More Spelling Wonders

Well, I took the initiative and got a copy of the spelling words from which we can study for tomorrow's written test. It's nine pages of words, and we're slogging through them as best we can. A few of the ones she misspelled (as she misspelled them): bureaucrasy, harpsicord, boisenberry, semmalina, metaphore. A few of the ones she spelled correctly: ostentatious, egalitarian, mercurial, beleaguer, alliteration. She's getting about 75% of them correct, which should be more than enough to make it to the oral bee. (Last year she only got 68% correct and was one of the top 7th graders in the school system here.)

Still, the first one you miss in the oral bee is the last one, so we've got some work to do before February 9th. Of course, last year's oral bee was a travesty. Some of the other kids went out on really easy words. It was sad. I'm afraid it was no great feat for my girl to finish in the top 10 kids last year, and there's not much hope of competition this year either. One thing that amazes me is, with all the homeschooled kids around here, she was the only homeschooler to even try out for the bee. What a missed opportunity for those other kids. Heck, we could send a whole team of homeschoolers if everyone else would try out.

Look for the opportunities available in your community. You never know what great things your kids could be missing out on.

I'll let y'all know how it goes tomorrow.