Alex and Brady were both chosen to participate in the school wide spelling bee, which was held Tues. morning. To be chosen for the school bee, you must first win your class bee, which both the boys did-- Congratulations, Alex & Brady! The boys have a fairly good vocabulary anyway, we play Boggle and Text Twist and all kinds of word games, plus they are only in 3rd grade and the school wide bee is for grades 3-5, so it was already an honor just to qualify which is what we tried to stress to them leading up to the bee. So that morning they were nervous, but excited. Brian and I were there to cheer them on with the camcorder ready, unfortunately Alex drew #1 and had to go first. The words they have you study are typically either long or complex, so when his first word was "beg" Alex got confused or misunderstood and put an "a" in it and was eliminated. He probably could've spelled every word for the next few rounds, he just wasn't expecting three letter words to be included and tried to make it harder than it really started out. He was very disappointed, as was Brian, and what started as a fun experience, may well turn into Alex's first tramatic event. Hopefully, he will put it behind him and try again next year. Brady made it to the second round when he misspelled "totem" he said "am" instead of "em." Oh well, it was an honor just to qualify and at least next year they will know what to expect.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Spelling Bee Heartbreak
Alex and Brady were both chosen to participate in the school wide spelling bee, which was held Tues. morning. To be chosen for the school bee, you must first win your class bee, which both the boys did-- Congratulations, Alex & Brady! The boys have a fairly good vocabulary anyway, we play Boggle and Text Twist and all kinds of word games, plus they are only in 3rd grade and the school wide bee is for grades 3-5, so it was already an honor just to qualify which is what we tried to stress to them leading up to the bee. So that morning they were nervous, but excited. Brian and I were there to cheer them on with the camcorder ready, unfortunately Alex drew #1 and had to go first. The words they have you study are typically either long or complex, so when his first word was "beg" Alex got confused or misunderstood and put an "a" in it and was eliminated. He probably could've spelled every word for the next few rounds, he just wasn't expecting three letter words to be included and tried to make it harder than it really started out. He was very disappointed, as was Brian, and what started as a fun experience, may well turn into Alex's first tramatic event. Hopefully, he will put it behind him and try again next year. Brady made it to the second round when he misspelled "totem" he said "am" instead of "em." Oh well, it was an honor just to qualify and at least next year they will know what to expect.
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Don't worry about it boys. You'll have plenty more spelling bees to go. You did great just for winning each of your classes! You'll get'em next year. Keep up the great work! I love you both!
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