A Grade 1-6 roadmap for modern homeschooling

Number sense, addition/subtraction, shapes, measurement, patterns

Phonics, fluency, story elements, literal comprehension

Sentence building, narration, labels, handwriting, simple revision

Maps, places, home/community geography, land and water

Family timelines, past/present, community memory

Rules, fairness, helpers, safe communication

Animal needs, habitats, observation, classification

Push/pull, light/sound, simple observation

Materials, sorting, safe observation

Sequencing, patterns, unplugged algorithms

AI helpers, human choice, safe questions

Color, shape, line, expression

Routines, responsibility, help-seeking

Needs/wants, coins, choices

Body signals, food/water/rest, feelings words

Place value, fluency, money/time, data, early multiplication

Fluency, main idea, sequencing, text features, inference

Paragraph basics, opinion, information writing, conventions

Continents, countries, habitats, weather, human needs

Local history, sources, change over time

Community roles, rights/responsibilities, digital kindness

Life cycles, adaptations, care, behavior

Motion, materials, magnets, simple machines

Solids/liquids/gases, mixtures, changes

Loops, debugging, simple commands

Prompt clarity, checking answers, private information

Composition, pattern, materials, critique

Planning, chores, safety, social repair

Saving, spending, simple budgets

Movement, calm routines, sensory needs

Multiplication/division, fractions, area, perimeter, multi-step problems

Inference, theme, evidence, vocabulary, nonfiction structure

Narrative arc, explanatory paragraphs, reasons, editing routines

Regions, resources, culture, map scales, local environments

Ancient communities, artifacts, timelines, perspective

Decision-making, evidence, respectful debate

Food chains, survival traits, migration, ecosystems

Forces, energy transfer, heat, measurement

Properties, dissolving, separating, measurement

Events, conditionals, stepwise problem solving

Fact-checking, sources, AI mistakes, creative use

Visual storytelling, design choices, iteration

Goal setting, time awareness, collaboration

Price comparison, value, planning purchases

Emotion regulation, energy planning, friendship health

Multi-digit operations, fractions/decimals, angles, factors, data

Point of view, compare texts, source details, argument signals

Evidence paragraphs, planning, revising, research notes

Physical geography, migration, trade, human-environment links

National/regional history, cause/effect, multiple sources

Government basics, source reliability, privacy

Vertebrate/invertebrate groups, senses and communication

Plants, ecosystems, traits, human body basics

Circuits, waves, energy forms, engineering tests

Mixtures/solutions, physical changes, lab safety

Variables, data, decomposition

Bias, privacy, citations, responsible collaboration

Design process, audience, typography basics

Project planning, decision-making, self-advocacy

Budgets, tradeoffs, earning, entrepreneurship basics

Stress signals, recovery plans, healthy media habits

Decimals, volume, coordinate grids, fraction operations, expressions

Author purpose, bias, synthesis, evidence evaluation

Multi-paragraph essays, argument, sources, audience, structure

World regions, climate patterns, resources, global connections

World history foundations, trade, migration, civic change

Media purpose, persuasion, community action, bias

Reproduction and parenting, migration and navigation, conservation

Cells basics, body systems, food webs, human impact

Gravity, variables, mechanisms, data from experiments

Atoms/molecules introduction, reactions evidence, conservation ideas

Functions, simulations, creative coding projects

Prompt iteration, evidence quality, media generation review

Digital design, critique, portfolio presentation

Independence, travel readiness, communication

Saving goals, opportunity cost, simple markets

Sleep, focus, self-monitoring, confidence repair

Ratios, percentages, integers, expressions, equations, statistics

Argument analysis, media literacy, complex nonfiction, literature themes

Research writing, claims/evidence, synthesis, style, presentation

Geopolitics basics, population, sustainability, comparative regions

Civilizations, continuity/change, source reliability, historical argument

Civic systems, media incentives, claims/evidence, digital citizenship

Ecosystem roles, endangered species, how scientists study animals

Ecosystems, heredity basics, systems thinking, sustainability

Systems, energy conservation, models, experimental design

Particles, chemical change, variables, data claims

Algorithms, testing, responsible AI/data basics

AI project planning, data limits, source synthesis, safety choices

Design systems, media creation, project documentation

Longer projects, accountability, reflective planning

Percent, interest basics, project budgets, consumer choices

Wellbeing systems, boundaries, identity-safe learning habits