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First Grade Is a Big Year—Here’s Everything Your Child Will Learn

See what educational milestones your child will achieve, what first graders learn, and how to help them master these skills at home.
Newsweek

Dad Having ‘Hard Time’ With First-Grade Math Homework, and He’s Not Alone

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A dad in Virginia ended up turning to social media for help after ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...
Newsweek

First-Grader Who’s Had Enough of Math Is All of Us: ‘Can’t Be Bothered’

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A 7-year-old girl had her parents chuckling with the sassy answer she ...
The News-Gazette

More Vermilion County first-graders put to test in math challenge

Mark Denman Elementary School first-grader Jeremiah Denson works on a fraction problem. Josie Scates, 7, from Bismarck-Henning, works on a math problem at the Danville District 118 First Grade Math ...
EdSource

California needs to double down on attention to math, researchers say

State leaders’ recent attention to early literacy has led to funding and new programs to help close the literacy achievement gap. But math? The state hasn’t focused on it. And that neglect shows.