What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good

What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-Grade Education, Revised Edition (The Core Knowledge Series)

What should your child learn in the sixth 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 sixth graders. Featuring sixteen pages of full-color illustrations, a bolder, easier-to-follow format, and a thoroughly updated curriculum, What Your Sixth 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 sixth graders the advantage they need to make progress in school today, and to establish an approach to learning that will last a lifetime. Discover:

â€¢ Favorite Poemsâ€”old and new, from Edgar Allan Poeâ€™s classic â€œThe Ravenâ€ to Maya Angelouâ€™s â€œWoman Workâ€

â€¢ Literatureâ€”from around the world, including Homerâ€™s epics the Iliad and the Odyssey, Shakespeareâ€™s Julius Caesar, and Mark Twainâ€™s The Prince and the Pauper

â€¢ Learning About Languageâ€”he rules of written English, including the four kinds of sentences, common English sayings and phrases, plus an introduction to Greek and Latin roots

â€¢ History and Geographyâ€”world history from ancient Greece and the fall of the Roman Empire to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution; American history of the postâ€”Civil War era, including the Industrial Revolution, immigration, urbanization, and reform

â€¢ Visual Artsâ€”a brief history of art, stretching from the classical period through the Renaissance, Baroque, and Romantic periods all the way to the age of realism, with full-color reproductions and discussions of great works by artists such as El Greco, Rembrandt, and Winslow Homer

â€¢ Musicâ€”understanding and appreciating music, including musical notation, chords, and scalesâ€”plus biographies of great composers such as Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin

â€¢ Mathâ€”challenging lessons, ranging from probability and statistics, geometry, ratios and proportions to basic pre-algebra

â€¢ Scienceâ€”fascinating discussions of plate tectonics, oceans, astronomy, the environment, the human body, and the immune systemâ€”plus short biographies of great scientists such as Marie Curie
Country USA
Brand Delta
Manufacturer Delta
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385337328
Color White
ReleaseDate 2007-06-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385337328

Country	USA
Brand	Delta
Manufacturer	Delta
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780385337328
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2007-06-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385337328

What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-Grade Education, Revised Edition (The Core Knowledge Series)

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