Skill Development in Grades K through 5
by FamilyEducation StaffKindergarten
Your child should be able to:
- Match sounds to each alphabet letter.
- Recognize and use rhyming words.
- Recognize a few frequently used sight words such as the, and, is.
- Count, recognize, and write the numbers up to 20.
- Identify days of the week and seasons of the year.
Your child should be able to:
- Sound out words using their knowledge of consonants, vowels, and digraphs.
- Read at least 100 sight words.
- Recall the sequence of events in oral and written stories.
- Write words legibly in manuscript form.
- Add and subtract numbers up to 10.
Your child should be able to:
- Automatically read 200 commonly used words.
- Recognize and use nouns and action verbs in sentences.
- Add and subtract any two-digit number.
- Handle place value concepts for three-digit whole numbers.
- Identify the value of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars, and dollars.
Your child should be able to:
- Identify the plot, setting, and main characters of a story.
- Write sentences with subject/verb agreement.
- Write paragraphs with a topic/main idea sentence and supporting details.
- Add and subtract any numbers between 100 and 1,000.
- Multiply numbers to 9 x 9 and be able to determine each related division fact.
Your child should be able to:
- Use contextual clues to discover the meaning of words.
- Understand and use the steps of the writing process from pre-writing to the final draft.
- Use encyclopedias, newspapers, atlases, and magazines as resources.
- Add and subtract fractions.
- Divide by one-and two-digit numbers.
Fifth Grade
Your child should be able to:
- Increase their vocabularies through the use of synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and analogies.
- Recognize and use all parts of speech.
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions and decimals.
- Determine the perimeter of polygons and the area of squares and rectangles.
- Understand basic United States history, geography, economics, and government.
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