001school spelling bee. I am Mrs. Watt and we are going to bring in our classroom champions. You can clap as they come in. Our representing Mrs. Silian's class, we have Carter Crockett. From Miss Cox's class, we have Aiden Simmons. [applause] They're a little nervous. Sier Robinson. [applause] From Miss Davis's class, we have Amari Garrett, [applause] Jabari Black. [applause] From Miss Molar's class, we have Dani Quinn and Sabban Abdales. Man, hold on. We're going to give you your medal, honey. From Miss Ringer's class, we have Mulana Jackson and Kalia Richardson. Representing Miss Russ's class, we have Cameron Kelly [applause] and Aaliyah Richardson. [applause] Representing Mr. Thomas's class, we have Jamar Crawford. and Corey Street. [applause] >> Our last participant is um unique in that she is also from Mrs. Molnar's class, but she is the alternate.
002So, she has studied these words without promise of participation. So, thank you very much for being willing to participate. Jazzaniah Johnson. >> [applause] >> Congratulations to all of you for reaching this point in the competition. Your dedication to learning, correct spelling, and increasing your vocabularies will help you not only in this competition, but also throughout your life. Participation helps you build confidence, gain public speaking conf experience, and practice poise under pressure and set goals. We can't wait to see all of your skills on display. not just at the be but in all the amazing things that you do. Let's give another round of applause for today's uh participants. [applause] So, another good morning to you all. I am Mrs. Watt. I'm a title one reading teacher here at Elwood. It's my pleasure to welcome you
003once again to the Elwood spelling bee. The competition will begin in a few moments. At this time, I ask that you check and make sure that all of your cell phones are silenced. We will begin with speller number one and continue in number order. Spellers, remember, take a breath, say your word, and then begin spelling. Remember, it's up to you to speak clearly. If the judges cannot understand you, that will count against you. When it is your turn to spell, you'll walk to the front. Mrs. Baxter will give you the microphone and um you can ask the pronouncer to repeat the word, give this part of speech or an example sentence. Remember, if you're ever not sure what the word is, ask for more information. We're here to help you understand and there might be
004a clue or something in the sentence that might help you jog your memory. The pronouncer will not answer root word questions or take requests for other sentences. So, you get one sentence. That's it. Okay. If the word is a homonym, a word that sounds similar but has a different meaning, the pronouncer will make every effort to share the information and provide the part of speech without being asked. But remember again, it's ultimately your responsibility to know what the word is that you are spelling. You can start over to spell a word, but if you change the letters in the sequence of letters that you've already said, it will count as a misspelling and you will be out of the competition. If you're going to restart spelling your word, it's helpful to let the judges know
005what you're doing. Remember, we ask, "Can I start again?" Right? Good job. For example, if my root if my word is kangaroo and I say k an and then forget where I am, I'm going to ask, can I start over? And the answer is always going to be >> yes. >> Good. Now remember, if you're spelling kangaroo and you start c and you say, "Can I start it over?" The answer is yes. But are you allowed to change the letters? Even if you know what letter is right, are you allowed to change it? >> No. All right. So that's why we always say take a deep breath, repeat the word, let your brain tell your mouth what to say. All right. Now, as we near the end of the beat, if all the spellers in
006a round misspell, all the spellers in that round will go on to a new round. If only one speller spells correctly in a round, a new one-word spelling round will begin, and that speller will be given the opportunity to spell one more word. If you get it, you're the champion. If you don't get it, then we bring back everybody from the last round and we go again. We're going to explain this more at the end. Before we begin, I'd like to introduce to you the officials who will be presiding over the competition. Um, officials, just give away as I call your name. First, I'm pleased to introduce to you Miss um Bartlett, who is our announcer, uh, Mrs. Molmar, our head judge, Miss Jennings, our judge, and Mr. Bourre, our record keeper. Thank you, officials.
007I would also like to take this time to recognize Mrs. Miss Rrimmel, our principal. Um, our greeters were uh Dean Henley, uh, Miss Host, and Mr. Washington. Miss Priyana is our timekeeper, and I think we will be having Miss Sarah come down shortly. We are grateful to Mrs. Baxter, also our title one reading teacher here at Elmo for her dedication to assisting with the B in so many ways. She's going to be helping our spellers with anything they want. And finally, we want to thank our IT department because if it wasn't for them, our classrooms would not be able to watch this be. So today, you're going to take part in a great American tradition. I'm so excited for you guys. I want you to do your best. If there's anything we can help you
008with, you let us know. And on behalf of Elmwood Elementary School, thank you all for joining us to celebrate the achievements of these fantastic young spellers. We're going to eat. Yeah. >> Okay, we're now ready to begin round one of the woodland elementary spelling bee. Spellers, I would like to remind you of what happens if you misspell during this round. Uh, one of the judges will ring a bell. Wait, is ringing the bell for correct? I'm sorry, that's only for correct. >> Okay. So, if you get the word correct, you will hear the bell. If you get the word incorrect, um, >> I will um tell you >> and I will then spell give you the correct spelling of the word. >> And don't forget that it's very important that you stay in your original
009seat. So, even if the person next to you gets out, you go back to the seat that you're in right now. >> Got it? >> Okay, I'll help you with that. >> Record keeper, are you ready? >> Anybody's ready? Speller number one. Carter, you can come on up. Testing. >> So, repeat the word. Okay, >> your word is send. >> Um, >> can you say it in the sentence? >> Daisy said that she would send a text message to tell her tutor she would be a few minutes late. >> S E N D. [bell] >> Very good. All right, Aiden, your word is fish. >> Festing. >> F I S H. >> Very good. Remember to repeat the word when I say it. Okay. >> Your word is scrub. S C R U V. [bell]
010>> All right. Your word is tint. >> Tint. T I N T. Tint. Your word is want. >> Want. W A N T. >> Tani, your word is sharks. >> Sharks. S H A R K S. >> Your word is comfy. >> Comfy. C O N F Y. Your word is scrunch. S K U N K. >> Sorry, you spelled that word incorrect. >> The correct spelling is S C R U N C H. Good try. >> [applause] >> Repeat the word. Very close. >> All right. Your word is wire. Yes. Uh, Hyomi looped a long wire inside her costume to make it puff out. Wire. W I R E. Cameron, your word is chance. Chance. C H A N C. Chance. Aliyah, your word is melon. Melon. M E L O N. >> Jamar,
011your word is hockey. H O C K E Y >> Corey, your word is insects. >> Insects. I N C E C T S I'm sorry you spelled that word incorrect. >> The correct spelling is I N S E C Ts. Good try, Corey. Your word is shortcut. >> Shortcut. S H O R T C U T. This concludes round one of the Elma Elementary spelling be. There are 12 spellers remaining. We will now begin round two. Carter, you may approach my Mr. B. We're going to hold on one minute. There's a spill over here and we don't want someone. I'm going to put a chair in place of it. Okay. Thank you, boys and girls. When you walk through um Oh, yeah. That's a heck of a Thank you. Thank you. >> We're going
012to walk this way. Okay, boys and girls. >> Thank you. All right, Carter, are you ready? Your word is forest. >> Um, >> the microphone up. Hold the microphone up to your mouth. >> F O R E S T. Aiden, your word is sizzling. >> S. >> You can just give it your best shot. >> Yes. I Yes, the word is sizzling. I am sorry you spelled that word incorrect. >> It's s i z l i n g. It's a very good try, Aiden. Thank you. [applause] >> Are you ready? Your word is mango. >> Mango. M A N G O I am Amari, your word is blossoms. >> Blossoms. B L O S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S M
013S I am sorry you spelled that word incorrectly. >> The correct spelling is B L O S S O Ms. Good try, Mari. Thank you. [applause] >> Jabari, your word is distress. >> Distress. D I S H E. >> I am sorry you spelled that word incorrectly. >> Correct spelling is D I S T R E S. Good try, Jabori. [applause] Tani, your word is basil. >> Basil. B A Z L. >> I'm sorry. You spelled that word incorrectly. Correct spelling is B A S I L. Good try. Thank you. Your word is signal. >> Signal. S I G N A L E. >> I'm sorry you spelled that word incorrectly. >> Signal is S I G N A L. Good try. [applause] Your word is minnows. >> Yes. Elijah loved to catch minnows with
014his net and then put them back in the lake. >> Minnows. M I N O W S. >> Cameron, your word is writing. >> W R I T I >> your word is seep s e >> I'm sorry you spelled that word incorrectly >> s e e p good Right. >> Jamar, your word is fruit. >> F R U I T. All right, your word is limbs. This concludes round two of the Elenwood Elementary spelling be. There are six spellers remaining. We will now begin round three. Carter, you may approach the mic. All right, Carter, your word is far away. >> F A R A W A Y. >> Your word is pirates. Pirates. P I R A T S. >> I'm sorry. You spelled that word incorrectly. >> Correct. Spelling is P I R
015A T E S. Good try. [applause] Clea, your word is wooden. >> Yes. Armando preferred to use a wooden bat instead of a metal one because it made him feel like a major leager. >> Wooden. Wo O D E N. Wooden. Your word is breakfast. >> Breakfast. >> B R E A K F A S T. Breakfast. Jamari, your word is acrobat. >> Acrobat. >> A. >> Yes. >> After years of classes, Paul is developing the skills of a first rate acrobat. A C K R O B A T. I'm sorry. You spelled that word incorrect. >> Correct. Spelling is a C R O B A T. Good try. Your word is chocolate. >> Chocolate. C H O C O L A T This this concludes round three of the Elwood Elementary spelling be. There
016are four spellers remaining. We will now begin round five. Four. Four. Carter. All right, Carter, your word is elephant. >> Okay. Uh, E L E P H A N T. >> [snorts] >> Clea, your word is recipe. >> Recipe. R E I P E. >> I'm sorry, you spelled that word incorrectly. >> Correct spelling is R E C I P E. Very good. Try All right. Your word is bombarded. >> B O M D A R D E D. Bombarded. >> Nice [bell] job. Your word is incredible. >> Incredible. I N C R E D I P L E. always come around. This concludes round four of the Elwood Elementary spelling be. There are three spellers remaining. We will now begin round five. harder. >> Your word is countest. >> See O. Actually, can you
017give me a sign? >> Yes. The countest had a reputation for mistreating her servants. S O U N T E S S >> Sorry, you misspelled that word. >> C O U M T E S S. >> Wait, I said that. I said c o n t. >> Carter, you didn't ask to restart the word, so you said co and then you continued your word with s o u n t ss s. I'm sorry. Cameron, your word is pepperc corn. >> Peppercorn. P E P E R C O R N. Pepper. Your word is raise. R A. >> Yes. >> Elliot tries to remember to raise his hand, but sometimes his words come out first. R A S I E. >> I am sorry. You spell that word incorrectly. R A I S E. Good
018job. Good try. [applause] [clears throat] >> At this time, we enter into the championship round. Cameron must spell his word correctly to be given the championship. If he does not spell his word correctly, then Jazz and Anniah will reenter the be. >> All right, Cameron, your word is zooming. >> Zooming. C O O I N G. [applause] Congratulations our spelling BIG [applause] JOB. Be proud of yourself. [applause] >> Okay. So for your per um impressive performance in today's competition, you are receiving this beautiful trophy and um we want to thank all of our spellers who completed today. If we can give another round of APPLAUSE [applause] [applause] and we want to also take time to thank all the volunteers who helped make this spelling be possible. We are going to give you a few moments
019with your speller before they return to class. We'll ask that all students be back to class by 10:00. Um so if you want to get a picture, we are going to take a group picture first with all of our spellers and um then if you want to get a picture in front of the beautiful backdrop, um you can do that too. So, if by 10:00 all spellers are back in their classroom, we appreciate that.