first-grade

• “More than 1,500 children applied for the 184 kindergarten and first-grade seats at the charter school, with 700 of those children coming from District 3, which encompasses the Upper West Side.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Charter School Stalls in Court

• “I am not sure how this all got started, or who thought we were the right people for the job, but we were invited to teach four first-grade classes as a part of the Junior Achievement program.”

  On the blueline: One game to go, vs. Canada, gold at stake

• “To my cat-loving, first-grade brain, that made perfect sense.”

  The Huffington Post: Wendy Diamond: In Wendy's Doghouse: Nancy O'Dell of Entertainment Tonight

• “The typical American kindergarten now resembles a really bad first-grade classroom.”

  The Huffington Post: Alfie Kohn: Five Not-So-Obvious Propositions About Play

• “His mind went to his first-grade teacher, Mrs. Papasian, who always said Armenian names rhymed with Armenian.”

  Simon & Schuster: Three Stages of Amazement

• “In fact, my first-grade report card hangs in a frame on the door to my office, along with my name and title.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Ants in Your Pants? You'll Probably Live Longer.

• “If only my first-grade teacher had recognized me for the health pioneer that I was.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Ants in Your Pants? You'll Probably Live Longer.

• “He said he arrived to vote to find that his former first-grade teacher was one of the officials administering the vote.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Gorbachev Adds to Criticism of Russia Vote

• “This was my first-grade teacher, she was supposed to be my second mother, and she lied to me," he said.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Gorbachev Adds to Criticism of Russia Vote

• “But Tricia Joyce, a mother of first-grade twins who was at the meeting, said the joke showed a lack of understanding of the issues, such as post-Sept. 11 tax incentives that sent families into lower Manhattan.”

  The Huffington Post: Cathie Black's Bumpy First 6 Weeks As NYC Schools Chancellor

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