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 What Your Third Grader Needs to Know (Revised Edition) : Fundamentals of a Good Third-Grade Education (Core Knowledge Series) :: 0385336268
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Give your child a smart start with the revised and updated What Your Third Grader Needs to Know
What should your child learn in the third grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American third graders. Featuring 16 pages of full-color illustrations, a bolder, easier-to-follow format, and a thoroughly updated curriculum, What Your Third Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition is designed for parents and teachers to enjoy with children.
Hundreds of thousands of children have benefited from the Core Knowledge Series. This revised edition gives a new generation of third graders the advantage they need to make progress in school today, and to establish an approach to learning that will last a lifetime.
Discover:
• Favorite Poems, old and new, from the traditional Mother Goose rhyme "For Want of Nail" to Lewis Carroll's whimsical poem "The Crocodile"
• Literature from around the world, including Native American stories, African folktales, European fairy tales, classic myths from ancient Greece, stories from ancient Rome, and more
• Learning About Language--the basics of written English, including sentence structure, parts of speech, and a first look at writing a report or letter
• World and American History and Geography--journey down the great rivers of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, visit ancient Rome, and experience the earliest days of America with the Pilgrims and Native Americans
• Visual Arts--an introduction to masterworks by Rembrandt, Henri Matisse, Mary Cassatt, and others, with full-color reproductions and fun, do-it-yourself activities
• Music--the basics of appreciating, reading, and making music, plus great composers, instruments, and sing-along lyrics for songs such as "A Bicycle Built for Two" and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
• Math--stimulating lessons ranging from counting money to solving division problems, numbers through 100,000, graphs, and the metric system
• Science--fascinating discussions on the natural world, the cycles of life, the human body and its systems, pollution, and the environment---with accompanying activities and stories about famous scientists such as Copernicus and Alexander Graham Bell.Editorial 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
I loved the core knowledge curriculum. The reason I switched my children to a charter school is that they started out teaching CK. I also switched them back to the public school when the principal got away from CK and made it just like a public school.
I agree that a teacher should supplement what is in the CK books to give their students a better understanding of the material. Teaching the information exactly how it is presented in the books would be very dry.
However CK is a great outline of what should be taught. It covers a tremendous amount of knowledge including the fight for civil rights, all religious ideology, multicultural literature and more. If there is a problem with the books, it is that many children would not be motivated to learn the wide variety of topics covered. For many it would be too much. Also weak teachers would be overwhelmed trying to cover everything.
Hence, anyone claiming that CK supports a racist philosophy has never read the books. Also I want to point out that the reviewer who called the books racist misspelled the word. It is not spelled rasist. I also find it disturbing that the reviewer is supposedly a teacher. When attending school, maybe that teacher would have benefited from a core knowledge foundation.
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Author: Guest
This book contains such a comprehensive overview that it is invaluable as resource for parents of public schooled children.
If you are not sure about what your children should be learning, buy this book. No book contains every aspect of education and it doesn't address how to tailor to individual learning styles or needs but it is very well rounded. My daughter uses it as pleasure reading at bedtime. Also, as a parent, you will be surprised what you've forgotten in a few areas. Highly recommend as a teaching at home resource.
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Author: Guest
For our two children, we have been using Core Knowledge Curriculum Textbooks. They are great a supplement to the learning they get at their school. We like the systematic curriculum presented in Core Knowledge books. However, these books do not contain question sets to test the learning of the students. Fortunately, we found the following website that provides worksheets based on Core Knowledge curriculum: http://www.kwizNET.com
Please share if you know of any other resources related to Core Knowledge books. Thank you.
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Author: Guest
Core Knowledge is tried and true! I left public schools and headed to a private school, lower pay, so that I could get away from all the over-the-top P.C. and multiculture (lessons in self-loathing) brainwashing and teach kids factual knowledge which is very much needed. Every school in the U.S. should be a C.K. school. Get the series and DO supplement. While you're at it, don't forget the phonics instruction: "Alpha Phonics" by Sam Blumenfeld is excellent. I use this phonics primer along with C.K. books in the classroom.
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Author: Guest
As a third grade teacher, I agree that this book can be a good supplement to the general knowledge your student should possess. However, I agree that this book is very ethnocentric and glossess over all parts of a solid multicultural curriculum that is CRUCIAL to your child's success in school and life. Feel free to use the book as a home supplement, but do not take the curriculum as the be all end all of third grade. Your child is capable of more than this book allows them to express. Overall, Core Knowledge scares me and other educators that are committed to seeing a country that is not rasist. Use with caution.
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