What Your First Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated): Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series)

ISBN: 0553392387

Author: Hirsch Jr., E.D.

Condition: New

Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your First Grader Needs to KnowWhat will your child be expected to learn in the first grade? How can you help him or her at home? How can teachers foster active, successful learning in the classroom? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American first graders. Featuring a new Introduction, filled with opportunities for reading aloud and fostering discussion, this first-grade volume of the acclaimed Core Knowledge Series presents the sort of knowledge and skills that should be at the core of a challenging first-grade education. Inside youll discover Favorite poems-old and new, such as The Owl and the Pussycat, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, and Thirty Days Hath September Beloved stories-from many times and lands, including a selection of Aesops fables, Hansel and Gretel, All Stories Are Anansis, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and more Familiar sayings and phrases-such as Do unto others as you would have them do unto you and Practice makes perfect World and American history and geography-take a trip down the Nile with King Tut and learn about the early days of our country, including the story of Jamestown, the Pilgrims, and the American Revolution Visual arts-fun activities plus full-color reproductions of masterworks by Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Czanne, Georgia OKeeffe, and others Music-engaging introductions to great composers and music, including classical music, opera, and jazz, as well as a selection of favorite childrens songs Math-a variety of activities to help your child learn to count, add and subtract, solve problems, recognize geometrical shapes and patterns, and learn about telling time Science-interesting discussions of living things and their habitats, the human body, the states of matter, electricity, our solar system, and whats inside the earth, plus stories of famous scientists such as Thomas Edison and Louis Pasteur