Elementary (K-5)

  • Reading & Literacy
  • Math Fundamentals
  • Writing Skills
  • Science Basics

Reading & Literacy Skills for Grades K–5 Include:

Kindergarten – Grade 1
  • Letter sounds
  • Sight words
  • Rhyming
  • Simple sentences
  • Listening comprehension
Grade 2 – 3
  • Vocabulary building
  • Fluency
  • Story elements (characters, setting, plot)
  • Making predictions
Grade 4 – 5
  • Reading for meaning
  • Summarizing
  • Identifying main idea and details
  • Comparing texts
  • Using context clues

Math Fundamentals for Grades K–5 Usually Include:

Kindergarten – Grade 1
  • Counting
  • Number recognition
  • Basic addition and subtraction
  • Shapes
  • Patterns
Grade 2 – 3
  • Place value
  • Skip counting
  • Time
  • Money
  • Measurement
  • Multiplication basics
Grade 4 – 5
  • Multi-digit operations
  • Fractions
  • Decimals
  • Area and perimeter
  • Basic geometry
  • Introduction to division

Writing Skills for Grades K–5 Include:

Kindergarten – Grade 1
  • Writing letters
  • Simple words
  • Short sentences
  • Labeling pictures
Grade 2 – 3
  • Writing paragraphs
  • Using punctuation
  • Descriptive words
  • Story structure (beginning, middle, end)
Grade 4 – 5
  • Opinion writing
  • Narratives
  • Informative texts
  • Organizing ideas
  • Editing and revising

Science Basics for Grades K–5 Include:

Kindergarten – Grade 1
  • Senses
  • Weather
  • Plants
  • Animals
  • Day and night
  • Seasons
Grade 2 – 3
  • Life cycles
  • Habitats
  • States of matter
  • Simple machines
  • Earth and space
Grade 4 – 5
  • Ecosystems
  • Food chains
  • Water cycle
  • Forces and motion
  • Solar system
  • Energy