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  2. Spelling bee - Wikipedia

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    A spelling bee at an elementary school, with a speller addressing an audience and a judge, with other contestants behind. A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty. To compete, contestants must memorize the spellings of words as written in ...

  3. Orthographies and dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, children show a greater difficulty throughout schooling when spelling words with irregular or unusual orthographies when compared to their other children. Research also shows that dyslexic children have primary difficulties in phonological processing and secondary difficulties in orthographic processing, aiding to the distinction ...

  4. Dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words, "sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one reads. [3] [7] Often these difficulties are first noticed at school. [2] The difficulties are involuntary, and people with this disorder have a normal desire to ...

  5. The 14-year-old winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee ...

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    The National Spelling Bee is intense. Over 11 million kids take part in the spelling bee circuit across the country. Eventually, 200 spellers advance to the national stage.

  6. Edith Fuller, 6, was the National Spelling Bee's youngest ...

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    The home-school spellebrity became the youngest competitor in Spelling Bee history, nailing words like "nyctinasty" and "sevruga." Edith Fuller, 6, was the National Spelling Bee's youngest-ever ...

  7. Disorder of written expression - Wikipedia

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    Poor writing skills must interfere significantly with academic progress or daily activities that involves written expression [1] (spelling, grammar, handwriting, punctuation, word usage, etc.). [2] This disorder is also generally concurrent with disorders of reading and/or mathematics, as well as disorders related to behavior.

  8. List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions - Wikipedia

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    [1] [12] One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. [13] The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person.

  9. Characteristics of dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Spelling errors — Because of difficulty learning letter-sound correspondences, individuals with dyslexia might tend to misspell words, or leave vowels out of words. Letter order - People with dyslexia may also reverse the order of two letters, especially when the final, incorrect, word looks similar to the intended word.