Our class is participating in LiteracyPlanet Word Mania 2017,
Australia and New Zealand’s biggest and most fun literacy competition.
Word Mania is a fun and effective way for students to improve their literacy skills.
To participate children will simply log in to their LiteracyPlanet account and click on the Word Mania icon.
When they return to school on Monday the 24th, they will receive their login details and can begin practicing.
Word Mania 2017 Dates
Competition Round 1 - Monday, July 31 to Friday, August 4.
Competition Round 2 - Monday, August 7 to Friday, August 11.
Final Round - Wednesday, August 16 to Wednesday, August 18.
How to Play
Word Mania is an interactive online word building game. Players are given a board of 15 randomly generated letters, and have three minutes to create as many words as they can. Every valid word formed earns points. Longer and more complex words score higher, and scores can be boosted by building valid words consecutively, and using special Gold and Diamond letter tiles.
Word Mania is a fun and effective way for students to improve their literacy skills.
To participate children will simply log in to their LiteracyPlanet account and click on the Word Mania icon.
When they return to school on Monday the 24th, they will receive their login details and can begin practicing.
Word Mania 2017 Dates
Competition Round 1 - Monday, July 31 to Friday, August 4.
Competition Round 2 - Monday, August 7 to Friday, August 11.
Final Round - Wednesday, August 16 to Wednesday, August 18.
How to Play
Word Mania is an interactive online word building game. Players are given a board of 15 randomly generated letters, and have three minutes to create as many words as they can. Every valid word formed earns points. Longer and more complex words score higher, and scores can be boosted by building valid words consecutively, and using special Gold and Diamond letter tiles.
Word building uses various literacy skills: phonemes, morphemes including
affixes and plurals, spelling, word recognition, vocabulary and word
knowledge.
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