Your Child at School (A2 Vocabulary)

Before a child can start at a school, a parent must register the child at the office. A grade is a year at school: first grade, second grade. A child is absent when he or she is not at school that day.

The school year

• Try it: Teacher: Is your daughter okay? Mom: She has a bad cold, so she's ___ today. She's at home in bed. Choose what Mom says. (late / absent / early) Answer: absent — She is at home in bed, not at school, so she is absent.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
register		We want to register our daughter at this school.
grade		My son is in third grade.
absent		Five children were absent on Monday.

People and papers

The principal is the head of the school. A parent signs a permission slip so the child can go on a trip or join an activity. At a parent-teacher conference, parents and the teacher talk about the child.

• Try it: Teacher: Your son can't come to the farm with us on Friday. Dad: Oh no! I forgot the ___. Choose what Dad says. (permission slip / parent-teacher conference / grade) Answer: permission slip — Without the paper from his dad, the boy cannot go on the trip: Dad forgot the permission slip.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
principal		The principal wants to talk to you.
permission slip		Did you sign the permission slip?
parent-teacher conference		The parent-teacher conference is on Thursday.