Sentences with phrase «spelling bee»

A new study of spelling bee competitors finds that those with «grit,» who engage in more deliberate practice by themselves, are more likely to win.

This included second place in fourth - grade spelling bee, third place in fifth - grade math competition, and an honorable mention in a fifth grade charity drive.

I came in eighth place in my middle school spelling bee, so while this isn't a strong suit of mine, it has become a requisite in our home.

We're all familiar with old - fashioned spelling bees.

I have run a very successful spelling bee at my school for over 5 years now.

I've never understood why the winners of spelling bees get lauded and labelled as smart or intelligent.

Good arguments on both sides of the issue to be sure, but as a former spelling bee runner up, you can guess what I'd say.

However, I have been in several grammar school spelling bees, a wet t - shirt contest in my 20s, and a short - lived pole dancing class.

The group of young elites included ice skaters with Olympic medals, world - champion baton twirlers, top - rated chess players, collegiate volleyball players, prize - wining musicians, a pre-teen author and a national spelling bee champion.

June Kronholz wrote about spelling bees in the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next.

Across six studies, grittier adolescents earned higher grade point averages than their peers, grittier West Point cadets were more likely to stay after the first summer, grittier spelling bee participants outlasted less tenacious competitors, and grittier adults had higher levels of education and made fewer career changes than less gritty peers (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009).

With the help of an old friend, Mr. Larabee (Fishburne, Assault on Precinct 13), a one - time national spelling bee contestant, Akeelah begins her training for the big show — if she doesn't cave from peer pressure, her home life, and her own natural fears.

Featuring six brand new word games of logic and deduction, you'll be solving murder cases and acing local spelling bees in no time.

The latest spelling bee movie is a Starbucks Entertainment product, and it has a made - to - order feel about it, kind of like a compilation album.

Jason Bateman stars as a 40 year old man who enters a national spelling bee competition by means of exploiting a loop hole in Bad Words from Focus Features.

For more on spelling bees and other academic competitions, please see «Competition Makes a Comeback» by June Kronholz in the Summer 2010 issue of Education Next.

Justin Bateman as Guy Trilby wants to win the national spelling bee for some actually incredible reasons that I will not dare spoil.

Some typos are more unfortunate than others, but this typo from a Monday morning report on «the world's longest spelling bee» goes down in Typo History.

I memorized Bible verses through «sword drill» competitions, a kind of Evangelical spelling bee in which children compete to see who can find, say, Habakkuk 3:3 the fastest.

He lives in Louisville, KY where he's still best known for a runner - up performance in the 1997 city spelling bee.

As representatives of Saugerties, Caroline and Mia will be among only a small number of Ulster County students attending the regional spelling bee.

In the film, based on a screenplay by Andrew Dodge, Bateman stars as Guy Trilby, a 40 - year - old with a photographic memory who decides to enter spelling bees, progressing all the way to nationals.

«Bad Words» does to spelling bees what «Bad Santa» did to Santa Claus.

This comes as a shock to Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman), a 40 - year - old spelling bee champion that has come back into the game due to a loophole in the rules.

Pity those who missed out on that edifying scene at the national spelling bee where Akeelah (Keke Palmer) spells out the word «filiopietistic.»

She's already worked on The Way, Way Back, Touchy Feely and Jason Bateman's spelling bee comedy Bad Words.

Foulmouthed spelling bee competitor Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman), right, bonds with Chaitanya Chopra (Rohan Chand) in «Bad Words,» Bateman's directorial debut.

If the trailer for «Bad Words» reminds you a lot of the 2003 comedy «Bad Santa,» only set in the world of spelling bees instead of shopping mall Santa Clauses, you're not alone.

I also really liked that during the televised spelling bee, the look of the movie transitioned into looking like an HD broadcast from public television as if you was witnessing the chaos and mayhem from your own living room.

How about a kinesthetic spelling bee in which teams of students spell vocabulary words by positioning their bodies in the shapes of letters?

(I did actually excel at my school's monthly spelling bee.)

A 12 - year - old Washington 6th - grader recently won a citywide spelling bee that included the following words: narcohypnia, biophagous, stanniferous, stupulose, and pseudosyllogism.

ACS students enjoy participating in a number of academic competitions, including spelling bees, geography bees, and numerous math competitions.

Buddy Taylor Middle School 8th - grader Keelin Cowart - Goldberg wins the Flagler County spelling bee.

Perry sorted through his recent spelling bees, showing that he made fewer mistakes each week.

Countless community programs, including summer art classes, community theater productions, after - school programs, youth civic athletics, and community spelling bees, provide students with fun and educational opportunities.

Webster finds himself swept up in the cutthroat world of competitive, head - to - head spelling bees.

And in case your intelligent pup wants to participate in the annual spelling bee (or just chase a bee), added DHA will nurture her brain and eye development.

As a child, I was a good enough speller to make it into the city - wide spelling bee, but today, WordPress has alerted me to three misspellings in this post alone.

Whether it's the time Jane got her name in the paper for winning the town spelling bee, or the time she was involved in a DUI, nothing dies on the Internet.

Psychologist Angela Duckworth, a protà © gà © of Seligman's, has done a range of studies — on college students with low SAT scores, West Point plebes, and national spelling bee contestants, among others — and has found that a determined response to setbacks, an ability to focus on a task, and other noncognitive character strengths are highly predictive of success, much more so than IQ scores.

Royal LePage Meadowtowne Realty's Georgetown office continues to be active in its community with two popular events: a 22 minute makeover for Earth Day, and a local spelling bee.

Manager of the great Iowa Hawkeyes blog, Black Heart Gold Pants, and a 7 - time 5th grade spelling bee champion.