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What Your Second Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Second-Grade Education Revised

"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.

Favorite poems — old and new, from “Caterpillars” to Gwendolyn Brooks’s prizewinning “Rudolph Is Tired of the City”

Literature — from around the world, with African folktales, American tall tales, European fairy tales, and classic myths from ancient Greece

Learning about language — the basic building blocks of written English, all explained with a touch of humor and common sense

World and American history and geography — visit Japan, explore ancient Greece, travel the Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman

Visual arts — with activities and full-color illustrations of masterworks by El Greco, Van Gogh, Matisse, and others

Music — basic theory, great composers, instruments, and fun-to-sing songs such as “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and “Do-Re-Mi”

Math — challenging lessons ranging from telling time to doing fractions, numbers to 100, and a first look at geometry

Science — 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"

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 361
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780385318433
  • Genres
  • education, reference, parenting, school, childrens, teaching
  • Release date
  • 2013