Fourth Grade: Older Child
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Fourth Grade Daughter and Sex Education
Asked by E.M. from Philadelphia
on February 9, 2008
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My daughter is in fourth grade. I have bought her a very good book all about "growing up". It is very well written and exactly what I wanted. It is called "It's Per...
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- Hi, I think I have the same book for my daughters. actually i had 2 of them. I talked to them about the books and gave them to read about 4th grade, or when I sta...
- My son is in the 5th grade and just got a paper sent home from school asking permission to have the 'talk'. I would give her the book when you can and give her a chan...
- my mom started talking ot me about sex when i was in fourth grade. she talked having a period first and it went from there. when i was in eight grade and took sex ed ...
4Th Grade Chapter Books?
Asked by N.S. from Chicago
on June 2, 2009
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My daughter is finishing 2nd grade this year but is reading at a 4.5 level. She is reading Magic Treehouse books but is bored with them. She is not into the Julie Moo...
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- Just like your other post.... Tale of Desperaux was one of my daughter's favorite books at that age but... she loved "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" even bet...
- Hi i am not sure what grade level they are but we loved the edge chronicles a wrinkle in time the narnia series strawberry girl are just some we enjoyed maybe they wil...
- I think it's more about finding books that interest them than about grade-level per se. My son is 8 and still enjoying Junie B. although he also reads Roald Dahl - he ...
4Th Grade Science Fair Projects
Asked by M.H. from Chicago
on January 30, 2008
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HELP PLEASE! My 10 year old daughter just brought home a packet saying that she has to do a science project that will make up a MAJOR part of her grade. I am freakin...
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- Hi M., Here is a sight that might be very helpful: http://ezinearticles.com/?Fourth-Grade-Science-Fair-Projects&id=778075
- First of all relax. This project is your child's. It doesn't matter if you were good at science or not. I know you want your child to be the best. Follow instructi...
- Talk to the teacher to get some ideas. If you explain to the teacher, may he/she can suggest some projects that are not too difficult. At my daughters school, one st...
4Th Grade and Not Medicating -- How to Deal with the School?
Asked by C.W. from Columbus
on July 28, 2008
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My 9 yrs was diagnosed at 4 yrs. with obstructive sleep apnea, and ADHD. I was recently divorced and remarried. We chose to change dietary habits (dairy protein into...
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- Have you tried melatonin for the sleep issues? My daughter has used this natural supplement with great success. She was experiencing night terrors as a result of sle...
- I think it's very scarey that so many children are diagnosed with something and medicated for something to function within socially acceptable "norms". If burning off...
- have you considered homeschooling???? i think i would if the school system don't want to help your child learn and learn where he needs to be acidemiclly i would look ...
Skipping First Grade?
Asked by K.H. from Detroit
on May 21, 2010
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My daughter will be six next month and is just finishing kindergarten. All year, she has been going to a first grade class for reading and spelling. Judging from the h...
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- My sister skipped a grade. My mother regrets allowing it to this day. My sister did fine academically, but socially she hung out with the kids from the year behind... ...
- what about Math and english?????? Thats probably why the matha matics in the beginning are review and difficult as the time goes on during the year. I wouldn't do it.
- I have a young teenager for her class. While your daughter may do well academically, there is so much more to school than reading. I wouldn't do it. She will drive ...
Retaining Child in Second Grade.
Asked by J.S. from Tampa
on May 25, 2010
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My son is 7 years old, very young for second grade (born in August 16). He also has ADD. For many reasons the school, my husband and I decided that it will be better f...
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- We made the difficult decision last year to move our son from French Immersion to English in grade 1. He struggled too much even with resource room help and a reading ...
- You aren't going to make anyone happy about failing a grade. That is how he will see it, he failed 2nd grade. As for the comment that someone said it's easier for them...
- I was enrolled in Kindergarten at 4 years old. I seemed fine and moved along well - until 3rd grade. By 3rd grade my age caught up w/ me and was held back another year...
Eastside First Grade Options?
Asked by J.S. from Portland
on March 27, 2008
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Anyone have brilliant ideas for first grade on the east side? I am not thrilled with the public school my son has attended for kindergarten (its not bad, just seems r...
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- I'm not familiar with your school district, but you might check to see if they have any optional programs or charter schools that fit your philosophy.
- We **love** Tucker Maxon school on 29th/Holgate. First grade classes have 10 or fewer children. Daily PE, accellerated math and reading, technology, daily use of Smart...
- WWW. WAVA.org. It is GREAT! They go through a company called K12 for the Curriculum, you can also find them on line. The school provides all your Text books and art...
1St Grade Homework
Asked by C.S. from Chicago
on September 17, 2009
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My son just started first grade and is getting a lot of homework. I just wanted to check with others to see if it is just us or if the teacher is being unrealis...
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- Seems like too much. What are they doing in school all day that they can't complete this there? And 60 words written? What if he already knew the words? He still had t...
- That does seem like a lot because that is what I give my fourth graders they go home with math every night. They have three times each on Mondays. Also, sometimes they...
- Hi C., When my daughters first grade teacher was asked this question at the meet and greet, she said first graders should NOT have more than 20 minutes of homework a ...
Preparing for First Grade
Asked by J.D. from Boston
on June 16, 2009
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Hi Moms,
My son will be starting first grade in September and I'm trying to prepare for it. We home schooled for Grade K because we didn't have public K in our town...
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- Usually the schools either post a list or send home a list of supplies needed- in first grade school usually supplies what they need to use there, you will need to hav...
- Hi J.- My son is just finishing kindergarten in Springfield, MA. I have a daughter who is two years older. I have found that with regards to supplies it is best to ...
- You need to get the specific school supply list from the school. Each school and sometimes each teacher have very specific requests. Did you enroll your son already? I...
Repeating the 1St Grade
Asked by L.W. from Atlanta
on May 12, 2008
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i got the letter on friday. the meeting is on thursday but i know what's going down. she has struggled since kindergarden. she has adhd with odd. i've had so many ...
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- My sister's 4th child has ADHD, ODD, is severely dyslexic, has Asperger's with sensory integration, etc., and other issues/problems as well. Although her son has never...
- I have a son that started life with a developmental delay because he couldn't hear and it was horrible getting a doctor in Florida to ref us to a ent for him to have e...
- L.- It seems like you've gotten a lot of good advice here but I wanted to add one thing. You may want to see if it's a personality conflict with her teacher. One ...
