Jeff Kinney

I can tell you that the book 'The Ugly Truth' is about puberty and all the awfulness that comes with that time in a person's life. It was definitely some different subject matter to be writing about, especially knowing some of my audience are second and third graders.

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Stone Gossard

And I remember as a second or third grader having some autonomy to go to the store if I felt like it, walk home, take my time, kick the can. We were on our own schedule after school, so that was cool.

American Musician

Nat Wolff

I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.

American Actor

K. A. Applegate

One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.

Steve Burke

I've had people accuse me of being too tough of a grader. But my job is to paint reality versus telling people what they want to hear.

American Businessman

Jill Biden

I think I am a tough grader, because I feel like it's my job to teach them to write well. I hope my students say I'm a fair teacher.

American Educator

Zendaya

My mom actually taught fifth grade, so... I'm good with fifth graders. That's, like, my specialty.

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Megan Smith

Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code.

American Public Servant

Cathleen Schine

A tenth of Dostoyevsky is plenty for a seventh grader, I think.

American Author

Beverly Cleary

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

Used for students in the American schooling system to denote their year.

School Context

Can hint at the student's age; each 'grader' corresponds roughly to a specific age group.

Age Indication

Commonly used in the US; other countries might simply use 'year 5 student' or 'class 5'.

Cultural Reference

Used in contexts related to road or land preparation and construction.

Construction Vocabulary

Refers to large machines, not tools you would use for small DIY projects.

Specific Machinery

Operated by a skilled person; not an automated machine.

Operator Required

Describes a person's role, specifically in evaluating academic work.

Assessment Role

Often a job held by graduate students or teaching assistants at universities.

Academic Position

 and with the help of a very beat up oscilloscope -- measured the speed of light. We were off by 25 percent. How many eighth graders do you know of who have measured the speed of light? In addition to that, we've measured the speed of sound. I'd love to measure the speed of light here.

The call to learn PIPE...

 For the past two years, I've been developing an extended reality program that enables middle school students from across the country to take on the role of a marine biologist -- even if they've never seen the ocean. As one seventh grader who recently completed our program said,

How virtual reality...

 idea but it's important to figure out what the steps are to get somewhere and to actually make things happen versus just dream about them you know if you want to be really good at anything you have to go right how do I get there so if you're a first grader out there and

Hangout With the...

 Breanna who entered our high school as a 9th grader in the avid college readiness program that meant that she came from the academic middle that meant that she had a dream to go to and be the first in her family to graduate from college by

Let’s put compassion...

 satisfy the sixth graders either but there's another thing there's what we call atavism activation and atom ISM activation is basically an atavism is up is an ancestral characteristic yeah you you've heard that occasionally children

Building a dinosaur from...

 in groups ranging from third graders to nursing students. So the next time you find your mind going blank at a critical moment, take a few deep breaths until you remember a state of calmness, free from anxiety.

Does stress affect your...

 my cool superpower, it hadn't landed well with my fellow fourth graders. I was an awkward child. That hasn't really changed. And neither has my deep appreciation for the emotional world around me

Why I photograph the...

 or the strange claim that they cloned a rabbit as fifth graders. The difference between truth and lies seemed at times hazy to them. It took me a while to understand the different types of lies;

This is what it's like...

 performance by my daughter first grader not much artistic talent yet and I'm balling I'm crying like a little kid and he made all the sense in the world to me I realize at that point by

3 things I learned while...

 now she's a happy sixth grader who dreams of becoming a pilot someday, and her family now supports her, and best of all, her younger sisters will follow in her footsteps.

Grader