Question for Americans
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School-related fic questions:
How old are third-grade kids? Would kids that young get homework?
Here children aged 4-11 go to primary school. Am I right in thinking it's called an elementary school there?
Are there such things as classroom assistants? (Non-teachers who help with the kids)
How old are third-grade kids? Would kids that young get homework?
Here children aged 4-11 go to primary school. Am I right in thinking it's called an elementary school there?
Are there such things as classroom assistants? (Non-teachers who help with the kids)
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on 2003-07-26 04:18 pm (UTC)8-9
Would kids that young get homework?
Yup. Little Tree had about 30 minutes to an hour of homework.
Here children aged 4-11 go to primary school. Am I right in thinking it's called an elementary school there?
Yes, but it is also called 'primary school', as well.
Are there such things as classroom assistants? (Non-teachers who help with the kids)
In some places and some schools.
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on 2003-07-26 04:19 pm (UTC)Kids get homework as early as Kindergarten here (or at lease *I* did.)
Elementary is typically go from K-4/5 grade (well mine was K-6 and then high school was 7-12) anyway the system around here is
Elementary K-4/5
Jr High/Middle school 5/6-8
High school 9-12
A lot of schools do have assistants (called TA teacher assistant) for their classrooms. Though as the students get older it is less likely.
Evette-who has spent too much time on the admistrative side of the U.S public school system.
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on 2003-07-26 04:22 pm (UTC)2) Yes. More like 5-10, though, with 11-13 being middle school and 14-17 being high school (ages given are ages at beginning of school year).
3) From what I recall, mostly just for younger grades, like kindergarten (age 5).
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on 2003-07-26 04:25 pm (UTC)Ages 5/6 -- Kindergarten
Ages 6/7 -- Grade One (commonly known in USian as 1st grade)
Ages 7/8 -- 2nd grade
Ages 8/9 -- 3rd grade
Ages 9/10 -- 4th grade
Ages 10/11 -- 5th grade
Ages 11/12 -- 6th grade
//end of elementary school. (sometimes called primary school, but not often.)//
Ages 12/13 -- 7th
Ages 13/14 -- 8th
//Note: in some parts of the US, this block is known as "middle school". I am including Grade 9 in its own block for reasons to be explained.//
Ages 14/15 -- 9th. This one is sticky. In some places, 7/8/9 form one unit known as Jr. High. It seems Sunnydale is one of those places, because it had a three year term, based on information in Lessons. Where I grew up, grade 9 was the first year of high school. )
//end confusion//
Ages 15/16 -- 10th
Ages 16/17 -- 11th
Ages 17/18 -- 12th or "senior" year.
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on 2003-07-26 04:32 pm (UTC)I believe that classroom assistants depends on the district and the classroom. The aides at the school my children attended were mostly in first and second grade, though. However, parents were encouraged to come in and help once a week (I've even helped in 8th grade Algebra classes, to my daughter's embarrassment).
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on 2003-07-26 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2003-07-26 06:19 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2003-07-26 06:23 pm (UTC)I'm happy to split the communities, or co-mod.
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on 2003-07-26 06:41 pm (UTC)Co-modding sounds good. How about whoever posts a challenge first gets to pick which community to send it to, and then (if need be) next week we'll switch?
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on 2003-07-26 06:45 pm (UTC)