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 What Your First Grader Needs to Know : Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series) :: 0385319878
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What 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. Revised and updated, filled with a wealth of 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. 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 Aesop's Fables, "Hansel and Gretel," "All Stories Are Anansi's," "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," and much 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 Cezanne, Georgia O'Keefe, and others
Music--engaging introductions to great composers and music, including classical music, opera, and jazz, as well as a selection of favorite children's 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, how we measure things, how electricity works, our solar system, and what's inside the earth, plus stories of famous scientists such as Thomas Edison and Rachel CarsonEditorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
This book is great if you homeschool or want to help your child during the summer. If you want to use it for homeschool, Hirsch has made a teacher handbook. The Teacher Handbooks provide background about language arts, history and geography, visual arts, music, mathematics, and science. Each handbook has been written to look like the Core Knowledge Sequence. For each section in the Sequence, there is a matching section in the handbooks
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Author: Guest
I didn't have time to read this book and I was going to return it but before I put it in the package I started thumbing through it. It wasn't at all what I expected--another dry instructional book--instead it turned out to be a spark for my childs imagination. I read a few passages aloud and he couldn't stop asking me questions. I was amazed how interested he was in the content. I'm very glad I didn't return this book it is a good supplement to his curriculum and it is fun to read it to your child it sparks many interesting fancifull conversations.
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Author: Guest
This is an outstanding book. I read many passages for my son. He likes them very much. They enrich him like nothing else. My son's school does not provide this much content. We would miss a lot literature, history, and geography without this book. Thanks to the authors. I do see the math part is too easy for first graders. For math, we use Beestar (a nice web site www.beestar.org). Its free weekly exercises are about right and very helpful. Overall, this is an outstanding book loaded with fine content. I highly recommend it.
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Author: Guest
I think if you really want to know what your first grader needs to learn, find the website for your state's department of education. Then download the Content Standards and GLEs. (Grade-Level Expectations)
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Author: Guest
If my son can finish this book and understand what this book covered, I don't know what he can learned in the next 6 years. Besides the math is way too simple. The other materials are way to complicate and too difficult for 1st grader. My son attended a private school. The school mostly follow this book for the teaching materials.
When other kids in other schools learning living, non-living objects and air, water, solid objects, my son was learning digestive system, nervous system and that Maya worship natural gods.
You tell me, smart parents, do you really learned those stuff in your first grade?
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