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What your child should know, Pre-K to 8th grade
What a child learns in each grade from Pre-K to 8th, in plain words, with the standards behind it.
- What a Pre-K child learns before kindergartenThe skills Pre-K programs work on, from letters and counting to sharing and listening, in plain words, with practice at your child's level.
- What a kindergartner should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in kindergarten, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
- What a 1st grader should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in 1st grade, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
- What a 2nd grader should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in 2nd grade, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
- What a 3rd grader should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in 3rd grade, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
- What a 4th grader should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in 4th grade, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
- What a 5th grader should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in 5th grade, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
- What a 6th grader should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in 6th grade, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
- What a 7th grader should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in 7th grade, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
- What an 8th grader should know by the end of the yearReading, writing, math, science and social studies in 8th grade, in plain words from the Common Core and science standards, with practice at your child's level.
Practice at your child's level
Peabody, our site for children, has free stories and learning games written at each reading level and math grade, with no sign-up. Start where your child is comfortable, not where the calendar says.
- Start reading on Peabody Peabody asks your child's grade, starts the stories a little under it, and moves the level as books run easy or hard.
- Reading levels and math by grade Where each grade starts, and a page for every level and math path.
- The free library Stories sorted by level, to read on screen.
- Decodable readers Stories built from the sounds a beginning reader has been taught.