Al James

Second Grade Success

Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Child Learn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The key to your child's educational success is in your hands "Knowledge Essentials is a remarkable series that will benefit children of all abilities and learning styles. . . I highly recommend it for all parents who want to make a difference in their children's education." --Michael Gurian, author of Boys and Girls Learn Differently and The Wonder of Boys "Finally, a book about teaching young children by somebody who knows her stuff!" --LouAnne Johnson, author of Dangerous Minds and The Queen of Education Part of the new Knowledge Essentials series, Second Grade Success shows you how to enrich your child's classroom learning and take an active role in your first grader's education by exploring: * What your second grader is learning at school and the educational standards to expect in math, language arts, science, and social studies * Your child's learning style--visual, auditory, or kinesthetic--and how it affects the way your child learns and processes information * Hundreds of easy-to-do activities designed to help your child meet specific learning requirements * Environmental learning sections that identify learning opportunities in the everyday world * Methods and checklists to assess your child's academic progress * Information on how teachers evaluate performance--portfolios, rubrics, test scores, and other tools of the trade * Recommendations of age-appropriate books and software that will enhance learning Give your child the gift of your time--and help him or her get the most out of school with Second Grade Success.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 188mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780471468202
• ISBN-10: 0471468207
• Artikelnr.: 14746685

Autorenporträt

AMY JAMES, a former social studies teacher, is a nationally respected authority on educational compliance issues and the No Child Left Behind Act. Her company, Six Things, Inc., provides consulting services for national media, publishers, and school districts on compliance with state and national education standards, as well as professional development for K-12 teachers.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgment.

Introduction.

1. Getting the Most for Your Second Grader.

2. Second Grade Development.

3. Second Grade Learning.

4. The Standards.

5. Second Grade Reading.

6. Second Grade Writing.

7. Second Grade Math.

8. Second Grade Science.

9. Second Grade Social Studies.

10. Teaching Your Second Grader Thinking Skills.

11. Assessment.

12. Second Grade Society.

13. Moving on to Third Grade.

Appendix A: Literature for Second Graders.

Appendix B: Software for Second Graders.

Appendix C: Second Grade Topical Calendar.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Glossary.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Knowledge Essentials is a remarkable series that will benefitchildren of all abilities and learning styles. Amy James has takena close look at curriculum standards and testing around the countryand developed simple and creative activities that supportwhat's being taught at each grade level, while remainingsensitive to the fact that children learn at different rates and indifferent ways. I highly recommend it for all parents who want tomake a difference in their children's education." --MichaelGurian, author of Boys and Girls Learn Differently andThe Wonder of Boys

"Finally, a book about teaching young children by somebody whoknows her stuff! I can (and will) wholeheartedly recommend thisseries to the ever-growing number of parents who ask me for adviceabout how they can help their children succeed in elementaryschool." --LouAnne Johnson, author of Dangerous Minds andThe Queen of Education

"Having examined state standards nationwide, Amy James hascreated innovative and unique games and exercises to help childrenabsorb what they have to learn, in ways that will help themwant to learn. Individualized to the child's own learningstyle, this is a must-have series for parents who want to maximizetheir child's ability to succeed in and out of the classroom."--Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D, author of Thinking Parent, ThinkingChild

"The books in Amy James' timely and unique KnowledgeEssentials series give parents a clear idea of what their childrenare learning and provide the tools they need to help their childrenlive up to their full academic potential. This is must reading forany parent with a school-age child." --Michele Borba, Ed.D., authorof Nobody Likes Me, Everybody Hates Me and No MoreMisbehavin'