grader

Example Sentences

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Although Liam has since been released, “We’ve had other students in our building also taken in. We realized a fifth grader was also at the detention center; they had just kind of disappeared.”

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

As an eighth grader, when she served as a math tutor, Miss Nenna thought about what went into becoming an effective teacher.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The 43-year-old knows Estonian and helps her daughter with her studies, but the first grader confuses Russian and Estonian letters.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

My daughter was once an extroverted, healthy, and happy first grader.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

“Let me read you what the sixth grader wrote in her essay. It’s wonderful,” Xander says.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga