Spelling Bee competition 2018

 

 

2018 Champion Prizes:
A $40,000 cash prize from Scripps as well as the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy.

A $2,500 US savings bond and reference library from Merriam-Webster.

$400 in reference works from Encyclopaedia Britannica and a three-year membership to Britannica Online Premium.

A trip to New York City to appear on "LIVE with Kelly and Ryan."

A trip to Hollywood to appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

A school pizza party from Pizza Hut.

Spelling Bee statistics

Other facts:
Contestants must be 15 or younger and must not have passed beyond the eighth grade.

Winning words have included: Laodicean, luge, therapy, croissant, milieu, lyceum, kamikaze, antediluvian, chiaroscurist, logorrhea, Purim and knack.

There were co-champions in 1950, 1957, 1962, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Each year, more than 11 million students take part in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The Oscar-nominated documentary "Spellbound," released in 2002, captures the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee and follows eight participants as they prepare for the event.

Timeline:
1925 - The Louisville Courier-Journal starts the event with nine contestants. Frank Neuhauser is the first winner, after spelling gladiolus correctly.

1941 - Scripps Howard assumes sponsorship of the program.

1943-1945 - There is no National Spelling Bee due to World War II.

March 5-6, 2017 - A 5-year-old girl from Oklahoma wins a regional spelling bee and qualifies to compete in the 2017 national event. She is the youngest participant to clinch a slot in the national spelling bee. The girl, named Edith Fuller, defeats 52 other children at the regional contest, spelling such challenging words as jnana, sarsaparilla and Baedeker.

 

Spelling Words - 5th Grade

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cancel guard holiday headache bargain
furnace suggest squeeze solemn author
dangerous terrible treasure missile courage
towel celebration continent straightforward extinct
imagine exact ounce octopus consonant
coffee avenue specialty senator population
laundry semifinal examine exercise enormous
surround brighten piano strengthen sculpture
urgent receive estimate diamond calories
thought plural cabbage applause beautiful

Spelling Words - 6th Grade

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specialty senator population routine guidance
examine exercise enormous fertilize velocity
piano strengthen sculpture casserole denominator
estimate diamond calories mildew accurate
cabbage applause beautiful punctuation monarch
headache bargain chemical artificial pharmacy
solemn author tolerant centipede condemn
missile courage successful dynamite tutor
straightforward extinct commentary apology article
octopus consonant significant immature faucet

American money and measurement Chapter 7

Penny (informal name of American cent) 

 The United States one-cent coin, often called a penny, is a 


unit of currency equaling one-hundredth of a United States 

dollar (Lincoln)

Nickel American usage, is a five-cent coin (Jefferson)

Dime U.S. usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United 

States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime (Roosevelt)

1 foot = 12 inches = 30.48 centimeters 
 

1 pound = 453.592 grams

Worksheet Miss Daisy Unit 5

Chapter 5:

The Most Genius Idea
Circle the correct answer:
            1. The synonym of the word “recess” is:
               a. A process
               b. A break
               c. A program

               2.What kind of contest did the boys have?
               a. The one who shouts the loudest wins.
               b. The one who runs the fastest wins.
               c. The one who spins around in circles the longest without throwing up wins.

               3.What kind of promise did they make?
            a. That they would hate school forever.
            b. That they would remain friends for a lifetime
            c. That they would kick Miss Daisy out of the school.

               4. What kind of genius idea did Ryan have?
               a. That they should buy the school.
               b. That they should skip the classes and go to play football.
               c. That they should gather money and buy new video games.

               5.What did A.J. propose to turn the school into?
                a. A football pitch.
               b. A video game arcade.
               c. A secret building where they could spy on Miss Daisy.

               6.What does AJ think Mrs. Cooney is?
               a. A spy.
               b. A nurse.
               c.The person who kidnapped their real teacher.
              
               7.What is Mrs. Cooney’s poster in reality?
               a. A secret code where she sends mystery spy messages.
               b. An eye test/vision test poster.
               c. A poster with Chinese letters on it.
              
               8. To “keep an eye” on someone, means to:
               a. Watch someone carefully.
               b. Tell someone a lie.
               c. To ignore someone.

Peter Rabbit live

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Twas the Night Before Christmas

AUTHOR:

CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through

the house,

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;

And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,

Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow

Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

 Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN!

On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONDER and BLITZEN!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,

So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,

With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;

A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;

He had a broad face and a little round belly,

That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,

And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,

And laying his finger aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!!!!

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