It is writing becomes more complicated. Not only will your child be writing book reports, he will learn to do research papers. Graders are asked to respond in writing in almost every subject, even math, so they need to know how to write their thoughts and ideas. Graders will continue to focus on the parts of speech and how to use them to make their writing more interesting, it's time to learn and perfect her cursive. Graders 1-3 write 20-25 easy vocabulary and Graders 4-6 write 25-30 easy vocabulary.