What your fourth grader needs to know : fundamentals of a good fourth-grade education / edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. - New York : Dell, 1994, c1992. - xx, 395 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Core knowledge series ; bk. 4 . - Core knowledge series ; bk. 4. .

Cover title: What your 4th grader needs to know. "Reprinted by arrangement with Doubleday"--T.p. verso. "A Delta book"--T.p. verso. Includes index.

I. Language arts. Stories and speeches ; Poems about days ; Poems about animals ; People ; Humorous poems ; Poems about myself ; Myths from medieval England ; Learning about language ; Learning about literature ; Sayings and phrases -- II. Geography, world civilization, and American civilization. Geography ; World civilization ; American civilization -- III. Fine arts. Music ; Visual arts -- IV. Mathematics. Fourth-grade mathematics ; Numbers through millions ; Geometry, part one-- lines and angles ; Multiplication ; Geometry, part two-- kinds of polygons, circles, triangles ; Division, part one : One-digit divisors ; Division, pt. two : two-digit divisors ; Roman numerals, Time ; Fractions ; Decimals ; Probability, changing units of measurement, word problems ; Geometry, part three-- similar figures, area, volume -- V. Natural sciences. Life sciences ; The human body and health ; Physical sciences ; Stories of scientists.

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Fourth grade (Education)--Curricula--United States.
Curriculum planning--United States.

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