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What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Fourth-Grade Education (Core Knowledge Series) Paperback – May 31, 2005

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How can you help your child at home? This book answers that important question and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American fourth graders. Featuring sixteen pages of full-color illustrations, a bolder, easier-to-follow format, and a thoroughly updated curriculum, What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know is designed for parents and teachers to enjoy with children. Hundreds of thousands of students have benefited from the Core Knowledge Series. This edition, featuring a new Introduction, gives today’s generation of fourth graders the advantage they need to make progress in school and establish an approach to learning that will last a lifetime. Inside you’ll discover

• Favorite poems—old and new, from the familiar classic “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” to Langston Hughes’s “Dream”
• Literature—from around the world, including African and Chinese folktales, excerpts from beloved novels, and condensed versions of popular classics such as Gulliver’s Travels and “Rip Van Winkle”
• Learning about language—the basics of written English, including grammar, punctuation, parts of speech, synonyms and antonyms, plus an introduction to common English sayings and phrases
• World and American history and geography—explore world and American history, including creation of a constitutional government and early presidents and politics
• Visual arts—a broad spectrum of art from around the world, including African masks, Islamic architecture, Chinese calligraphy, and great American painters—featuring full-color reproductions
• Music—understanding and appreciating music, from the basics of musical notation to the orchestra, plus great composers and sing-along lyrics for such favorites as “Auld Lang Syne” and “Waltzing Matilda”
• Math—challenging lessons ranging from fractions and decimals to understanding graphs, making change, square roots, and the metric system
• Science—discover the wonders of the human body and its systems, learn about electricity, atoms, chemistry, geology, and meteorology, plus concise biographies of some of the great scientists of our time

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E. D. Hirsch, Jr., is an emeritus professor at the University of Virginia and the author of The Knowledge Deficit, The Schools We Need, and the bestselling Cultural Literacy and the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. He and his wife, Polly, live in Charlottesville, Virginia, where they raised their three children.

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Chapter 1
Introduction

This chapter presents poems, stories, brief discussions of grammar and writing, and explanations of common sayings and phrases.

The best way to bring children into the spirit of poetry is to read it aloud to them and encourage them to speak it aloud so that they can experience the music in the words. Until children take pleasure in the sound of poetry, there is little reason to analyze it technically.

Most of the stories in this book are either excerpts from longer works or abridged versions of those works. If a child enjoys a particular story, he or she should be encouraged to read a longer version. Several of the novels excerpted here are available in child-friendly versions as part of the Core Knowledge Foundation’s Core Classics series, available on the Foundation’s Web site (www.coreknowledge.org).

Parents and teachers can help draw children into stories by asking questions about them. For example, you might ask, “What do you think is going to happen next?” “Why did one of the characters act as he did?” “What might have happened if . . . ?” You might also ask the child to retell the story. Don’t be bothered if children change events or characters: that is in the best tradition of storytelling and explains why there are so many versions of traditional stories.

You can also encourage children to write and illustrate their own stories. Some children may be interested in beginning to keep a journal or writing letters to friends or relatives — these are both fine ways for children to cultivate their writing skills. Another way to build vocabulary and foster language skills is by playing word games such as Scrabble, Boggle, or hangman, and doing crossword puzzles.

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. The treatment of grammar and language conventions in this book is an overview. It needs to be supplemented and rounded out by giving the child opportunities to read and write and to discuss reading and writing in connection with grammar and spelling.

In the classroom, grammar instruction is a part, but only a part, of an effective language arts program. In the fourth grade, children should be working on vocabulary and spelling. They should enjoy a rich diet of fiction, poetry, drama, biography, and nonfiction. They should be involved in the writing process, inventing topics, discovering ideas in early drafts, revising toward “publication” of polished final drafts —all with encouragement and guidance along the way. They should practice writing in many modes, including stories, poetry, journal entries, formal reports, dialogues, and descriptions.

For 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.

For additional resources to use in conjunction with this section, visit the Foundation’s online bookstore and database, Resources to Build On, at the Web address above.

POETRY

Monday’s Child Is Fair of Face
(author unknown)

Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go,
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for a living,
But the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is fair and wise and good and gay.

Humanity
by Elma Stuckey

If I am blind and need someone
To keep me safe from harm,
It matters not the race to me
Of the one who takes my arm.
If I am saved from drowning
As I grasp and grope,
I will not stop to see the face
Of the one who throws the rope.
Or if out on some battlefield
I’m falling faint and weak,
The one who gently lifts me up
May any language speak.
We sip the water clear and cool,
No matter the hand that gives it.
A life that’s lived worthwhile and fine,
What matters the one who lives it?

Fog
by Carl Sandburg

The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

Clouds
by Christina G. Rossetti

White sheep, white sheep
On a blue hill,
When the wind stops
You all stand still.
When the wind blows,
You walk away slow.
White sheep, white sheep,
Where do you go?

the drum
by Nikki Giovanni

daddy says the world is
a drum tight and hard
and i told him
i’m gonna beat
out my own rhythm

Things
by Eloise Greenfield

Went to the corner
Walked in the store
Bought me some candy
Ain’t got it no more
Ain’t got it no more
Went to the beach
Played on the shore
Built me a sandhouse
Ain’t got it no more
Ain’t got it no more
Went to the kitchen
Lay down on the floor
Made me a poem
Still got it
Still got it

Dreams
by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Afternoon on a Hill
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.
And when lights begin to show,
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down.

The Rhinoceros
by Ogden Nash

The rhino is a homely beast,
For human eyes he’s not a feast.
But you and I will never know
Why Nature chose to make him so.
Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros,
I’ll stare at something less prepoceros.

* * *

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Delta; Revised edition (May 31, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385337655
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385337656
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 9 years, from customers
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.38 x 0.75 x 9.22 inches

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Kim

Love this series

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2016

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I'm a student studying to become an elementary school teacher, and in doing so, I needed a study guide for the CSET Multiple Subjects Exam. This book helped guide me in many different topics, especially the History and Geography, Visual Arts, Music, Mathematics, and Science. It's an easy to follow book, that I can definitely see useful for both teachers, parents, and students. I work with fourth grade students, and this book definitely helps covers material for forth graders.

The History/Geography topics include: World Geography (very detailed information on Mountains, Hemispheres, Coordinates!), 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, and Reformers.
For this section, I love that they are not biased when it comes to history. Some elementary school history books try to hide the "real" facts of history, and this book is great when listing the true facts without the "romanticizing" the stories.

There are great poems, stories and myths, and they also teach about parts of speech, sentences, and punctuation. There are also uncommon sayings and phrases and how to interpret them.

The book includes art from the Middle Ages, Islam, Africa, China, and American Art. It has the elements of music, listening and understanding music, including some fourth grade songs, and U.S. Armed Forces songs.

For Math: Numbers and number sense, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, measurement, and geometry.

And for Science: the human body, chemistry, electricity, geology, meteorology, and some science biographies.

Great book overall, highly recommended for all teachers, students, and parents. I highly suggest the other books in this series by the same author!

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Liz Bennett

Excellent Home School Material

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2014

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I wish we had found this when my children were in Kindergarten. This book in particular has a good history section, though the language section needed supplementing (I didn't have the workbook). The Core Knowledge series is fantastic, especially when you're looking for a good base for a curriculum. Be sure to use the textbook with the workbook, as both complement each other and fill out any weak or empty spots. My kids especially liked the idea of having everything in one book, including poetry and stories, art, and music, along with the math, language, and science. Overall, very comprehensive (especially when you use both books together), and encourages critical thinking and exploring. I've recommended this numerous times to other home school families, especially those just starting out. And don't forget, Core Knowledge also has a helpful website for parents and teachers, which I found very useful, as well.

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Ann Fries

great starter for homeschoolers

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2015

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this is a great book for anyone starting out homeschooling and not knowing where to start. I was lost on what to teach my children until i got this. everything is right there for you. I got the other cover of this book but they all still have the same. my children enjoy working through the book and made it easy for them to understand. I want to note this is based on common core but not as bad as other books that i have come across in my search for something good. I would suggest this to anyone new to homeschooling or something to give a little extra studies to your children for what they are learning in school.

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T Doss

I love sharing this with my 4th grader

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2023

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So many interesting stories and facts. We love reading this at bedtime.

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2014

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The What Your --th grader Needs to Know series is a great resource to have around! While I could never use it as a curriculum, it is a great springboard for lesson ideas and getting a general idea of age and grade level appropriate topics. I peek through to see what math concepts to cover, and we read through the literary works and poems together. I sometimes assign the history portions as silent reading, and my son never puts up resistance, so it it not too boring or dull. It would be the perfect supplemental resource if there were lesson plans and printables or high quality worksheets available online to print!

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Chocolate

Excellent guide for a 4th grade education

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2012

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This series is a great guide to a year's worth of education for 4th graders. We homeschool and these books have helped a lot! I highly recommend to anyone needing guidance on a year's worth of lessons in every subject in one book. It also lists recommended additional reading/lessons. Use these books as a guide for every subject (english, math, history, science, art, music) and add a few workbooks like math and science to make school work easy!

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Tya Jean

Time will tell

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2015

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My nine year old and I are going to give homeschooling a try - again. I feel much more prepared for what's to come or at least I'm taking the steps to be more prepared. This book is super comprehensive. I've only skipped through the pages and skimmed so maybe this review isn't fair but it looks super boring. Time will tell - if we even use it. It may be a good "time-line" sort of tool to make sure we're covering the areas that need to be covered though.

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2021

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I used every grade book from the library and got tired of borrowing only to return the book a month later. The book was was wrap in a package and the book itself was wrapped in its own packaging. It was clean, brand new, and exactly what I was looking forward too

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