March 15, 2021
Hi BBBS families,
We have been so grateful for those of you partaking in our monthly activities. We are so excited to announce our April activity is a spelling bee! This will take place via Zoom beginning at 5:30 pm on April 20, 2021. Depending on how many contestants we have, we may have to continue the contest the next day (March 21 at 5:30 pm). There is a $25 Amazon Gift Card for the winner of each age group!
To sign up Littles, please contact the caseworker in your county. Once signed up, the parent will receive rules and the practice list for the child's group. All of the words are from grade level lists that can be found on:
www.spelling-words-well.com. Practice Words will be sent out March 29th.
Each Little, will be asked a word within their group. There are four groups: lower
elementary (kindergarten–2nd grade), upper elementary (3rd–5th grades) middle school (6th-8th grades) and high school (9th-12th grades). For an example, a Little who is in the 1st grade will not be asked words from the upper elementary list.
All words the kids will be asked will come from the practice list. No surprise words
unless we go through all the words for the group and still have participants.
There are 50 words for lower elementary, 60 words for upper elementary, and 75 words each for middle and high school.
***The words on the practice lists for each group, will be what the children are asked to spell. No surprises unless, we finish the list and still have contestants. In this instance, new words will come from the website mentioned above ***
Visit www.bbbsmitten.org to find contact information for the caseworker in your area.
