should feel proud of their efforts.
Remember: We’ll help you write a press release!
Find a template you can customize under “Teacher Tools”
to share with your local media and school communications.
Repeat Steps 3-7 for each remaining Challenge Meet:
Remember: Each successive meet will be somewhat more difficult than the one before it. Meet #2’s analogies will feature
words from both of the first two Word Lists (50 words);
Meet #3’s analogies will be based on all three
Word Lists (75 words). Students should therefore
save all their Word Lists and study materials.
After Meet #3, the system will automatically calculate cumulative individual and team scores.
Check web postings to see if any of your
students qualified for national recognition
or if your team ranked among the top ten
teams per division.
Before Meet #3, we will mail the following for each enrolled team:
Remember: Extra medals, certificates and otherWordMastersitems (pencils, t-shirts and backpacks)
can be purchased online to recognize additional team members.
Enrollment opens each spring for the following school year.
Enroll before Word Lists are available October 1st.
Good Luck and Have Fun!
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