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  • Goals: critical analysis, nuanced vocabulary, essay writing, advanced grammar.
  • Skills: literary devices, tone/intent recognition, multi-paragraph essays, persuasive/argumentative structure.

The Complete Guide to Kumon English Levels (Curriculum Breakdown)

Target Age: 5th to 8th Grade

  • Skills: Lowercase and uppercase letters, consonant sounds, short vowel sounds.
  • Key Activities: Tracing letters, singing alphabet songs, identifying first letters of words.
  • Mastery Goal: Write all letters legibly; sound out basic consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
  • 3A: High-frequency sight words and simple sentences ("The cat sits.").
  • 2A: Reading comprehension emerges. Students answer "wh" questions (who, what, where) about a single sentence.
  • A Level: Verb tense (past/present) and punctuation. The sentences become paragraphs.