What Your Second Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated):

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

Give your child a smart start with the revised and updated
What Your Second Grader Needs to Know
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What will your child be expected to learn in the second grade? How can you help him or her at home? 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 second graders. Designed for parents and teachers to enjoy with children, featuring a new Introduction, this second-grade volume of the Core Knowledge Series presents the knowledge and skills that should be at the core of a challenging second-grade education, including
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â€¢ Favorite poemsâ€”old and new, from â€œCaterpillarsâ€ to Gwendolyn Brooksâ€™s prizewinning â€œRudolph Is Tired of the Cityâ€
â€¢ Literatureâ€”from around the world, with African folktales, American tall tales, European fairy tales, and classic myths from ancient Greece
â€¢ Learning about languageâ€”the basic building blocks of written English, all explained with a touch of humor and common sense
â€¢ World and American history and geographyâ€”visit Japan, explore ancient Greece, travel the Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman
â€¢ Visual artsâ€”with activities and illustrations of masterworks by El Greco, Van Gogh, Matisse, and others
â€¢ Musicâ€”basic theory, great composers, instruments, and fun-to-sing songs such as â€œIâ€™ve Been Working on the Railroadâ€ and â€œDo-Re-Miâ€
â€¢ Mathâ€”challenging lessons ranging from telling time to doing fractions, numbers to 100, and a first look at geometry
â€¢ Scienceâ€”the cycle of life and the seasons, levers and magnets, the wonder of the human body, and more, with lots of hands-on activities and stories about famous scientists

Country	USA
Author	E.D. Hirsch Jr
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Revised
EISBN	9780553392418
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
NumberOfPages	530
PublicationDate	2014-08-26
Publisher	Bantam
ReleaseDate	2014-08-26
Studio	Bantam

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

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