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[Epub]$$ What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated):
Fundamentals of a Good Fourth-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series)
{read online}

[Epub]$$ What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated): Fundamentals of a
Good Fourth-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series) {read online}
[Epub]$$ What Your
Fourth Grader Needs
to Know (Revised and
Updated):
Fundamentals of a
Good Fourth-Grade
Education (The Core
Knowledge Series)
{read online}
Description
E. D. Hirsch, Jr., is an emeritus professor at the University of Virginia and the author of The
Knowledge Deficit, The Schools We Need, and the bestselling Cultural Literacy and the Dictionary
of Cultural Literacy. He and his wife, Polly, live in Charlottesville, Virginia, where they raised their
three children. Read more Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter I
Language and Literature Reading, Writing, and Your Fourth Grader: A Note to Parents In this
chapter, you and your child will learn to appreciate the magic of words, travel to other worlds
without leaving the room, and understand how words work together to create meaning. This
chapter presents a rich and varied selection of literature, including poems and stories. You will
also read brief discussions of grammar and writing and explanations of common sayings and
phrases. By the end of fourth grade, students should be able to engage in the mental process of
turning letters into sounds automatically. This year, they will focus more on meaning as they read,
extending their vocabulary and understanding of the texts. Asking questions is a good way to draw
your children into a story. Here are a few that work well: “What do you think is going to happen
next?― “How might the story have turned out differently if . . . ?― “What did you
hear/read that makes you believe that . . . ?― “What does the author mean by the
statement . . . ?― “How is this story similar to . . . ?― You might also ask your
child to retell the story. You can even encourage your child to change events or characters: this is
a rich tradition of storytelling and explains why there are so many versions of traditional stories.
You may also encourage your child to write and illustrate her own stories. Some children may be
interested in beginning to keep a journal or writing letters to friends or relatives—these are both
fine ways for children to cultivate their writing skills. Another way to build vocabulary and foster
language skills is by playing word games such as Scrabble, Boggle, or hangman and doing
crossword puzzles. You can download many of these popular word games on tablet devices and
computers. Experts say our children already know more about grammar than we can ever teach
them. But standard written language does have special characteristics that children need to learn.
The treatment of grammar and language conventions in this book is an overview. It needs to be
supplemented and rounded out by giving your child opportunities to read and write and to discuss

reading and writing in connection with grammar and spelling. At school, children should be working
on vocabulary and spelling in the fourth grade. They should enjoy a rich diet of fiction, poetry,
drama, biography, and nonfiction. They should be involved in the writing process, inventing topics,
discovering ideas in early drafts, and revising toward “publication― of polishe