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What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know : Fundamentals of a Good Fourth-Grade Education

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. · 1992

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This reference volume lays out what children are expected to learn during fourth grade, based on a core curriculum set out by the Core Knowledge Foundation. It covers the main areas a student should master at that level: mathematics, language arts, science, geography, art, and technology.

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Written as a guide for parents and teachers, it works as a checklist of content to be taught and reviewed rather than a story or a lesson book for children themselves.

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