One school district is trying A22 _____ new. They are changing the amount of time their kindergarteners are in school. Many kindergarten classes are only three and a half hours long each day. This district is having their kindergarteners A23 _____ for five hours each day. This district wants to try the longer days to see if it will help their students become better A24 _____ for the first grade.
Teachers hope that this A25 _____ time will give students a chance to learn more. Teachers want their kindergarteners to be able to read and do A26 _____ math problems before they go into the first grade.
One parent thinks that her son is doing very well. She said that his writing really improved A27 _____ his school day got longer. She even said that his attention got better too.
Some people think that a full day in kindergarten is too long for such young children. They believe that the kids get too tired. They do not think that kindergarteners should be in school for so long.
In any way it will be decided later if they continue with the longer days or go A28 _____ to the way it was.
A22 1) somebody 2) something 3) some 4) somewhere
A23 1) remain 2) stay 3) delay 4) become
A24 1) prepared 2) prevented 3) provided 4) presented
A25 1) super 2) above 3) over 4) extra
A26 1) symbol 2) super 3) sample 4) simple
A27 1) once 2) ones 3) upon 4) even
A28 1) beyond 2) back 3) behind 4) forward