Spelling-bee competition

Competition "SPELLING-BEE”

Among students of the 4-ths grades.   

Teacher: Nazym Tabarak

To teach students to learn words’ meaning, spelling, pronunciation:

-to bring up students to be active, want to be a Bee Master;

-to give them an opportunity to demonstrate their splendid spelling;

-to develop their contest’s spirit;

-to develop students’ perception, speaking skills;

-to enrich their vocabulary.

I.                  Warming up.

-students practice in spelling with volunteer Holly Morrison.

II.  Information about intellectual competition "Spelling-bee”.

1.     Some facts and events from history of the competition.

2.     The competition’s rules.

     Some words about the competition.

"Spelling-bee” is an international competition. It’s held in America. The first spelling-bee competition was in 1925, Louisville, Kentucky. By the way, the winner of the last year was Kavya Shivashankar, an Indian girl from Kansas. Her word was Laodicean. She spelt it correct. She won the prize of 40 thousand dollars.

     The goal of the contest is to define the best spelling student. So in the contest will be read words of three levels:

-the first tour for beginners

-the second is intermediate level

-the third for advanced.

     The Bee Master will pronounce the word.

     The participants will then pronounce the word, spell the word and pronounce the word again.

     The participant must:

-pronounce the word before spelling

-spell the word orally (look at the Bee Master when spelling the word)

-pronounce the word again

-speak clearly and loudly

-participant may ask for any pronunciation, meaning or sentence to be repeated for clarification before spelling

-the participant shall have 30 seconds

-they have a chance to stop spelling and start again.

     So your task is to spell the given word as correctly as you can. If you make mistake, unfortunately you’ll leave us.

     By the end of our competition we’ll have only three participants. One of them will be a winner and get a trophy.

     Caution:

     NO talking among participants, between participants and members of the audience. If a participant receive any help from someone, he will be disqualified.

Words for spelling

For beginners:

lesson,  school,  book, rubber ruler, desk, chair, go, play, write, read, ask, sun,  pencil, game, tennis, ski, skate, swim, run, green, black, blue, brown, grey, school

Monday, Friday, Sunday, grape.

Intermediate

Niece, cousin, nephew, daughter, bear, hare, giraffe, crocodile

listen,  answer, yellow, orange, purple, listen, point, translate, choose, draw, count

Tuesday, bring, teach, flowers, happen, clean, paint, wash, push, start, were, think, walk,

Advanced

Wednesday, Thursday, birthday, brought, written, thought, said, shout, want, photo,, bought, saw, caught, thief, wear, young, watch, chocolate, sandwich, luggage, suitcase, ticket, boyfriend, animation, really, again, coach, piece, please, whiteboard.

     III. Members of jury name the winner of the competition and give a prize.

   IV. Students demonstrate tongue-twisters with gym activities.