Friday, September 29, 2017

SPELLING BEE INFO

                        SPELLING BEE
Our first practice will be next Wednesday, October 4, during your child’s lunch period.  We will meet in the library to take attendance, distribute the official Word List, and get started learning how the Spelling Bee will work.  For some of the kids, this will be their first time meeting with us, so we’ll spend some time getting to know each other too.  Please make sure to remind your child that Spelling Bee club will take the entire lunch period, so they may not get any recess time on the days that we meet.  (We’ve spaced our practices out this year, so that the kids don’t have to miss their outside time quite so often!)

Here’s our practice schedule again, in case anyone needs it…

First meeting - Oct. 4
* off (Oct. 11)
Oct. 18
* off (Oct. 25)
Nov. 1
Nov. 8
Nov. 15
* two weeks off (Nov. 22 and 29)---study hard!
Dec. 6
Final Spelling Bee - Friday, December 15, 11:30 am (parents are invited to attend)
Attendance at Spelling Bee club is not required for participation in the final Spelling Bee, except for the last practice on Dec. 6.  We will need to see everyone on Dec. 6 to make sure we have a complete list of participants for the final Spelling Bee.

Please also visit the Scripps National Spelling Bee website at http://spellingbee.com/parents-and-students for more information about the spelling bee, to sign your child up for the Word Club, and to get some good study and practice tips.