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Brittany Kasko is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.
Remember those 4th grade spelling words quizzes we took in elementary school ... In fact, they may still trip you up. Test your skills by taking this spelling test for 4th grade students.
Students compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee by spelling words that could make one’s head spin (“weissnichtwo” and “cabotinage,” to name a couple). But it doesn’t take ...
NEWPORT NEWS — The weekly tradition of spelling tests is gone from elementary classrooms. Newport News Public Schools did away with them this fall in favor of “word study,” which focuses on ...
“There's nothing in the real world like a spelling test.” But not all parents are convinced that eliminating the tests will help their children become good spellers. Can you spell t-r-o-u-b-l-e?
The Scripps National Spelling Bee will kick off on May 28 as 245 spellers descend on National Harbor, Maryland, for four days of competition. Ahead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to ...
Cancel anytime. Our teacher dropped the bombshell the night of Open House. There would be no more spelling tests. More than once, I asked the mother sitting next to me: "Did she say no spelling ...
LISBON — Columbiana County 2025 Spelling Bee Champion Maureen Bone will put her spelling and vocabulary talents to the test ...
Spelling tests have given many former school-goers slight trauma, and it shows. Just go into a room and ask, "How do you spell…" and watch some adults' eyes widen as they say, "Don't ask me ...
The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be so quick to force spellers into a lightning-round tiebreaker to decide a champion ...
The Oxford English Dictionary estimates there are over 170,000 words in the English language, with an additional 47,000 obsolete words. Only a few other languages reportedly have more words than ...