TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hirsch,E.D.
TI  - What your sixth grader needs to know: fundamentals of a good sixth-grade education 
T2  - The Core knowledge series
SN  - 0385314671 (pbk.)
AV  - LB 1576 6th .W43 1993
PY  - 1993///
CY  - New York
PB  - Delta
KW  - Sixth grade (Education)
KW  - Curricula
KW  - United States
KW  - Curriculum planning
N1  - Includes index; 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
N2  - Presents the fundamentals in geography, world civilization, fine arts, and other areas needed for a sixth grader to be successful in school
ER  -