First-graders

First-graders might read a story about patterns, listen to rhythmic patterns in music class and play a skipping game in gym class that requires them to move their bodies in a physical pattern.

New curriculum working its way into Montgomery County schools Michael Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

First-graders might read a story about patterns, listen to rhythmic patterns in music class and play a skipping game in gym class that requires them to move their bodies in a physical pattern.

New curriculum working its way into Montgomery County schools Michael Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

First-graders might read a story about patterns, listen to rhythmic patterns in music class and play a skipping game in gym class that requires them to move their bodies in a physical pattern.

New curriculum working its way into Montgomery County schools Michael Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writer 2010

First-graders read aloud Friday in Vallejo, Calif.

Bulk of Stimulus Spending Yet to Come Louise Radnofsky 2010

First-graders at May Howard Elementary in Savannah, Georgia made model piping plovers for science class.

Archive 2007-11-01 2007

First-graders at May Howard Elementary in Savannah, Georgia made model piping plovers for science class.

cute 2007

First-graders of the middle-class and wealthy go to school in designer jeans and dresses while the poor have clothing purchased from Salvation Army or St Vincent De Paul thrift shops.

The Disgraceful Plight of American Poor 2006

First-graders stopped to splash soggy snowballs into a huge puddle which had collected in the street just beyond the alley, and the drip-drip-drip of the water, from the trees and buildings to the wet, glistening sidewalks was as music to his ears.

A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Herman Gastrell Seely

First-graders at Trailwood Elementary arrived at school Thursday to find a nice surprise: a monarch butterfly had emerged since the day before.

KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

First-graders learn how to explain the differences between a need and a want, describe jobs from which people earn money and identify jobs people do.

The Times-Journal: News 2010