91.   In addition to his call to raise the mandatory age to leave school, he wants all children reading by the end of the third grade.

92.   In circle time in third grade, a teacher may count on a child who has something to say and says it well.

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

94.   In third grade she told me where babies came from.

95.   In third grade, in my hometown of McCook, Neb., I wore my Cub Scout uniform, cap and all, to school.

96.   In recent years, Sugar Creek Elementary served only kindergarten through third grades.

97.   In the third grade, Plummer told his mom he was going to be a running back in the NFL.

98.   In the third grade, she read about the young Jefferson, seen through the eyes of a fictional slave companion.

99.   In the next breath she is talking about the recent chance meeting of the nun who taught her catechism in the third grade.

100.   In these community schools, teachers can use local languages for instruction through the third grade.