Noun
third grade (countable and uncountable, plural third grades)
(US, education) The period in school that comes after second grade and before fourth grade.
When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade. Huston Smith
I've been fascinated by music for as long as I can remember. I was the kid on the playground in the third grade who would tell other kids about Paul Simon or Depeche Mode. Josh Groban
In the third grade a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. Bruce Springsteen
I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just don't take that into account in schools on those things like required reading lists. 'Cause that was my experience, say, with my son, who had to read 'Little House on the Prairie' when he was in third grade. Jon Scieszka
My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.' Sebastian Arcelus
When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in front of the bathroom mirror, practising. I did my first show in the third grade and just kept going; there was no reason to quit. Jeff Dunham