Spelling B-E-E

Last Tuesday, Jake participated in his school spelling bee. I was imagining kids lined up across the front of the room with a teacher giving one word to the first student. If they spelled it correctly, that student retained their place in line. If not, that person would be out and the next in line would have a chance to spell it.

Kind of like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8jxmwws5z8&feature=share&list=PLGVpxD1HlmJ_jJsbKpbBWG5rrkWq8Wx4Q

Except that it wasn't that way at all. It was a paper/pencil test. Jake said there were about four ties. He thinks he did pretty good among a room of about 30 other students.

Later that week, Jake was sitting in his Language Arts class when the principal came into his class. He asked which students in there had participated in the spelling bee a few days prior. Jake and one other girl raised their hands.

Mr. Brown (principal of Brown Middle School :) presented Jake with a certificate that said:

 

Brown Middle School

SPELLING BEE 2ND

PLACE WINNER

JACOB HOUGH

April 9, 2013

 

 

Not shabby at all!!! He gets his spelling strength from his mom :) (Whether I realize it or not, I always edit everything I read looking for grammar and spelling errors. A blessing and a curse, actually.)

 

We're so proud of Jake. And I'm proud of his feelings about the experience. He's definitely disappointed that he didn't get to represent the school at the District Level but for not having any special training or preparation for this, he was proud of what he did accomplish. He went for it and did his best. I believe he was one-upped by an 8th grade girl :)