Sentences with phrase «kindergarten and first grade while»

Andrade said Ignacio attended Monroe Elementary in Stockton Unified for kindergarten and first grade while languishing on Aspire's waiting list.

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While research shows that children who participate in a full - day kindergarten program transition better into the first grade and have better social skills, the downside of noisy, crowded classrooms and stressed - out children make me question if the program was rolled out too hastily.

While kindergarten is mostly building a foundation, and learning what it means to be part of a classroom, first grade is much more about diving into learning.

«While many children do fine in kindergarten and first grade, by the time they reach second grade, «they can't hold it together — they fall apart and really struggle.

Kindergarten and first grade used the garden for various science and math lessons while fourth graders learned about composting.

When he started kindergarten, he started sleeping more on his own and now that he's in first grade he almost never sleeps with me only every once in a while.

But kids, especially in kindergarten and first grade, really need to play, so every once in a while, I'd pick up a puppet just to make things more interesting than the kids just listening to me all day.»

The Finnish «description of good performance at the end of second grade» (there are no kindergarten or first - grade standards) can best be described as topical, open - ended and descriptive, thus allowing teachers to differentiate while working with tasks such as geometry or measurement.