Columbia Daily Tribune

Storytime: Fast friends in first grade — and friends forever

We became fast friends in the first grade when the teacher was out of the room. Her name was Carol, a little blondie with a pixie cut and neatly pressed dress. That annoying boy, Charlie Stidham, ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

First graders learning through writing to pen pals

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OAKVILLE, Mo. – First grade students at ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Teachers distribute new book packs to first graders to address literacy

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - It was an exciting day for students in Mrs. Harrison’s class at Harrison Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. First graders opened up their first decodable book packs they’ll ...
Business Insider

I have digital overload from parenting a first grader. School, friend hangouts, and extracurriculars are all managed on my phone.

My daughter is in first grade and also attends extracurricular activities. I'm always looking at my phone because of notifications from school or the parent group chat. It doesn't get better during ...
The News-Times

These Sandy Hook survivors say memories of classmates ‘inspire us’ as they graduate from Newtown

NEWTOWN — In the beginning there were only flashes too disturbing for first-grade minds to reconcile — alarming things they had never heard or seen. Bangs and loud popping that would not stop. SWAT ...