Give your child a smart start with the revised and updated What Your First Grader Needs to Know What will your child be expected to learn in the first grade? How can you help him or her at home? How can teachers foster active, successful learning in the classroom? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American first graders. Featuring a new Introduction, filled with opportunities for reading aloud and fostering discussion, this first-grade volume of the acclaimed Core Knowledge Series presents the sort of knowledge and skills that should be at the core of a challenging first-grade education. Inside you’ll discover • Favorite poems—old and new, such as “The Owl and the Pussycat,” “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” and “Thirty Days Hath September” • Beloved stories—from many times and lands, including a selection of Aesop’s fables, “Hansel and Gretel,” “All Stories Are Anansi’s,” “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” and more • Familiar sayings and phrases—such as “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” and “Practice makes perfect” • World and American history and geography—take a trip down the Nile with King Tut and learn about the early days of our country, including the story of Jamestown, the Pilgrims, and the American Revolution • Visual arts—fun activities plus reproductions of masterworks by Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Georgia O’Keeffe, and others • Music—engaging introductions to great composers and music, including classical music, opera, and jazz, as well as a selection of favorite children’s songs • Math—a variety of activities to help your child learn to count, add and subtract, solve problems, recognize geometrical shapes and patterns, and learn about telling time • Science—interesting discussions of living things and their habitats, the human body, the states of matter, electricity, our solar system, and what’s inside the earth, plus stories of famous scientists such as Thomas Edison and Louis Pasteur

First Grade Fundamentals will delight young learners with activities on consonants and vowels, vocabulary, addition and subtraction, fractions, phonics, reading comprehension, time and money, and more. Filled with colorful pages, easy-to-follow directions, and grade-appropriate activities, the Fundamentals series introduces and reinforces introductory concepts in math and language arts. --The series covers all of the basics for success in PreK to Grade 2 and is perfect for year-round learning. The fun, challenging activities will supplement what children are learning in school, reinforcing their understanding of the subject matter and enhancing school performance. Each page features directions that teach and guide children through key areas of learning.

A comprehensive resource for grammar, mechanics, usage, and vocabulary practice.

After more than 30 years of teaching, Pat Barrett Dragan indeed knows everything needed to teach the first year of school. And she can teach you, too, with this step-by-step guide to creating a smoothly functioning, literacy-rich primary classroom. Dragan has virtually opened her file drawers and rounded up every detail to get you off to a good start with the three Rs and more. Even veteran teachers or teachers changing grade levels will find loads of helpful information-forms, checklists, activities, copyright-free poems, and reproducibles-all forming a substantive resource bible to keep handy for reference. Most important, Dragan highlights the best teaching and learning strategies culled from years of teaching and studying with the experts. Read Dragan and learn how to: Bond with your new class and create a happy and cohesive classroom community. Help your children develop organizational skills and self control. Inveigle, wangle, and keep children's attention to help them learn. Teach them to have confidence they can read--on the first day of school. Ensure that they learn to read and write well, whatever your reading program. Draw on their innate curiosity to develop their math and problem-solving skills. Use children's photos and artwork to help them practice reading and writing. Integrate children's literature and the arts into all curriculum areas. Work with English language learners and children having little help at home. As Dragan demonstrates, perhaps the most effective strategy for successful teaching is to infuse the school day with joyful learning throughout that magical first year.

Golden Minds: Grade 1 Language Arts For Liberian Schools, Fundamentals First Edition is a book every Liberian first grade student and teacher must use. This book is arranged in three distinctive sections-The Fundamentals, Grammar and Structure, and Hands-On Writing Workshop. The book opens with an introductory chapter that provides an overview using familiar objects to correlate with letters of the Alphabets. Each chapter that follows discusses a key component of the English Language including but not limited to, the use of grammar and structure, phonics, reading comprehension and analysis. In addition, the book includes a section in poetry, writing and punctuation designed to develop the students' overall Language Arts skills. This book was written to meet and exceed the national curriculum standard for Grade One English Instructions of the Ministry of Education, of the Republic of Liberia. Golden Minds: Grade 1 Language Arts For Liberian Schools, Fundamentals First Edition is structured as follows: Concepts and Analysis-each chapter introduces key components followed by a detailed explanation. The Concepts and Analysis approach enables the student to think creatively as they relate the key ideas from the book to everyday situations through guided discussions. Teachers will find this method easy when assisting students to decipher important points, which will help the students, build their analytical skills. Hands-On Exercises-each section has End-Of-Section, or follow-up, exercise that reinforces key points from the chapter. The end of chapter review assessment is comprised of cumulative questions from the various sections found within a given chapter. These exercises enable students to investigate the material while reviewing the sectional contents within the chapter. Writer's Workshop-allows the student to become imaginative by engaging them in a variety of creative writing activities, such as brainstorming of ideas, vocabulary development, deciphering of root word, prefix/ suffix and sentence construction. With a unique color-coded pagination, Golden Minds: Grade 1 Language Arts For Liberian Schools, Fundamentals First Edition, is geared towards the specific needs of 1st grade students. The simple and attractive layout will definitely stimulate the student minds and peak their curiosity as they navigate through each chapter. This book is a complete Language Arts system which doubles as a textbook and workbook for the student.

Filled with fun colorful pages, easy-to-follow directions, and grade-appropriate activities, the Fundamentals series introduces and reinforces fundamental concepts in math, reading, and language arts. This first-grade workbook features activities on consonants and vowels, vocabulary, addition and subtraction, fraction, phonics, reading comprehension, time and money, and much more.