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Learning Standards for Grades Pre-K-8

Our learning standards define the knowledge, concepts and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.

The links below provide access to learning standards for students in grades Pre-K-8 in Reading/English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.

DCPS Kindergarten Readiness (for three and four-year-olds)

Reading/English Language Arts	Mathematics
Pre-K	Pre-K
K	K
1st	1st
2nd	2nd
3rd	3rd
4th	4th
5th	5th
6th	6th
7th	7th
8th	8th

Science	Social Studies
K	Pre-K – People and How They Live
1st	K – Living, Learning, and Working Together
2nd	1st – True Stories and Folktales from America and around the World
3rd	2nd – Living, Learning, and Working Together Now and Long Ago
4th	3rd – D.C. History and Geography
5th	4th – U.S. History and Geography: Making a New Nation
6th	5th – U.S. History and Geography: Westward Expansion to the Present
7th	6th – World Geography and Cultures
8th	7th – World History and Geography: Ancient World
	8th – U.S. History and Geography I: Growth and Conflict
	K-2nd – Social Studies Skills
	3rd – 5th – Social Studies Skills
	6th – 8th – Social Studies Skills
	6th-12th Common Core for Literacy in Social Studies

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