FEEP provides two wonderful opportunities for our young linguists to showcase their spelling prowess and build confidence!

FEEF is excited to announce the upcoming Scripps National Spelling Bee for Senior students and the fun-filled Jr. Spelling Bee for our budding spellers.

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Senior Spelling Bee (For 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade)

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Format

​There are two rounds for the Senior Spelling Bee.​

1. Written Round

   • FEEF volunteers will officially proctor this Spelling Bee.

   • The top-scoring 30 students in the written round advance to Faria’s Annual Spelling Bee Oral Round.

2. Oral Round

• Spelling Bee lists and processes are used here. 

• The Oral rounds will be run by our Faria teacher's team.​

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Eligibility Criteria​

To be eligible for the Spelling Bee, students must maintain at least a 95% average spelling score until the Spelling Bee season is over, so keep up your good work with your weekly spelling.

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When?​

Written round for students will be held on November 12th in the GLC after school at 3:30pm

The top 30 finalists from that round will participate in an Oral round on December 3rd in the GLC after school at TBD

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Study Help?

The spelling list will be shared during the week of registration, allowing students to become familiar with the types of words they’ll be asked to spell.​

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Register:

The qualifying students will receive the Google Form link from their room teacher.

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Good luck and have fun learning about the words on this list and more!​​

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Junior Spelling Bee (For 1st and 2nd Grade)

 

This event is a great opportunity for budding spellers to practice their skills in a fun and supportive environment. There will be only one written round for the Junior Spelling Bee.

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Format

• There will be only a written round.

• A FEEF volunteer or teacher will pronounce each word, and students will write it on the provided sheet.

• The round will include approximately 15–20 words and 4–5 Challenge Words.

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When?​​

• Written round for students will be held on Thursday, November 20th, in the GLC after school at 3:30pm

• FEEF volunteers will officially proctor this Spelling Bee.

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Preparation

• FEEF will provide a list of about 50–60 words, along with 7–8 Challenge Words of varying difficulty, for students to prepare.​

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More Reference

 

•  Spelling Bee is a journey, not a one-time competition. Help your child develop a love for words!

• Encourage your child to read from various genres, introducing them to new words in context.

• Here are a couple of movies that you could watch with your child to inspire them about the Spelling Bee:

  • Akeelah and the Bee: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437800/

  • Spellbound: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334405/

• Once your child completes studying all the words in the School Spelling Bee List, he or she can study 1150 words on Merriam-Webster's Spell It: http://www.myspellit.com/

• Once your child completes Spell It, they can delve deeper into learning the root words from various origins, such as Greek, German, Latin, Swahili, Hindi, and others. You can refer to this PDF  written by Dr. Jacques Bailly, former champion and the current official pronouncer of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. I hope you'll find it useful. Also, here is a good book that could help with Spelling Bee preparation: https://www.amazon.com/Spell-Like-Champ-Barrie-Trinkle/dp/0761143696

• And here's a brief video interview of a former Spelling Bee champion where he revealed a bit on how he studied: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQFUrNRT-9Y​

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Please have your child watch a few YouTube video clips of the Scripps National Spelling Bee to familiarize them with the questions they can ask before they start spelling. That approach would help them get the spelling right. 

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Faria Spelling Bee Team

Mr. Papoulias, Ms. Tate, Ms. Furman