What your fourth grader needs to know : fundamentals of a good fourth-grade education

Title
: 
What your fourth grader needs to know : fundamentals of a good fourth-grade education

ISBN
: 
9780385337656

Edition
: 
Rev. ed., Delta trade pbk. ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2005, c2004.

Physical Description
: 
xxiv, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series
: 
Core knowledge series.

General Note
: 
Includes index.

Contents
: 
Language and literature. Poetry ; Stories and myths ; Learning about language ; Sayings and phrases -- History and geography. World geography ; Europe in the Middle Ages ; The rise of Islam ; African kingdoms ; China : dynasties and conquerors ; The American Revolution ; Making a constitutional government ; Early presidents and politics ; Reformers -- Visual arts. Art of the Middle Ages ; Islamic art and architecture ; Art of Africa ; Art of China ; American art -- Music. The elements of music ; Listening and understanding ; Some songs for fourth graders ; Songs of the U.S. Armed Forces -- Mathematics. Numbers and number sense ; Multiplication ; Division ; Fractions and decimals ; Measurement ; Geometry -- Science. The human body ; Chemistry ; Electricity ; Geology ; Meteorology ; Science biographies.

Subject Term
: 
Fourth grade (Education) -- Curricula -- United States.
 
Curriculum planning -- United States.
 
Education, Elementary.
 
Education -- Curricula -- United States.

Added Author
: 
Hirsch, E. D., Jr. (Eric Donald), 1928-

Summary
: 
A resource book that presents the knowledge that should be learned in the fourth grade as identified by the Core Knowledge Foundation, and includes math, language arts, science, geography, art, and technology.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Bayport Public Library372.19 WHAChecked Out