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).
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.
Her daughter is a first grader now and already reading well above grade level.
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Standard American English for a pupil in fifth grade — typically a ten or eleven-year-old. The term is educational and matter-of-fact in register, widely used by parents, teachers, and administrators. It became culturally prominent through the popular TV show 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'
(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.
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.
(US, education) A pupil who is in first grade.
“I tell my fucking 7 year old to ignore his brother bothering him on purpose because getting a reaction is the whole point. You'd think Will could internalize it better than a first grader though.”
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(US, Philippines) A pupil in a grade school.