Full disclosure: I didn't make it past the first round of my third-grade spelling bee. Oh, sure, I had my revenge. I was school champion of the sixth-grade geography bee and got knocked out at the ...

And it happened at the third grade spelling bee. I was painfully shy, but excited to stand and spell with my third grade classmates. After all, I was an excellent speller.

Robinson was using all the old spelling- bee tricks, writing out his words in his hand. For Mann, the third-grade moments were all coming back. Robinson won on the word “chthonic.” ...

3rd grade English Language Arts skills: Find out what you need to know for your student In third grade, children practice reading with fluency and using strategies to make sense of unknown words.

Are you smarter than a 3rd grader? You'll have to pass this head-scratcher of a spelling quiz to find out. The Playbuzz creator says most adults won't be get full marks on this tricky quiz.