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What Every Parent Needs to Know About 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades, Second Edition
An Essential Guide to Your Child's Educationby Toni Bickart, Diane Trister Dodge, Judy R. Jablon 156 Pages, 2004, Paperback
Item #: WW1389- Price:
- $12.95
How do children learn? And what can parents do to help? This book takes you inside the classroom, tells you what to look for, and explains how a great classroom contributes to your child's education. Clear and encouraging, full of vignettes and examples from real classrooms, this book takes the mystery out of the early school years and helps you to be an informed, involved parent.
You will learn:
- Why schools need to be different today
- How children become readers and writers
- How children become mathematical and scientific thinkers
- What phonics, whole language, and invented spelling have to do with learning to read and write
- How parents can help with homework
- How new forms of assessment more accurately describe children's learning
This book is also perfect for teachers to use to explain good classroom practices to parents.