What your sixth grader needs to know :  fundamentals of a good sixth-grade education / 
edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. 
 - New York :  Delta,  c1993 
 - xx, 392 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - The Core knowledge series ;  bk. 6 .
 - Core knowledge series ;  bk. 6. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>I. Language arts. Stories and speeches ; Poems of inspiration and reflection ; Poems old and new ; Classical myths about love ; Learning about language ; Learning about literature ; Sayings and phrases ; Foreign words and phrases -- II. Geography, world civilization, and American civilization. Geography ; World civilization ; American civilization -- III. Fine arts. Music ; Sharps, flats, and more about harmony ; Visual arts -- IV. Mathematics. Place value, estimation, properties, the symbols ; Expression, exponents, expanded notation, order of perations ; Division ; Fractions ; Fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals ; Measurement ; Proportion, percent ; Geometry ; Area and volume ; Integers ; Working with data : probability, mean, median, range, and mode -- V. Natural sciences. Life sciences : Reproduction, heredity, and genetics ; Human health ; Physical sciences : Understanding light ; Sound ; Chemistry ; Wonders of water ; Stories of scientists. 
<br/><br/> Presents the fundamentals in geography, world civilization, fine arts, and other areas needed for a sixth grader to be successful in school. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385314671 (pbk.) 9780385314671 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sixth grade (Education)--Curricula--United States.<br/>Curriculum planning--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB 1576 6th  / .W43 1993