Spelling Bee

Max got to do something I've always wanted to do! He was chosen, along with 2 others from his school, to attend the Dubuque sectional spelling bee in January. He did awesome and ended up in the top 10 which moved him onto Regionals in March! For the first round, they gave us a list of about 300 words that all the words would be taken from. They also gave us all of the books that they would come from, and since I'm always on the hunt for new books for Max, I purchased a few and they ended up being amazing books, so I'll attach a pic in case any readers are looking for good books for their kids.

For the Regional spelling bee, they gave him a big packet of words and it just seemed so much more overwhelming than the original sheet that had words on the front and back. We did not study with him nearly as much as the first round. We were just hoping for the best! His goal was not to go out in the first round. He made it to the 3rd round and went out on the word "strudel". He spelled it "stroodel". Luckily, this is a 5th through 8th grade thing in Dubuque, so he should get a few more chances. The winner gets an all expense paid trip to Washington DC to compete in the national spelling bee. Here are a few pictures and video!