1st grader

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A 1st grader is a child in first grade, typically six or seven years old.

In American education, first grade marks the beginning of formal elementary schooling after kindergarten: My 1st grader is learning to read.

The term appears in contexts ranging from school discussions to age-appropriate content ratings.

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classmates · school bus · childhood · recess · literacy · reading · chapter books · building blocks · outdoor play · counting numbers · imaginative play · development · fine motor skills · sight words · show and tell · circle time · numeracy · curiosity

Opposites
grade level progression

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Final-year high schooler

senior · high school senior · 6th grader · 8th grader · college student

educational experience/novice vs. veteran

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Advanced degree candidate

PhD candidate · doctoral student · graduate · postdoc · master's student

life stage/role

1st graderteacher

One who instructs others

educator · professor · adult · instructor · retiree

Family

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G