{"product_id":"what-your-fifth-grader-needs-to-know-revised-edition-isbn-9780385337311","title":"What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis completely revised and attractively redesigned edition of one of the most popular  volumes in the bestselling Core Knowledge Series features up-to-date ideas and information  based on input from parents and teachers across the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eWith sixteen pages  of full-color illustrations, a bolder, easier-to-follow format, and a thoroughly  updated curriculum, \u003cb\u003eWhat Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ereflects  the Core Knowledge Foundation’s ongoing commitment to providing a solid educational  foundation for today’s elementary school students. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat Your Fifth Grader Needs  to Know, Revised Edition\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ecovers the basics of language arts, history and geography,  visual arts, music, math, and science. A collection of American speeches, tales from  around the world, math problems, and biographies of famous scientists add to the  book’s usefulness and enhance the pleasure of both adult and child as they work together.  Hundreds of thousands of children have benefited from the Core Knowledge Series.  This revised edition gives a new generation of fifth graders the knowledge they need  to make progress in school and establish an approach to learning that will last a  lifetime.\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THE CORE KNOWLEDGE SERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A new vision for the education of America is being tested in Florida—and it works.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I wanted to take a moment and thank you for the knowledge I am able to give my children through your series. They absorb the information like sponges and can’t get enough of it. It is clear to me that children have the capability to learn so much more than is expected of them in most schools!”\u003cbr\u003e—A parent, Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Core Knowledge has increased the enthusiasm and commitment of our teachers, and our rising standardized test scores show that the program is effective.”\u003cbr\u003e—Gina M. McKinnon, PDC K-6,\u003cbr\u003eMystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden, Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We credit Core Knowledge for the improved achievement levels of our socioeconomically disadvantaged students.”\u003cbr\u003e—Joan Jamieson, Principal, Santa Barbara Community Academy, \u003cbr\u003eSanta Barbara, California\u003cb\u003eE. D. HIRSCH, JR.\u003c\/b\u003e, is professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Schools We Need\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand the bestselling \u003ci\u003eCultural Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e. He is chairman of the board at the Core Knowledge Foundation and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis chapter presents poems, stories, and sayings, as well as brief discussions of language and literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best way to introduce children to poetry is to read it to them and encourage them to speak it aloud so they can experience the music of the words. A child’s knowledge of poetry should come first from pleasure and only later from analysis. However, by fifth grade, children are ready to begin learning a few basic terms and concepts, such as metaphor and simile. Such concepts can help children talk about particular effects that enliven the poems they like best. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories in this book are excerpts, abridgments, and adaptations of longer works. If a child enjoys a story, he or she should be encouraged to read the larger work. Don Quixote and stories about Sherlock Holmes are available in child-friendly versions as part of the Foundation’s Core Classics series. You can draw children into stories by asking questions about them. For example, you might ask, “What do you think is going to happen next?” or “What might have happened if . . . ?” You might also ask the child to retell them. Don’t be bothered if the child changes events: that is in the best tradition of storytelling and explains why we have so many different versions of traditional stories! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe treatments of grammar and writing in this book are brief overviews. Experts say that our children already know more about grammar than we can ever teach them. But standard written language does have special characteristics that children need to learn. In the classroom, grammar instruction is an essential part, but only a part, of an effective language arts program. Fifth graders should also have frequent opportunities to write and revise their writing –with encouragement and guidance along the way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor some children, the section on sayings and phrases may not be needed; they will have picked up these sayings by hearing them in everyday speech. But this section will be very useful for children from homes where American English is not spoken. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor additional resources to use in conjunction with this section, visit the Foundation’s Web site: www.coreknowledge.org. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Wise Old Owl \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Edward Hersey Richards \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wise old owl sat on an oak,\u003cbr\u003eThe more he saw the less he spoke;\u003cbr\u003eThe less he spoke the more he heard;\u003cbr\u003eWhy aren’t we like that wise old bird?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Eagle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eby Alfred, Lord Tennyson \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe clasps the crag with crooked hands; \u003cbr\u003eClose to the sun in lonely lands, \u003cbr\u003eRing’d with the azure world, he stands. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; \u003cbr\u003eHe watches from his mountain walls, \u003cbr\u003eAnd like a thunderbolt he falls. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Opposites \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Richard Wilbur \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the opposite of\u003ci\u003e riot\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cbr\u003eIt’s\u003ci\u003e lots of people keeping quiet\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the opposite of \u003ci\u003etwo\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA lonely me, a lonely you\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe opposite of \u003ci\u003edoughnut\u003c\/i\u003e? Wait\u003cbr\u003eA minute while I meditate.\u003cbr\u003eThis isn’t easy. Ah, I’ve found it!\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA cookie with a hole around it\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe opposite of a \u003ci\u003ecloud\u003c\/i\u003e could be\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ewhite reflection in the sea\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cbr\u003eOr \u003ci\u003ea huge blueness in the air\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cbr\u003eCaused by a cloud’s not being there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe opposite of \u003ci\u003eopposite\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003eThat’s much too difficult. I quit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Road Not Taken \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Rober t Frost \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,\u003cbr\u003eAnd sorry I could not travel both\u003cbr\u003eAnd be one traveler, long I stood\u003cbr\u003eAnd looked down one as far as I could\u003cbr\u003eTo where it bent in the undergrowth;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen took the other, as just as fair,\u003cbr\u003eAnd having perhaps the better claim,\u003cbr\u003eBecause it was grassy and wanted wear;\u003cbr\u003eThough as for that the passing there\u003cbr\u003eHad worn them really about the same,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd both that morning equally lay\u003cbr\u003eIn leaves no step had trodden black.\u003cbr\u003eOh, I kept the first for another day!\u003cbr\u003eYet knowing how way leads on to way,\u003cbr\u003eI doubted if I should ever come back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI shall be telling this with a sigh\u003cbr\u003eSomewhere ages and ages hence:\u003cbr\u003eTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I –\u003cbr\u003eI took the one less traveled by,\u003cbr\u003eAnd that has made all the difference.","brand":"Delta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302245159141,"sku":"NP9780385337311","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385337311.jpg?v=1767743919","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/what-your-fifth-grader-needs-to-know-revised-edition-isbn-9780385337311","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}