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Grade level guides: What should kids know & do?

What should kids know & do?
Guides by Grade Level


What do children learn in elementary school? What knowledge, skills, and abilities are the focus for each grade level? The booklets below describe goals for student learning at each age and stage, including reading, writing, speaking, math, social studies, science, health, and character education.

The booklets also describe easy ways parents can help children learn. For more information, call your school principal. These are the English brochures:

Kindergarten Brochure
First Grade Brochure
Second Grade Brochure
Third Grade Brochure
Fourth Grade Brochure
Fifth Grade Brochure
Sixth Grade Brochure

Schools who wish to print these should use the following paper colors:

kindergarten: blue
first grade: pink
second grade: green
third grade: canary
fourth grade: lavender
fifth grade: peach
sixth grade: buff

The brochures are available below in Spanish and Russian:

Kindergarten brochure; Spanish
First Grade Brochure; Spanish
Second Grade Brochure; Spanish
Third Grade Brochure; Spanish
Fourth Grade Brochure; Spanish
Fifth Grade Brochure; Spanish
Sixth Grade Brochure; Spanish


Kindergarten Brochure; Russian
First Grade Brochure; Russian
Second Grade Brochure; Russian
Third Grade Brochure; Russian
Fouth Grade Brochure; Russian
Fifth Grade Brochure; Russian
Sixth Grade Brochure; Russian

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