Jan 15 2008
Spelling Bee
Yesterday, Josiah participated in the school wide spelling bee for seventh grade. Gabe is participating in the second grade bee on Friday. I was testing Josiah on his word list over the weekend in between football downs. He would periodically ask me, “Can you use the word in a sentence?” To which I’d reply either, “No. I can not,” or “I have no idea what verdure means.” I thought I had a fairly large vocabulary until I realized I didn’t know a quarter of the seventh grade spelling bee list. I was also no help when it came time to pronounce the words. The words are followed by phonetic symbols which would be helpful if I knew how an upside down e or an a with an umlout (Karl will have to give the proper German spelling of that word) sounds. So far, Josiah has been reading Gabe his words. I feel the boy has a better chance that way. At the Bee yesterday, Josiah came in 4th place and advanced to the next round. If he hopes to win, I think he would be wise to hire a new coach.
History and English are yours. I’m waiting for the Math Olympics. I’ll be the coach for that.
Mugs, the only thing that keeps me sane with english and the kids is the handout we receieved at the basic/advance course as well as the cheat sheets that the teachers send home. With 2 engineers in our house our kids are going to have a hard time with english. Especially with Mikey getting a hard time from the teachers for his complete inability to pronouce his “R”s.
I am with Dale, bring on the Math Olympics.
Gabe came in 6th place and is also moving on to the next round. I now keep the dictionary next to me when I test them.
Nice job to both Josiah and Gabe. They air a show on AFN called “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader”. Some of those questions are just down right hard!