What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals Of A Good Fifth-Grade Education (THE CORE KNOWLEDGE SERIES) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385497210 ISBN 13: 9780385497213

Publisher: Doubleday, 2005

Synopsis

The updated volume in the popular Core Knowledge series inspired by the best-seller Cultural Literacy provides fifth-graders with fundamental knowledge about language arts, fine arts, history, geography, mathematics, and science, among other important subject areas.

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Review

PRAISE FOR THE CORE KNOWLEDGE SERIES
"A new vision for the education of America is being tested in Florida--and it works."
--"Life" magazine
"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!"
--A parent, Florida
"Core Knowledge has increased the enthusiasm and commitment of our teachers, and our rising standardized test scores show that the program is effective."
--Gina M. McKinnon, PDC K-6,
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden, Massachusetts
"We credit Core Knowledge for the improved achievement levels of our socioeconomically disadvantaged students."
--Joan Jamieson, Principal, Santa Barbara Community Academy,
Santa Barbara, California

PRAISE FOR THE CORE KNOWLEDGE SERIES
" A new vision for the education of America is being tested in Florida-- and it works."
-- "Life" magazine
" 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!"
-- A parent, Florida
" Core Knowledge has increased the enthusiasm and commitment of our teachers, and our rising standardized test scores show that the program is effective."
-- Gina M. McKinnon, PDC K-6,
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden, Massachusetts
" We credit Core Knowledge for the improved achievement levels of our socioeconomically disadvantaged students."
-- Joan Jamieson, Principal, Santa Barbara Community Academy,
Santa Barbara, California

PRAISE FOR THE CORE KNOWLEDGE SERIES

"A new vision for the education of America is being tested in Florida--and it works."
--"Life" magazine

"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!"
--A parent, Florida

"Core Knowledge has increased the enthusiasm and commitment of our teachers, and our rising standardized test scores show that the program is effective."
--Gina M. McKinnon, PDC K-6,
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden, Massachusetts

"We credit Core Knowledge for the improved achievement levels of our socioeconomically disadvantaged students."
--Joan Jamieson, Principal, Santa Barbara Community Academy,
Santa Barbara, California

PRAISE FOR THE CORE KNOWLEDGE SERIES A new vision for the education of America is being tested in Florida and it works. "Life" magazine 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! A parent, Florida Core Knowledge has increased the enthusiasm and commitment of our teachers, and our rising standardized test scores show that the program is effective. Gina M. McKinnon, PDC K-6, Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden, Massachusetts We credit Core Knowledge for the improved achievement levels of our socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Joan Jamieson, Principal, Santa Barbara Community Academy, Santa Barbara, California"

PRAISE FOR THE CORE KNOWLEDGE SERIES
A new vision for the education of America is being tested in Florida and it works.
Life magazine
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!
A parent, Florida
Core Knowledge has increased the enthusiasm and commitment of our teachers, and our rising standardized test scores show that the program is effective.
Gina M. McKinnon, PDC K-6,
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden, Massachusetts
We credit Core Knowledge for the improved achievement levels of our socioeconomically disadvantaged students.
Joan Jamieson, Principal, Santa Barbara Community Academy,
Santa Barbara, California"

PRAISE FOR THE CORE KNOWLEDGE SERIES

"A new vision for the education of America is being tested in Florida--and it works."
--Life magazine

"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!"
--A parent, Florida

"Core Knowledge has increased the enthusiasm and commitment of our teachers, and our rising standardized test scores show that the program is effective."
--Gina M. McKinnon, PDC K-6,
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, Malden, Massachusetts

"We credit Core Knowledge for the improved achievement levels of our socioeconomically disadvantaged students."
--Joan Jamieson, Principal, Santa Barbara Community Academy,
Santa Barbara, California

About the Author

E. D. HIRSCH, JR., is professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and the author of The Schools We Need, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and the bestselling Cultural Literacy. He is chairman of the board at the Core Knowledge Foundation and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0385497210
• ISBN 13: 9780385497213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Hirsch E. D.