Teaching 1st grade also means managing a lot of transitions—helping students move quickly and calmly from one activity to another, or giving them small “brain breaks” to move and stretch. At the ...

Students are coming into 1st grade with stronger reading skills than they used to, according to a 12-year study from the Ohio State University. Struggling readers in particular have made steep gains ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

A first grade student is trying to read a passage on her iPad. A digital avatar Amira, clad in olive green, is listening. Her face isn’t particularly demonstrative, but she’s trying her best with ...

Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st grade books for summer reading. I’ve curated a list of 1st grade books for ...

Education experts have a solid answer. If kindergarten is about transitioning away from the play-based learning of preschool, then first grade is about stepping fully into the world of academics. “The ...

Kindergarten students at Scotts Ridge Elementary in Apex get a lesson from teacher Holly Berk on March 7, 2022. Travis Long [email protected] North Carolina lawmakers received some encouraging ...

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