Spell Bee Competition (Summer) for Class 1

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Spell Bee competition for class 1 is conducted each year for students to test their vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation in English. Spell Bee competition is a unique way to familiarize students with new words and vocabulary as they get exposed to root words. CREST Olympiads organizes the International Spell Bee Summer competition for class 1 students. This exam is conducted online and is one of the best ways to learn the English language in kids.

a. Class 1 children can sit the CREST Spell Bee (Summer) through their school or as individual entrants. Any board is fine, and so is any country, with children from 60+ countries already taking part.

b. This is the last year in which an adult helps during the paper. A parent or teacher may explain what a question means; picking the option is left to the child.

c. Your child writes the paper online from home with the webcam keeping watch throughout. Pick a laptop, desktop or tablet with more than 11.5 inches of screen (a phone will not work) and update the browser first; Google Chrome is the one CREST prefers.

d. The class 1 Spell Bee is held in two levels. In Class 1, the route to Level 2 is a score of 60% or more in Level 1.

e. After registering and paying, reserve a slot in the dashboard, at least 2 days before the exam. CREST also sends email and SMS reminders 2-3 days ahead.

f. Curious about the format first? The free trial works like the real exam and costs nothing.

1. Everyday things, by name. The Class 1 list is grouped into Animals, Birds, Colours, Body Parts, Food Items, Clothing and other everyday themes, so nearly every word links to something your child can see or touch.

2. Pairs and patterns. Synonyms, Antonyms and Double Letter Words such as balloon, coffee and umbrella help children notice how words relate to each other and where letters repeat.

3. An easy start from home. Being online and taken from home, the exam lets little ones begin early with little hassle; that is the gist of a published Class 1 testimonial.

4. More sure of themselves. A second Class 1 review thanks CREST for lifting a child's confidence and for building familiarity with computers. Instead of ranks, Class 1 uses a simple bar, and 60% or more in Level 2 wins a Star Medal with its Merit Certificate.

CREST International Spell Bee (Summer) registration for class 1 can be done by students on their own or by the school.

The school has to fill in the form present here: https://www.crestolympiads.com/register-school, and it will be contacted within 48 working hours with the next steps.

Students who register separately from school & want to appear for the online Spelling Bee exam for class 1 can follow these simple steps:
1. Go to the browser and copy-paste this link: https://www.crestolympiads.com/registration
2. The registration form pops up.
3. Fill in all the registration form details.
4. Select the exam at the bottom of the details filling section in the registration form you wish to appear in.
5. Read the instructions carefully.
6. Make the payment.
7. Registration is complete.

Note:

1. Spelling Bee Individual registrations by students are accepted.

2. Students who have not done registration through school will have to take exams from home. The individual participating should have a computer or laptop with a webcam and a good internet facility. The exam is monitored through a webcam.

The Spell Bee syllabus for class 1 is one long word list under a single section:

Section 1: Spell Bee Competition Words for Class 1

• Animals
• Birds
• Animals - Homes, Young Ones, Sound
• Colours
• Body Parts
• Food Items
• Household Items
• Occupation
• Relationships
• Trees/Plants/Flowers/Fruits
• Clothing
• Science
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Double Letter Words
• Nouns
• Miscellaneous

Some words to expect: alligator and zebra (Animals), khaki and violet (Colours), chilli and sandwich (Food Items), and opposite pairs like late-early (Antonyms). Up to 20% of the questions may have words from outside the list.

This list is the source of roughly 80% of Level 1. Level 2 comes with no word list, because CREST expects children who reach it to be good spellers already. British spellings apply to every answer, with the Oxford Learner's Dictionary as the yardstick.

Not one Senior KG heading is repeated word for word in the Class 1 list. The word families and sight words are gone, themed headings such as Animals, Occupation and Science take their place, and the naming, action and describing words of Senior KG continue under the plainer headings Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives.

The paper, identical in both levels, has 40 questions to answer in 60 minutes, at 1 mark each for 40 marks. Word Cookie, where children catch single-letter spelling errors, is the largest section with 12 questions; Spell-o-Spell and Word Connection have 8 each, and Mingle-Mangle, PictureSpeak and Word Chain 4 each. See the Class 1 Spell Bee marking scheme for details, and remember that a wrong option costs nothing.

The exam dates for CREST International Spell Bee Competition (CSB) for Class 1 for the Academic year 2026-27 are as given below:

Note: Check Olympiad exam dates for other CREST Olympiads subjects as well.

The exam fee is INR 275 for students studying and enrolling from India. For students studying and residing outside of India, the fee is USD 15.

Short, cheerful sessions work well in Class 1: roughly a quarter of an hour on most weekdays, sitting side by side.

Take one heading at a time. In a Body Parts week, touch your cheek, chin and knee and ask your child to spell each one. In a Food Items week, read out the shopping list and spell carrot, butter and tomato together. Animals - Homes, Young Ones, Sound becomes a guessing game: what sound does a frog make (croak), and what is a baby deer called (fawn)?

Synonyms and Antonyms work well as quick pairs: you say big, your child replies small. Word Cookie asks children to catch one wrong letter, so write a word with a single letter changed and let your child find the mistake.

CREST also has a page for many listed words. The one for peacock gives its meaning, usage examples and a few quick questions, which makes a nice bedtime look-up.

Once the headings feel easy, open the Spell Bee sample papers for class 1 as a pair and say every question out loud. An hour for forty questions gives your child 90 seconds apiece, which is plenty of time. Next, run the free trial on the exam computer, camera switched on. Extra practice is available in CREST's Spell Bee (Summer) workbook for Class 1, a book you will find among CREST's Olympiad books.

Level 2 has no list, so keep reading storybooks aloud together after Level 1.

The class 1 Spell Bee cut-off & rankings are generally released for students to understand the minimum marking criteria. This lets students know the minimum marks required to pass the examination. The cut-offs are out after the actual examination is conducted. Participants can take a look at the cutoff on the CREST Olympiads website.

The Spell Bee competition answer key for class 1 is released within one week after the examination is held. This way of offering students with the answer key enables them to understand their mistakes and rectify them in the coming exams. It also allows them to predict their scores before the actual declaration of the results. These answer keys can be checked on the dashboard of the website.

Plan on seeing the class 1 Spell Bee results within a month or so once the answer key window shuts; they appear when you sign in with your registered details.

No ranking applies in Class 1, so read the Level 1 result for one thing only, whether your child reached the 60% or more needed to move up to Level 2.

Medals depend on the second paper. In Level 2, 60% or more wins your child the Star Medal and its Merit Certificate, while each participant can download a digital certificate of participation. Anything physical is delivered to the school or residential address supplied when you registered.

Class 2 changes things: the child works without an adult, and ranks plus percentile-based medals appear in the results.

a. Students scoring 60% or more in Level 2 will be awarded a Star Medal along with a Merit Certificate.
b. Other participants will receive a Digital Participation Certificate, accessible through their dashboard.
c. No ranking system is followed for students of Classes KG and 1.
d. Check Olympiad Awards & Prizes in detail now.

1. What are spelling words for 1st graders?

There are a variety of words that are covered in the class 1 syllabus for CREST International Spell Bee (Summer). A few of them are alligator, bear, bull, camel, cat, maize, milk, pasta, potato, rice, salad, salt, sandwich, artist, cook, dancer, dentist, doctor, driver, farmer, nurse, painter, pilot, etc. To get a better understanding of the Spell Bee words for grade 1, students are requested to visit the Spell Bee syllabus page of CREST Olympiads.