1.   Bobby and Alexander were to start seventh grade next month at the St. Peter of Alcantara School in Port Washington.

2.   Both of these things happen to Amelia when she starts the fifth grade.

3.   He said he began smoking about five years ago, and was smoking heavily when he started the upper grades at the Trinity School.

4.   He returned to school to start sixth grade on crutches, happy to be back after missing the last month of fifth grade.

5.   Hsiao is eager to start seventh grade next week at Kyrene Aprende Middle School.

6.   In rural Guatemala, for example, two-thirds of the girls who start first grade drop out before third grade.

7.   Just as Cal started first grade, the air in the valley suddenly grew worse than ever.

8.   My children first began to play school when my son started first grade and needed to demonstrate unequivocally to his sister just how little she knew.

9.   My family moved to Santa Monica and I was withdrawn from Emerson, soon after having started eighth grade.

10.   My son, Nicholas, starts third grade this fall, but we still treasure our reading time together each night.