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I too, participated in the intermediate spelling bee. I lost on the word "field". I thought she said feel. I spelled the word right but I spelled the wrong word. My advice is that if you don’t understand the word some one gives you, ask them to repeat the word or, to use it in a sentence. . SPELLING BEE By: Kristen Patterson WHAT IS A SPELLING BEE? Spelling bees are spelling competitions where you compete against other people by spelling words a teacher/ principle gives you, usually with a varying degree of difficulty. The concept is thought to have originated in the USA, and Spelling bee events are now held in some other countries around the world which use imperfect writing systems. WHAT HAPPENS IN A SPELLING BEE? At this school, each class had a spelling bee. The runner up and the winner move on to the school spelling bee. The 1st , 2nd, and 3rd graders had a primary spelling bee on January 14, 2015. The 4th and 5th graders had an intermediate spelling bee on January 16, 2015. The winner of the intermediate spelling bee moved on to the district spelling bee. The district spelling bee was on January 21, 2015 at 4:00 pm, at Elkhorn Elementary.