Word: grader
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Patrick is a fourth-grader in inner-city Phoenix, Arizona. He sits across the table from his grandmotherly principal and gleefully stuffs a folded slice of pepperoni pizza into his mouth. Patrick’s school has a hard time getting kids to show up to class, so these monthly pizza parties are raffled off to students with perfect attendance...
...smile doesn’t fade as he quietly explains how he has to keep the turtle hidden and Timmy, a first-grader, quiet. Those are the rules of living in your mother’s ex-boyfriend’s apartment...
When Erik Soderstrom, a seventh-grader at Inman Middle School in Atlanta, did his back-to-school shopping last month, there were three sartorial imperatives on his list: a pair of black baggy jeans, all-white sneakers and Nike wristbands. "I wear them around my wrists for sports," says the basketball-and football-loving 13-year-old. "But during the school day I wear them close to my elbow...
...with others. "They feel safe trying out strategies in the groups, where they are totally accepted," says FriendSmarts' Strock. "It then makes it easier to test the skills outside." The most useful advice often comes not from an authoritative therapist but from the other kids. For John, a 10th-grader from San Jose, Calif., who was incessantly bullied in middle school, sharing stories and strategies with groupmates at FriendSmarts changed his perspective about how to behave in school. He says he used to try to start conversations by telling someone too much about himself too quickly. "That never worked...
...involvement. But overall, the positives clearly outweigh any embarrassment for many kids. "They know they're unhappy, that they're not good at connecting to people, and they love coming. It's like a lifeline for them," says Peer Play Groups' Greenbaum. A very affectionate third-grader who alienated classmates by standing too close when she spoke or hugging them at inappropriate times was so delighted with her group that she mentioned it to a classmate who was awkward and being ostracized. The boy got his parents to enroll him and, says the girl's mother, he is "doing really...