Your child and reading: A grade-by-grade guide
Here's your chance to learn all about what your child should be learning in reading.
These grade-by-grade articles explain the major concepts students should master in each grade and describe common teaching strategies and learning activities you might see in the classroom. You'll also get an idea what types of reading your child should do in each grade.
Kindergartners learn the letter-sound relationship in words.
What Your Child Should Be Learning: Kindergarten Reading
First-graders are becoming independent readers. They learn new strategies to decode words.
What Your Child Should Be Learning: First-Grade Reading
Second-graders read chapter books and learn how to derive meaning from what they read.
What Your Child Should Be Learning: Second-Grade Reading
Third-graders are reading to learn. They are doing research and reading for meaning.
What Your Child Should Be Learning: Third-Grade Reading
In fourth grade, children read across subject areas and for different purposes.
What Your Child Should Be Learning: Fourth-Grade Reading
Fifth-graders are expected to read complex text fluently. They discuss, reflect and respond to a wide variety of literature and informational texts.
What Your Child Should Be Learning: Fifth-Grade Reading
