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

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

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!

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

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.

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!

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.

I have used this series for four years now for homeschooling my 9 year old daughter. I don't follow all the suggestions but I find it quite helpful to have a reference to go by so I can then thoughtfully pick and choose our path. I find these books to be written at a good level for reading aloud (in the areas where that is appropriate - like literature/history).

The book arrived faster than I expected, my son loved the book. It was good book prior to beginning of school season. As father, I benefited as well

1，2回読むだけで本がばらばらになってしまい、閉口しています。アメリカの本でよくあることです。何回読んでも装丁が崩れないようにしていただきたい。