3 First Graders Rush to Help Teacher After She Starts Choking on Food: 'They 100 Percent Saved My Life'

Last month, teacher Madison Swift started choking on food while in her first-grade classroom in Colonial Heights, Va. Three ...
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First Grade Teacher Fosters 18 Puppies In Her Classroom — Research Says It's Beneficial For Both Students & Puppies

A first-grade teacher will most certainly go down in history as her students’ favorite after she incorporated playtime with puppies into her classroom. The opportunity not only allowed the children to ...
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Passing the Common Core: 1st grade

In math, students work with whole numbers and place value. They group numbers into 10s and 1s, and learn to add and subtract up through 20. They use charts, tables and diagrams to solve problems. In ...

'They 100 percent saved my life': 1st-graders save Virginia teacher after she begins choking

Madison Swift is a first grade teacher at Lakeview Elementary School in Colonial Heights, Virginia. That's about 20 minutes outside of Richmond.
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Mom Of First Grader Is ‘Sad’ That Her Son’s Classroom Has No Toys — ‘My Mama Heart Is Broken’

Watching your kids grow up can be difficult. After all, you’ve been there since day one — they will always be your babies. You want them to grow, learn, and evolve, but that doesn't make it less ...