Dear Teacher: My daughter is in first grade. The spelling words that she is being tested on appear to be at a very high level. Whatever happened to having children spell words like “the,” “dog,” “that ...

Seven-year-old Alayna Gifford and a few of her classmates were seated in a semicircle on the floor at Waterloo Elementary School. “OK, Alayna, your turn,” said teacher Staphanie Yonowitz, who is ...

Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don't count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been treated as rote memorization or dismissed as unnecessary in an age of autocorrect ...

Positioned as showdowns, smack-downs or friendly competitions, spelling bees have a long and storied past in the United States. The earliest spelling contest on record dates back to 1808 and was ...

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ASKED WHY? THE PENN MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TRADITION SPELLING TESTS WILL SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST. PROBABLY WHAT A LOT OF US REMEMBER. SO PRETEST PRACTICE THE WORDS ALL WEEK.