we were happy to cheer on coleman, along with three additional third graders who made it into the 3rd-5th grade spelling bee this year! out of the sixteen 3rd-5th grade students, coleman amazed us as the words became more and more difficult, and more cuts were made. with each word, i hesitated to even take a breath, apparently being much more nervous than him. that could have been because coleman chose to spell the words aloud, without first writing them down. he made it through round 9, and was one of the final four (two third graders and two fifth graders). the killer word, "oblige" is now a word of despise. "but mom, i could spell rutabaga!" his classmate went on to win, which drew an ocean of tears from coleman. defeat...no matter the reason, is difficult for coleman's competitive spirit. i have no doubt we will enjoy the bee again next year! congratulations coleman! we were proud after word one!
we were happy to cheer on coleman, along with three additional third graders who made it into the 3rd-5th grade spelling bee this year! out of the sixteen 3rd-5th grade students, coleman amazed us as the words became more and more difficult, and more cuts were made. with each word, i hesitated to even take a breath, apparently being much more nervous than him. that could have been because coleman chose to spell the words aloud, without first writing them down. he made it through round 9, and was one of the final four (two third graders and two fifth graders). the killer word, "oblige" is now a word of despise. "but mom, i could spell rutabaga!" his classmate went on to win, which drew an ocean of tears from coleman. defeat...no matter the reason, is difficult for coleman's competitive spirit. i have no doubt we will enjoy the bee again next year! congratulations coleman! we were proud after word one!
