Welcome to the Thompson School District Annual Spelling Bee.



571500762012017 DistrictJanuary 28002017 DistrictJanuary 283543300top00Welcome to the Thompson School District Annual Spelling Bee.-76200122555Middle SchoolWho Can ParticipateThe middle school division of the District Spelling Bee is open to qualifying students from grade six-eight. Each school is allotted a quote of spellers that it can send to the District Spelling Bee. Individual schools select their District Spelling Bee spellers in a variety of ways, including teacher nomination, written spelling exam, or School Spelling Bee. Study ListsEach school will be provided with Study Lists that span 1st-8th grade level words. These study lists are generated by Scripps Howard, the host company for the National Spelling Bee. Words from these study lists will be used for the District Bee written and oral pronouncer guides. Scripps Howard also provides the district with words that do not appear on the study lists. It is possible that these words will also appear on the District Bee written and oral pronouncer guides. These words will not be published nor shared with schools.Written Round – Spelling and VocabularyAll qualifying middle school students will take a written spelling test. The test will consist of 25 words taken from the Scripps Howard Prounoucer Guide. Students will be asked to spell the word, then select the word’s definition in a multiple choice format. This test takes approximately 45 minutes. Written answers that are illegible will be marked as spelled incorrectly by graders. Neat handwriting is your friend! Spellers do not need to include capitals, accents or punctuation. Ex. bric-a-brac, Orwellian, résumé. Spellers will be awarded 1 pt for each correctly spelled word, and ? pt for a correct definition. For each word, students have the ability to earn 1 ? pts for both correct spelling and definition, 1 pt. for correct spelling and incorrect definition, and ? pt. for incorrect spelling and correct definition.Once graded, approximately 25 top spellers from the written round will be invited to the stage for the oral round. All other students are welcome and encouraged to stay and cheers on their peers during the oral competition.Oral Round – Spelling OnlyThere will not be a practice round. Students are encouraged to face the judges and speak clearly to ensure that their spelling is not misunderstood. Students are also encouraged to repeat their word before spelling to ensure that they heard the word correctly from the pronouncer.The pronouncer will provide the word to the speller. If the word has a homonym or near homonym, the pronouncer will inform the speller. The pronouncer will provide the following only when the spellers asks: Use of word in a sentence, Definition, Language of origin, Alternate pronunciation, Part of speech.Spellers do not need to include capitals, accents or punctuation. Ex. bric-a-brac, Orwellian, résuméOnce spellers begin to pronounce the letters aloud, they may start over, but may NOT correct an error. Ex. Scenery – the speller begins S-E-N… asks to start over and corrects with S-C-E-N-E-R-Y. This would be judged as an incorrect spelling because the speller initially spoke the letters S-E-N, omitting the C. If a speller misspells a word, they relocate to a waiting area until dismissed by the pronouncer at the end of the round. If none of the spellers remaining in the spelling bee at the start of a round spells a word correctly or answers a vocabulary question correctly during that round, those in the waiting area remain in the competition and a new spelling round begins.All judging decisions are final.There will be trophies awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The top 6 spellers are eligible to compete at the State Spelling Bee held in March. Metals are awarded to the top 10 spellers, with places 7, 8, 9 and 10 designated as State Bee alternates. 0Middle SchoolWho Can ParticipateThe middle school division of the District Spelling Bee is open to qualifying students from grade six-eight. Each school is allotted a quote of spellers that it can send to the District Spelling Bee. Individual schools select their District Spelling Bee spellers in a variety of ways, including teacher nomination, written spelling exam, or School Spelling Bee. Study ListsEach school will be provided with Study Lists that span 1st-8th grade level words. These study lists are generated by Scripps Howard, the host company for the National Spelling Bee. Words from these study lists will be used for the District Bee written and oral pronouncer guides. Scripps Howard also provides the district with words that do not appear on the study lists. It is possible that these words will also appear on the District Bee written and oral pronouncer guides. These words will not be published nor shared with schools.Written Round – Spelling and VocabularyAll qualifying middle school students will take a written spelling test. The test will consist of 25 words taken from the Scripps Howard Prounoucer Guide. Students will be asked to spell the word, then select the word’s definition in a multiple choice format. This test takes approximately 45 minutes. Written answers that are illegible will be marked as spelled incorrectly by graders. Neat handwriting is your friend! Spellers do not need to include capitals, accents or punctuation. Ex. bric-a-brac, Orwellian, résumé. Spellers will be awarded 1 pt for each correctly spelled word, and ? pt for a correct definition. For each word, students have the ability to earn 1 ? pts for both correct spelling and definition, 1 pt. for correct spelling and incorrect definition, and ? pt. for incorrect spelling and correct definition.Once graded, approximately 25 top spellers from the written round will be invited to the stage for the oral round. All other students are welcome and encouraged to stay and cheers on their peers during the oral competition.Oral Round – Spelling OnlyThere will not be a practice round. Students are encouraged to face the judges and speak clearly to ensure that their spelling is not misunderstood. Students are also encouraged to repeat their word before spelling to ensure that they heard the word correctly from the pronouncer.The pronouncer will provide the word to the speller. If the word has a homonym or near homonym, the pronouncer will inform the speller. The pronouncer will provide the following only when the spellers asks: Use of word in a sentence, Definition, Language of origin, Alternate pronunciation, Part of speech.Spellers do not need to include capitals, accents or punctuation. Ex. bric-a-brac, Orwellian, résuméOnce spellers begin to pronounce the letters aloud, they may start over, but may NOT correct an error. Ex. Scenery – the speller begins S-E-N… asks to start over and corrects with S-C-E-N-E-R-Y. This would be judged as an incorrect spelling because the speller initially spoke the letters S-E-N, omitting the C. If a speller misspells a word, they relocate to a waiting area until dismissed by the pronouncer at the end of the round. If none of the spellers remaining in the spelling bee at the start of a round spells a word correctly or answers a vocabulary question correctly during that round, those in the waiting area remain in the competition and a new spelling round begins.All judging decisions are final.There will be trophies awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The top 6 spellers are eligible to compete at the State Spelling Bee held in March. Metals are awarded to the top 10 spellers, with places 7, 8, 9 and 10 designated as State Bee alternates. ................
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