3 First Graders Rush to Help Teacher After She Starts Choking on Food: 'They 100 Percent Saved My Life'

Last month, teacher Madison Swift started choking on food while in her first-grade classroom in Colonial Heights, Va. Three ...
AZ Central

Stepping into first grade for the first time, where everything is different

The first thing students did in Carrie Collins’ first-grade class at Conley Elementary School in Chandler was wash their hands, standing six feet apart in line at the sink. It was the first day of ...
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Fargo first-grade class skips chairs, stands up for learning

FARGO - Maggie Shorma won't stand for sitting down. The Nativity Elementary School first-grader is hooked on being part of Jean Eppler's "standing" classroom. "It's pretty healthy for you, and you get ...
WLRN

In one first-grade classroom, puppets teach children to 'shake out the yuck'

Teacher Leticia Denoya stands at the front of her classroom, at Natchaug Elementary in Windham, Conn. Her first-graders sit criss-cross applesauce on the reading rug. "Do you remember last week, we ...
YourTango

Mom Of First Grader Is ‘Sad’ That Her Son’s Classroom Has No Toys — ‘My Mama Heart Is Broken’

Watching your kids grow up can be difficult. After all, you’ve been there since day one — they will always be your babies. You want them to grow, learn, and evolve, but that doesn't make it less ...
YourTango

First Grade Teacher Fosters 18 Puppies In Her Classroom — Research Says It's Beneficial For Both Students & Puppies

A first-grade teacher will most certainly go down in history as her students’ favorite after she incorporated playtime with puppies into her classroom. The opportunity not only allowed the children to ...
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First-graders leap into action and save their teacher from choking in Virginia classroom

A Virginia first grade teacher says she is alive today because three of her students refused to panic when she suddenly began choking in class. WFMZ reported that Madison Swift, a first-year teacher ...
Channel 3000

Virginia first-grade heroes save teacher's life when she starts choking in classroom

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Virginia ( WTVR) -- Three first graders at Lakeview Elementary School in Colonial Heights became unlikely ...
Oregonian

This Portland classroom needed 1 more student to be in line for 2nd teacher, parents say. The district closed the waitlist

Last June, parents from Rose City Park Elementary wrote to leaders at Portland Public Schools to plead for a second teacher to be assigned to their school’s first grade Vietnamese dual language ...
KELOLAND News

First-grade class in Mitchell wants to name a snowplow Frosty; Teacher says contest provides real-life learning for students

MITCHELL, S.D. (KELO) — A first grade class in Mitchell has a message for the South Dakota Department of Transportation: Choose Frosty as the name of one of the 12 snowplows across the state. The ...