| Description |
xxxiii, 491 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Core knowledge series.
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| Note |
"Resource books for kindergarten through grade six." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Language and literature. Reading, writing, and your second grader: a note to parents ; Literature ; Poetry ; Stories ; American tall tales ; Myths from Ancient Greece ; Learning about language ; Familiar phrases -- History and geography. World history and geography ; Early Asian civilizations ; Modern Japan ; Ancient Greek civilization ; American history and geography ; The constitution ; The war of 1812 ; Westward expansion ; The civil war ; Immigration and citizenship ; Civil rights: fighting for a cause ; Geography of the Americas ; Suggested resources -- Visual arts -- Music. Many kinds of music ; Meet some great composers ; Families of instruments: a closer look ; Some songs for second grade ; Suggested resources -- Mathematics. Working with numbers to 100 ; Working with numbers to 1,000 ; Money ; Word problems ; Measurement ; Geometry ; Multiplication -- Science. Life cycles ; The water cycle ; The human body ; Insects everywhere! ; Magnetism ; Simple machines ; Suggested resources. |
| Summary |
"A revised and updated version of What Your First Grader Needs to Know, Fundamentals of a Good Second-Grade Education, with readings and activities in Literature, Mathematics, History, science, and the arts"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Second grade (Education) -- Curricula.
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Curriculum planning.
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| Added Author |
Hirsch, E. D. (Eric Donald), 1928- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780553392401 (pbk.) |
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0553392409 (pbk.) |
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