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Korea’s elementary curriculum, grade by grade
For parents who want to know what their child learns at a Korean elementary school, and how to practise it at home. Korea’s 2022 revised national curriculum has applied to all six grades since March 2026, and it sets its achievement standards (성취기준) for two grades at a time. So each row covers two grades and cites the standard’s code: in [2수01-04], the 2 means grades 1–2, 수 is maths and 01-04 is the domain and item number.
Checked on Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official curriculum document below. This page is our own summary, not the official text.
Topics and where to practise them
| Grades | Subject | What children learn | Achievement standard | Practise with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 1–2 | Mathematics | Split numbers up to 20 into two parts and put two parts back together, to build number sense. | 수학 [2수01-04] | Make 10 (number bonds) |
| Grades 1–2 | Mathematics | Add and subtract with two-digit numbers (a sum can reach three digits), and work out three numbers in a row, for example by making 10 first. | 수학 [2수01-06]·[2수01-08] | 100-cell gridColumn sums, digit by digitWorksheet maker |
| Grades 1–2 | Mathematics | See multiplication as equal groups and “times as many”, and learn the times tables (곱셈구구), including × 1 and × 0. | 수학 [2수01-10]·[2수01-11] | Times-table sprint100-cell grid |
| Grades 1–2 | Mathematics | Read a clock to the minute, including “5 to” and “10 to”, and know that an hour is 60 minutes. | 수학 [2수03-07]·[2수03-08] | Clock and money |
| Grades 1–2 | Korean | Learn the names and sounds of the Hangul letters, and write them in stroke order and in the shape of the block: syllables without a final consonant first, then with one. | 국어 [2국04-01]·[2국03-01] | Hangul blocksTracing sheets |
| Grades 1–2 | Korean | Read and write words that are spelled differently from how they sound. The curriculum asks for dictation (받아쓰기) to be used with care, leaving out letters and spacing beyond the child’s level. | 국어 [2국04-02] | Dictation and spelling test |
| Grades 1–2 | Korean | Read letters, words, sentences and short texts aloud accurately. The curriculum asks schools to help families check reading aloud at home as well. | 국어 [2국02-01] | Reading-aloud log |
| Grades 3–4 | Mathematics | Add and subtract three-digit numbers, and multiply two- and three-digit numbers by one- and two-digit numbers. | 수학 [4수01-03]·[4수01-04] | Column sums, digit by digitWorksheet maker |
| Grades 3–4 | Mathematics | Divide by a one-digit number, with and without a remainder, then by a two-digit number. | 수학 [4수01-06]·[4수01-07] | Worksheet makerColumn sums, digit by digit |
| Grades 3–4 | Mathematics | Meet fractions by sharing a whole equally: unit, proper, improper and mixed fractions; compare fractions with the same denominator and unit fractions; add and subtract fractions with the same denominator. | 수학 [4수01-09]~[4수01-11]·[4수01-15] | Fraction stripsWorksheet maker |
| Grades 3–4 | Social studies | Learn the 시·도 (provinces and metropolitan cities) on a map of Korea and find where their own area is. | 사회 [4사05-02] | Map puzzle |
| Grades 3–4 | English | Understand easy English words, and write simple words using how letters and sounds match. | 영어 [4영01-05]·[4영02-03] | Word cards with soundDictation and spelling test |
| Grades 5–6 | Mathematics | Make equivalent fractions, simplify and find common denominators, then compare, add and subtract fractions with different denominators. | 수학 [6수01-06]~[6수01-08] | Fraction stripsWorksheet maker |
| Grades 5–6 | Mathematics | Know the faces, edges and vertices of cubes and cuboids and draw their nets. The curriculum says tests should focus on telling which shapes fold into a solid and which do not. | 수학 [6수03-03]·[6수03-04] | Cube nets |
| Grades 5–6 | English | Use capital letters and punctuation correctly in English sentences. | 영어 [6영02-03] | Dictation and spelling test |
Practise with Pencilhop
Start with Hangul blocks, the times-table sprint, fraction strips or the map puzzle of Korea’s 시·도.