(US, education) The first or second year of grade school depending on classification, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade.
I just remembered the time where my first grade teacher sat the class down and said that if someone broke into our house and said that they have to kill either you or your sibling, that he hopes you'd volunteer. That…
Celebrating Bill Ward, born on this day in 1948. "Nobody sounded like them. And nobody—not even Led Zeppelin—could scare up riffs as heavy, as relentless, or as remorseless as Black Sabb. They kept it as simple as f…
(US, education) The first or second year of grade school depending on classification, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six.
“I just remembered the time where my first grade teacher sat the class down and said that if someone broke into our house and said that they have to kill either you or your sibling, that he hopes you'd volunteer. That was kinda fucked up.”
“Celebrating Bill Ward, born on this day in 1948. "Nobody sounded like them. And nobody—not even Led Zeppelin—could scare up riffs as heavy, as relentless, or as remorseless as Black Sabb. They kept it as simple as first grade math, and therein lies their genius..."”
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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Standard American English for a pupil in first grade — typically a six or seven-year-old in their second year of formal schooling (after kindergarten). The word is matter-of-fact and educational in register, widely used by parents, teachers, and administrators in the US educational system.
(US, education) A pupil who is in first grade.
(US, education) The period in school that comes after fourth grade and before sixth grade.
Used in Canada and the Philippines to refer to the first year of formal primary school education — equivalent to first grade in standard American usage. In Canada it follows kindergarten; in the Philippines it is the entry point of primary school. 'Grade one' is the standard phrasing in these educational systems.
Gav is laughing at me for having so many opinions about The Odyssey... I read every available kid's adaptation of The Odyssey in the first grade, I was obsessed. Then the Emily Wilson version was such a sublime experi…
“Gav is laughing at me for having so many opinions about The Odyssey... I read every available kid's adaptation of The Odyssey in the first grade, I was obsessed. Then the Emily Wilson version was such a sublime experience as an adult. I AM READY. I AM SEATED.”
“share.google/uUfhaJpca1mG... Love all my teachers! Sr. Linae Frei, my first grade teacher, now 94, gave me love of education...”
“I'm dyslexic. I was almost held back in the first grade until my learning style or process kicked in. I'm sure you grasp the word used for any child with any of the neurodivergent spectrum then, 1950s. That's how I was classified until I suddenly started reading.”
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