second grade

After first, before third

Second grade is the year of schooling that typically enrolls seven- and eight-year-olds in the United States, following first grade.

Children learn to read more fluently, write in sentences, and handle basic arithmetic.

My daughter is in second grade.

As an adjective, second-grade describes something at that level or, figuratively, something inferior: second-grade work.

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educational progression

second gradetwelfth grade

Final secondary school level

senior year · high school · kindergarten · eleventh grade · preschool

educational level/advancement

second gradegraduate school

Institution awarding advanced degrees

doctoral program · PhD program · medical school · law school · college

developmental stage

second gradeadulthood

State of being grown

professional school · early childhood · infancy · toddlerhood

Family

grade, second, secondary, secondly, secondarily, secondment, secondary school

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