During fifth grade, your child will learn many new rules of English grammar and usage, including how to correctly use verb tenses, conjunctions and prepositions in sentences. Your child will also learn new rules about the correct use of punctuation and capitalization when forming sentences and paragraphs.
View worksheetDuring kindergarten, your child will learn to add and subtract simple facts. For example, 3 + 7 = 10 and 10 — 5 = 5.
View worksheetDuring kindergarten, your child will learn that sentences begin with a capital letter and that the word “I” is also capitalized.
View worksheetWhen entering fifth grade, your child should be able to solve multistep word problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, including problems with remainders.
View worksheetDuring second grade, your child will learn to determine if a three-digit number is greater than, less than or equal to another three-digit number and use the >, < and = symbols to show the answer.
View worksheetWhen entering fifth grade, your child should be able to understand words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).
View worksheetDuring second grade, your child will analyze fiction and nonfiction texts—identifying elements such as main ideas, key details and the author’s purpose.
View worksheetWhen entering kindergarten, your child should be able to understand the most common opposites, such as “happy/sad” and “stop/go.”
View worksheetDuring first grade, your child will learn to distinguish between short and long vowels in spoken one-syllable words, such as the short “a” in “cap” and the long “a” in “cape.” Your child will also learn that final -e and common vowel teams can be used to make long vowel sounds, such as the long “o” in “rope” and “coat.”
View worksheetDuring kindergarten, your child will learn to count and say the syllables in spoken words. For example, your child should understand that “kitten” has two syllables: kit•ten.
View worksheetWhen entering kindergarten, your child should be able to describe the positions of objects and shapes using positional words and phrases, such as “in front of,” “behind,” “over,” “under” and “next to.”
View worksheetDuring third grade, your child will learn to solve two-step word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
View worksheetDuring second grade, your child will learn to add and subtract within 1,000, using regrouping when needed. For example, 937 — 469 = 468.
View worksheetWhen entering fifth grade, your child should be able to read, analyze and understand level-appropriate nonfiction reading passages, finding the main idea and important details, comprehending key words and phrases, comparing different accounts of the same event or topic and making inferences.
View worksheetWhen entering fourth grade, your child should understand fractions as numbers and be able to represent fractions on a number line, compare fractions and identify equivalent fractions.
View worksheetWhen entering fifth grade, your child should be able to identify whether a number is prime or composite and find all the factor pairs for a whole number between 1 and 100. Factors are the numbers that can be multiplied together to reach another number. For example, the factor pairs for 6 are 1 and 6 (because 1 x 6 = 6) and 2 and 3 (because 2 x 3 = 6).
View worksheetWhen entering fifth grade, your child should be able to figure out the meaning of figurative language, including similes, metaphors and idioms.
View worksheetWhen entering kindergarten, your child should be able to describe the positions of objects and shapes using positional words and phrases, such as “in front of,” “behind,” “over,” “under” and “next to.”
View worksheetWhen entering fifth grade, your child should be able to read, analyze and understand level-appropriate stories, dramas and poems—exploring key events and details, analyzing characters, examining point of view and making inferences.
View worksheetWhen entering fourth grade, your child should know how to tell and write time to the nearest minute. Your child should also be able to solve problems in which time has elapsed. For example, “The movie started at 5:15 p.m. It was 1 hour and 20 minutes long. What time did the movie end?”
View worksheetDuring fifth grade, your child will learn to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase by using clues in the text, such as cause/effect relationships and comparisons. For example, in the following sentence, you can determine that the word “chastened” means “punished” by looking at the cause and effect: “When Judy found out that her son had cheated, she chastened him by taking away his video games.”
View worksheetWhen entering kindergarten, your child should be able to group common objects into categories and identify reasons for grouping the objects. For example, if given a lamp, sofa and zebra, your child should be able to group the lamp and sofa together because they are household items, while the zebra is not.
View worksheetWhen entering fourth grade, your child should know how to tell and write time to the nearest minute. Your child should also be able to solve problems in which time has elapsed. For example, “The movie started at 5:15 p.m. It was 1 hour and 20 minutes long. What time did the movie end?”
View worksheetWhen entering fifth grade, your child should be able to figure out the meaning of figurative language, including similes, metaphors and idioms.
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