After winning the 4th grade spell-off at his school, Christopher went-on to beat the 5th and 6th graders and became the 2011 Milford Christian Academy Spelling Champion!
We are so proud of you, Christopher!!!
We met Christopher at dismissal after school with a bunch of balloons that said "Congratulations" and "You are awesome," and then we let him pick any restaurant (ooh! restaurant is one of his spelling words!) where he wanted to celebrate. He chose the Olive Garden, where he opted to forego spaghetti (ooh! spaghetti was one of his spelling words!) to have pizza.
Christopher said that Friday was the happiest day of his life.
So now we're learning the same words the National Spelling Bee kids learn (the process goes State Bee, Regional Bee, and then National Bee). Here are a few of our favorites:
sukiyaki
megalopolis
homogeneous
mahal
fastidious
obsequious
eiderdown
koholrabi
inselberg
pitchblende
realschule
jeremiad
Panglossian
asthmogenic
contrapuntal
Two things make it hard to study these words with Christopher: (A) I don't know how to pronounce most of them, and (B) I have no idea what they mean. Even with a mom who used to be an English teacher, the big-time spelling bees are a challenge!
Can I have a definition for that word? Can you use it in a sentence, please?
Congratulations Christopher
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