001no talking signaling or mouthing of words by The Spectators and if you have a cell phone would you please silence it at this time all right spellers remember that you can retrace or repeat your word or your spelling but you can't change anything once you've set a letter it is said um you do not have to worry about saying a capital letter or if there is a hyphen you don't need to worry about those things we will um be siging a out a first second and third place speller today um our champion might be declared before a second and a third place depending on tie and tie raing situations all three first second and third place spellers will go to the County Spelling beat which we are hosting this year so at the end of
002January is the county be and our top three spellers will be competing in that any speller who goes out and around you're going to return to your chair where you are and at the end of the round after all 12 spellers have gone any people who have missed will all leave at the same time okay you will always stay in your chair for the whole spelling be don't worry about swiching together okay so your chair is your chair all right I am going to give the word a sentence and then the word again I would like for you to repeat the word to me before you begin spelling and you know that you can ask for me to repeat you can ask for a definition you can ask for part of speech ask for any
003if you're unsure of what your what the word is ask for more information and I will give you as much information as I can I want to make sure you know what you're trying to spell okay we good all right okay we're going to start with our practice round so we will start with spell number one Lara spot a small extent of space spot s p o t good job thank you number two Go Victoria cold having a temperature notably below that compatible with human Comfort cold C thank you grab to take or take hold of by a sudden motion or grasp grab grab g r a b grab thank you bump to hit or knock typically with a degree of force or violence and making a fing impact and usually with a degree of
004injy damage bump bump b u bump thank you dunk to dip as a piece of bread cake or donut into liquid as coffee milk or tea while eating Dunk Dunk d u n k DK very good Miss to feel the lack of to be unhappy because of the loss or absence of miss miss m i SS miss it is just flicked in my mind that I giving definitions not sentences did any of you notice that but nobody said anything what's wrong with you people I'm supposed to be giving sentences not definitions but you guys are all doing wonderfully well I'm going to switch to sentences now instead of definitions here we go lamp June turned on his lamp to read a book about dinosaurs before bedtime lamp L lamp l a m p lamp very
005good thank you lost michah found his lost glasses between the couch cushions lost l o s t lost green the bleach Ashley spilled ruined her favorite green shirt green g r e e n green math jet used the skills she learned in math class to figure out how many cookies she can share with the class without running out math math m a ma don't worry about your name it's okay warm the blanket let ASA stay warm and cozy on the cold winter night warm war w a r n War [Music] correct bear Jaren saw a brown bear in the woods during her camping trip bear b e a r bear very good all right guys are we ready to get started for real all right I'm going to go ahead and dismiss the kiddos that
006were watching thanks guys for coming if you need a Kleenex there are some available and I'll put the trash can over here with it okay or do you want me to put the trash can over here that we not to put in pockets 101 all right start number one bolts Hilda bolts Hilda locked the door with several heavy bolts to make sure it stayed closed during the storm bolts bolts b o l t s that's correct jigsaw Kim was beyond frustrated when her little brother ruined the Thousand piece jigsaw she had been close to finishing jigsaw j i GW that is correct spying Julius and eel Rosenberg were an American couple accused of spying for the Soviet Union spying spying s p y i n g spying that is correct women women gained the right
007to vote in the United States in the year 1920 with the passage of the 19th Amendment women women w n n that is correct handstand and jolly and her friends contest to see who could hold a handstand the longest handstand handstand h a n d s t a n d that is correct pretend when using her toy kitchen set leing loves to pretend that she a world famous chef pretend pretend p r e t e n d pretend that is correct sideways Alana likes to sleep sideways but her brother always sleeps on his back sideways s i d e w a y s that is correct welcome welcome Lucy was pleased by the welcome she received when she arrived at the Inn welcome welcome w w c o m e that is correct midday a
008cannon fires in Halifax Citadel National Historic Site every midday startling tourists not expecting to hear a loud boom midday midday m i d d that is correct softly Claire sang softly to her new baby cousin until the baby fell asleep softly softly s o f t y softly that is correct cobweb Yorn brushed a cobweb from his face as he climbed the attic stairs cobweb cobweb c o b w e b cobweb that is correct report Timmy had to write a report about his favorite animal for homework report r e p e o r t report that is correct all right all 12 spellers still alive after round one good job guys all right let's jump to [Music] 120 all right spell number one Highway the construction of the interstate highway system under President Eisenhower
009improved transportation and Commerce in the United States highway highway h i g h w a y that is correct recess when asked what his favorite subject in school was Matt always responded that it was Recess Recess r e c e s that is correct wee the children shouted wee of they went down the slide at the playground we we we e I'm sorry that is incorrect the correct spelling is w e rodent a tiny rodent scurried across the forest floor searching for food rodent rodent r o d that that is correct huddling Toni was upset when she saw her friends huddling in the corner without her huddling h u d l i n g i I'm sorry that's incorrect h u d d l i n g gra gasp everyone in the movie theater gasped
010at the plot twist gasped gasp g a s p D that is correct taxi cab Shandra called a taxi cab to get home from the airport taxi cab t a x i t a b taxi cab that is correct sandwich Calvin patiently explained to his mother that he liked his sandwich cut on the diagonal sandwich scwi s a n d w i c h I'm sorry that's incorrect s a n d w i c leaking the roofer fixed the Gap in the shingles that was responsible for rain leaking through the kitchen ceiling leaking leaking l e a k i n k leaking that is correct machine rather than hem the dress by hand Clyde used mom's sewing machine machine machine m a c h i machine that is correct astray the coach worried that she
011had led her players astray with her advice as stray astray a s g r a y AR stray that is correct scribbly the margins of Jay's notebook are full of scribbly drawings scribbly s c r i b b scribbly or scribbling scribbly scribbly scribbly drawings can I start you may start again yes s c r i b l y scribbly that is correct retrace but nothing changed okay okay if you missed a word that round thank you for joining us and I'll let you go to this the leachers please okay first spell round three should Dad should be home in 15 minutes should should o u l d that is correct Violet theia picked a Violet from the garden and tucked it behind her ear Violet i o l e t that's correct breathe when
012we breathe our lungs exchange carbon dioxide in our blood for oxygen in the air breathe that is correct rle Greta knew her compost pile was doing well when she saw an earthworm wriggle happily in the hum wle wle w r i g g l e wle that's correct squeeze the twins always squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle despite the protests of their parents squeeze s q u e e z e that's correct groceries Alana liked getting groceries with her dad because he always let her pick out one treat for herself groceries G groceries g r o c e r y I'm sorry that's incorrect I S at the end instead of Y solution although everyone fought long and hard nobody could come up with a solution to the problem solution solution o l u
013p i o n Solution that's correct liquid Annabelle wasn't sure if the suspicious liquid on the floor was water or if her new puppy had an accident liquid liquid l i q u i d liquid that is correct neighbors ASA neighbors always get together in the summer to clean up the park at the end of the street and have a cookout neighbors n e i g h b o u r s I'm sorry that that is incorrect there's no you at the end of that all right if you've missed during this round please move to the leachers brother Sean enjoyed playing chess with his brother during summer break brother brother b r o t h e r brother that is correct outcome the outcome of the researchers experiment was better than expected outcome outcome o
014u t c that's correct murky the river's murky water was probably not safe to drink murky murky that's correct wagon Jesse and Joseph pulled their wagon filled with toys and snacks to the park wagon wagon w a g o n wagon correct childhood Noel remembers how she spent most of her childhood Outdoors running around and riding bikes with friends childhood c h l d h o o d that's correct Critters the campground was bustling with Critters whose chirping and croaking filled the air Critters Critters c r i t t e r s Critters that is correct [Music] Snicker the class began to Snicker when the substitute teacher realized she was in the wrong room snicker snicker s n i c k e r Snicker that is correct all right SC balloon the principal liked the
015science project but wasn't sure if he enjoyed having the students name their hot air balloon after him balloon b a l l o o n that's correct promise Lacy and her best friend made a promise to never go a day without talking to each other promise p r o m i s that is correct Castle Harry wrote an essay on the history of a French castle that was the sight of a battle castle castle c a that is correct uproar an uproar swept the auditorium when Wayne sank a three-pointer at the buzzer uproar uo u p r o a r that is correct exactly Malik measured out the cake ingredients exactly is creation to be perfect exactly e x a c e l y that is correct nonsense Leanne said soothing nonsense to the crying
016baby nonsense nonsense n o n s e n s e that is correct jumbled am found a jumbled mess of papers and photographs in the old box from the attic jumbled jumbled j u m b l e d jumbl that is correct Hopscotch Freda skinned her knee playing Hopscotch h o p s c o t c h popscotch that is correct quill Deontay found a beautiful quill anded alongside his mom's antique ink well on her desk quill that is correct biology Makoto is learning about the structure of cells in her biology class biology biology i y that's correct convince no matter how much he tried Amir couldn't convince his friends that pineapple on pizza was a great idea convince convince c o n b i n c e that is correct tinge the artist decided
017to tinge her painting of the sky with a soft pink Hue to capture the beauty of the sunrise tinge t i n g e that's correct Terror Franklin D Roosevelt warned the only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless unreasonable unjustified terror terror terror t e r r o r Terror that's correct Groves saon took a peaceful walk through the Orange Groves on a sunny afternoon Groves Groves g r o v gr that is correct all right midair Amy leaped off the diving board and posed midair while her friends took a picture midair midair m i d a i r midair that's correct fend just before heading out for dinner mom and dad reminded their daughters there was food in the fridge but otherwise they had to fend for themselves fend f n
018dend correct jerky Kevin enjoys jerky so much that he would eat it every day if it were not so expensive jerky jerky J that's correct bypass Mr Jakes took the bypass around the city to avoid all the downtown traffic bypass bypass b y p a s correct Bitter Sweet Kenji made a strange face after biting into the bittersweet chocolate Bittersweet b i t t e r s w e e t that's correct Daredevil Nia's friends from school consider her a daredevil after she did a flip off the monkey bars Daredevil Dar d a r e d e b i l d that is correct a blaze Gary's attempt to make dinner ended with parts of the kitchen Ablaze leaving everyone scrambling for the fire extinguisher a blaze a blaze a b l a z e
019a blaz that is correct Trek the hike in the area known as the chimney tops in the Great Smoky Mountains turned out to be quite a Tre Tre Tre t r [Music] correct bygone Wesley's grandfather lamented the bygone days of $1 gallons of gas bygone I'm sorry that's incorrect b y n demigod the hero Gilgamesh was a demigod in ancient Babylonian mythology demigod demig d e i o d that's correct merfolk in Legends merfolk are said to dwell deep beneath the ocean service surface murog murog m e r f o okay that's correct rebuke the preacher warned his flock not to rebuke others before they had first examined their own faults rebuke r e v u k e that is correct new fangle the new fold coffee maker had more buttons than an airplane cockpit
020confusing everyone who tried to use it new Fang new Fang n e w f a n g l e d new F that is correct Rogue the Rogue slipped through the bustling Marketplace picking pockets and stealing merchandise without anyone noticing rogue rogue r o g u e Rog that is correct all right anybody that missed that round please head to the ogres as huge as they were the ogres were no match for the witches spells ogres ogres hideous Giants represented in fairy tales and folklore ogres o g e r s o I'm sorry o g r e s column a column supporting the balcony shows signs of termite infestation column that is correct Mirage the exhausted desert Travelers were fooled by a mirage thinking there was water ahead when there was only sand Mirage Mirage
021m i r a g that is correct contribute Emily decided to contribute to her school's bake sale by making red velvet cupcakes contribute c o n t r i b u t e country yes that's correct Amnesia Alice suffered from Amnesia as a result of a head injury amnesia amnesia a m n e s i a Amnesia correct this word has a homonym or could be confused with another word so make sure we listen to the definition or the sentence okay burrow the easy pace and sure step of the burrow make it a good pack animal burrow burrow b u r r o burrow that's correct anybody that Miss round thank you H Dasher another X upscale haard daser has opened a shop on Brighton Street ha daser h r that's correct skeptical will was
022skeptical about the new students claim that he had climbed Mount Everest skeptical k p t i that is correct clientele kyone hopes to expand the clientele of shoe store clientele c l i n t e l I'm sorry that's incorrect Onyx Enrique decided to go with the Onyx phone case so it wouldn't look worn out right away Onyx onx NX onx correct anecdotes Grandpa entertained us with amusing anecdotes from his life as a traveling salesman anecdotes anec do a n e c d o t e s an that's correct Halo the Halo surrounding the famous author was diminished after various scandals came to light in the years following her death Halo correct spree after she won the lottery Janine went on a celebratory shopping spree spree spree correct Tiff Elena had a tiff with her
023sisters over who had to sit in the middle seat Tiff Tiff t i f f Tiff that is correct Buzzard the Buzzard swooped down on the unsuspecting pigeon and carried it off in its talents Buzzard Buzzard b u g g a r d buzzer that is correct parting the history teacher explained that parting facts wouldn't help them on the test they had to understand the historical event significance of the event parenting parting um to imitate the form or without understanding the sense or meaning evolved Partin Partin p a r o t i n g I'm sorry that's incorrect there's two RS p a r r o t i n g suffice TK's parents thought he was packing too much for the weekend trip insisting that one small suitcase should suffice suffice suffice s e f
024i c e suffice I'm sorry that's incorrect F the cell phone salesman tried to F an expensive monthly plan on the unsuspecting customer fo I please have the definition to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit to f f o i s t voice that is correct G Dax tends to laugh gly when he is nervous gly [Music] g i g g a l l y I'm sorry that's incorrect g i d d i l y all right so we had three misss that time so stay seated please here and um Maddie this will be our Championship word so um as the last remaining speller she has to complete a round on her own so if she completes this next word correctly you will be our check all right and tsunami the tsunami
025devastated the shores of 11 Nations Tsunami Tsunami p s n i i I'm sorry it's incorrect okay all four of you are back in so all four back in tsunami TS TS u n a m i tsunami all right okay 32 yeah all right back in everybody's back in here we go steeped living in Madrid Jacob became so steeped in Spanish that he started to dream and think in the language [Music] steeped steep I'm sorry that's incorrect mourners mourners surrounded the grave of the fallen soldier and placed wreaths and flowers around the tombstone mourners MERS m u n e r I'm sorry that's incorrect residential when the delivery driver got lost in the Maze of residential streets with almost identical houses he finally resorted to using his GPS app residential r e s i d
026that's correct deposition the psy the psychiatrist's deposition was presented to the judge before the defendant took the stand deposition deposition g e p o s i t i o n deposition that is correct okay so we had two eliminated this round and two that stay so I'm going to have the two of you stay here because we'll go we'll finish out first and second and then we'll have to figure out which one of you is third okay so stay there all right turly alesio answered his co-worker question turly wanting to get back to his own project turly may I please have a definition in a brief and concise manner turle turle t r s l y I'm sorry that's incorrect graphite the artists preferred soft graphite pencils for their ability to create subtle shading graphite
027graphite g r a p h i t e graphite that is correct okay wait stay here stay here C okay so as the only remaining um speller in this round you have to complete your own round by yourself okay Manana Mara kept promising her dad that she would clean her room Manana Manana m a n a n a Manana that is correct all right so that makes Ken our champion and Maddie Bell our second place runner up and we need to have a spell off between the two of you for third place okay so I am going to go back to 3:30 and you are up first Leeward the leeward side of the mountain gets less rain than the windward side Lee [Music] word repeat Lee word it means situated away from the wind Lee
028word I'm sorry that's incorrect w a r d banishment for her part in the uprising the rebel was sentenced to lifelong banishment from the tiny island of nation banishment b i that is correct okay all right so because this was the champion has to complete their own round but not during a tiebreaker all right so we have our champion our second place and our third place all right congratulations to all of our spellers but our top three round of applause please okay um i' like to we need to have a picture with all of our spellers first and then we will do our Trophy presentation so all of the spellers would you please come down and stand together over here in front of our mat sit on the sit on the bleachers instead okay right
029over here we're going to sit sit together e not she let first of all congratulations to all 12 of these spellers they were the top three out of each of the grade levels so that's quite an accomplishment to be one of the 12 people here in the gym today so congratulations guys good job there you go to 12 in the [Music] scho all right our third place spelling be participant Grace reading second place Maddie Bell and our champion Callen Krueger congratulations guys all right let's stand together so she can get your picture for the paper against the mats this time parents thank you guys for coming I appreciate that I know the kids Doo so it's great to see you guys here because