the three R's

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the three R's

reading, writing, and arithmetic (= mathematics) By the age of 6, all our pupils have a firm grasp of the three R's.

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Educational psychologists could probably provide a variety of conflicting reasons for the gap in grasping the three r's and science between boys and girls. Vital to help boys catch up by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Our Student Council is considering introducing a recycling mascot in the near future and aim to raise the children's understanding of the three R's through a series of assembly presentations. Renew Tees Valley & Preston Primary School; Tees Valley Regeneration by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) There is no question the three R's are the hallmarks of every successful education system since the Greek philosophers. The three R's meet the three C's by Hirsch, Jim / School Administrator			the silver screen the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question The sky's the limit the slings and arrows the small hours the smart money the smoke the smoking gun The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak the spirit moves the staff of life the state of play the status quo the story of life the straight and narrow the straw that breaks the camel's back the strong, silent type the sun belt the swing of things the tail end of the tail wagging the dog the thin end of the wedge the thing is the thinking man's crumpet the third degree the three R's the time is ripe the tip of the iceberg the toast of the tools of the/ trade the top brass the top dog the top flight the top of the heap the top of the hour the top of the ladder the top of the tree the trouble with the twilight zone the upper crust the usual suspects The very idea! the villain of the piece The wages of sin is death the way things are the wheels are turning the whole ball of wax the whole bit the whole caboodle the whole enchilada the whole kaboodle			the third degree The Third Ear The Third Manifesto The Third Reich The Third Reich The Thirteen Colonies The Thirties The Thirty Years War The Thirty Years War The Thirty-Nine Articles The Thirty-Nine Articles The Thomas Crown Affair The Thomas Hardy Association The Thomson Corporation The Thory of Reletivity The Thory of Reletivity The Thousand The Thousand Year Door The Thread That Shall Not Be Named the three As The Three Bears The three body problem The three estates The Three Graces The Three Graces The Three Graces The Three Ps The Three Ps The Three Ps The Three Ps the three R's The Three Royal Monkeys The three Rs The Three Stooges The Three Stooges In Color The Three Weeks The Tibetan Tea Company The Tichborne Claimant The Tiffany Cross The Tiffany Cross The Tiffany Network The Tiffany Network The Tigris The Tigris The Tigris River The Tigris River The Tile Guy The Timberland Company The Time Garden The Time in Between the time is ripe The time is up The Time Machine the time of life the time of life the time of life the time of life The Time of Silence The Time of Troubles The Time Warp The Time Warp

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