What Your Second Grader Needs to Know

by HIRSCH, E.D. JR

• ISBN13: 9780385318433
• ISBN10: 038531843X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-07-13
• Publisher: Delta

Summary

One of the best-selling books in the Core Knowledge series, has been completely revised & updated to be more child-friendly.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
A Note to Teachers	viii
Introduction to the Revised Edition	xv
General Introduction to the Core Knowledge Series	xvii
I. Language and Literature
Reading, Writing, and Your Second Grader
A Note to Parents	3	(1)
Suggested Resources for Parents and Children	3	(2)
Literature
Introduction	5	(2)
Poetry
Bed in Summer	7	(1)
Buffalo Dusk	7	(1)
Caterpillars	8	(1)
Bee! I'm Expecting You!	8	(1)
Hurt No Living Thing	9	(1)
Discovery	9	(1)
Harriet Tubman	10	(1)
Lincoln	11	(1)
The Night Before Christmas	12	(2)
Seashell	14	(1)
Something Told the Wild Geese	15	(1)
Rudolph Is Tired of the City	15	(1)
Smart	16	(1)
Who Has Seen the Wind?	17	(1)
Windy Nights	17	(1)
There Was an Old Man with a Beard	18	(1)
There Is a Young Lady, Whose Nose	18	(1)
Stories
The Blind Men and the Elephant	19	(1)
The Fisherman and His Wife	20	(2)
Talk	22	(2)
The Emperor's New Clothes	24	(1)
How Iktomi Lost His Eyes	25	(2)
The Magic Paintbrush	27	(2)
A Christmas Carol	29	(4)
``Before Breakfast'' (from Charlotte's Web)	33	(2)
How the Camel Got His Hump	35	(3)
El Pajaro Cu	38	(1)
Beauty and the Best	39	(3)
The Tongue-Cut Sparrow	42	(3)
The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal	45	(2)
How Wendy Met Peter Pan	47	(4)
American Tall Tales
Paul Bunyan	51	(1)
Pecos Bill	52	(2)
John Henry	54	(2)
Myths from Ancient Greece
Heroes and Monsters, Gods and Goddesses	56	(5)
Gods of Nature and Mythical Creatures	61	(2)
Prometheus Brings Fire, Pandora Brings Woe	63	(1)
Oedipus and the Sphinx	64	(1)
Theseus and the Minotaur	65	(2)
Daedalus and Icarus	67	(2)
Arachne the Weaver
Swift-Footed Atalanta	69	(1)
Demeter and Persephone	70	(1)
The Labors of Hercules	71	(3)
Learning About Language
Sentences	74	(1)
Two Rules for Writing Sentences	75	(1)
Nouns Name a Person, Place, or Thing	75	(1)
Singular and Plural Nouns	76	(1)
Verbs: Action Words	77	(1)
Verbs: Past and Present	77	(2)
Adjectives Describe Things	79	(1)
More About Words: Antonyms and Synonyms	80	(1)
Contractions	81	(1)
Abbreviations	82	(1)
Using Capital Letters	82	(2)
Familiar Sayings
Back to the drawing board	84	(1)
Better late than never	84	(1)
Cold feet	84	(1)
Don't cry over spilled milk	85	(1)
Don't (or can't) judge a book by its cover	85	(1)
Easier said than done	85	(1)
Eaten out of house and home	86	(1)
Get a taste of your own medicine	86	(1)
Two heads are better than one	86	(1)
In hot water	87	(1)
Keep your fingers crossed	87	(1)
Practice what you preach	87	(1)
Get up on the wrong side of the bed	87	(1)
Turn over a new leaf	88	(1)
Where there's a will there's a way	88	(1)
You can't teach an old dog new tricks	88	(3)
II. History and Geography
Introduction	91	(3)
World History and Geography
A Quick Geography Review	94	(1)
Settle Down!	95	(2)
Civilizations in Asia
Long Ago in Asia: Civilization in the Indus Valley	97	(1)
Civilization Along the Ganges	98	(1)
Hinduism	99	(2)
A Story from the Holy Books of Hinduism	101	(2)
Rama and Sita: A Tea Tale from the Ramayana	101	(2)
Buddha: The Enlightened One	103	(2)
King Asoka: From War to Peace	105	(1)
A Wise Teacher in China: Confucius	106	(1)
China: Great Rivers and a Great Wall	107	(1)
An Important Invention	108	(1)
Smooth as Silk	109	(1)
Chinese New Year	110	(2)
Let's Visit Japan	112	(2)
Ancient Greece
Birthplace of the Olympics and More	114	(1)
A Civilization of City-States	114	(1)
Athens: Birthplace of Democracy	115	(2)
Rough, Tough Sparta	117	(1)
The Persian Wars	118	(1)
Battles That Live in Memory	119	(2)
Marathon	119	(1)
Thermopylae	120	(1)
Great Thinkers in Athens	121	(1)
Alexander the Great	122	(1)
The Gordian Knot	123	(1)
What Lies Beyond?	124	(2)
American History and Geography
A Quick Look Back	126	(1)
Our Constitution
Democracy: A Big Challenge	127	(2)
James Madison: Father of the Constitution	129	(4)
The War of 1812
Another War Already?	133	(2)
Dolley Madison: A Brave Woman	135	(1)
Oh, Say, Can You See...	136	(3)
The Battle After the War	139	(1)
Westward Ho!
The Call of the West	140	(1)
Boats and Canals	141	(3)
The Iron Horse	144	(1)
Wagons West	145	(2)
A Family Goes West	147	(2)
Women's Work	149	(1)
The Oregon Trail	150	(1)
Already There: The American Indians	150	(3)
Forced from Their Lands	153	(2)
The Civil War
Fighting Against Each Other	155	(1)
Slavery in America	155	(1)
Stop Slavery or Let It Spread?	156	(2)
Another Kind of Railroad	158	(1)
Yankees Against Rebels	159	(3)
Abraham Lincoln: A Man for the Union	162	(1)
The Emancipation Proclamation	163	(1)
A Nation of Immigrants
E Pluribus Unum	164	(1)
Why Did Immigrants Come to America?	165	(1)
A Land of Opportunity?	166	(2)
Becoming a Citizen	168	(1)
Civil Rights: Liberty and Justice for All
All Men Are Created Equal	169	(1)
Susan B. Anthony and Votes for Women	169	(1)
Eleanor Roosevelt	170	(1)
Equality Regardless of Color	171	(5)
Mary McLeod Bethune	171	(1)
Jackie Robinson	172	(1)
Rosa Parks	173	(1)
Martin Luther King, Jr.	174	(1)
Cesar Chavez	175	(1)
Geography of the Americas
The United States Today	176	(1)
Central America and the Caribbean	177	(1)
South America	178	(5)
III. Visual Arts
Introduction	183	(1)
Taking a Line for a Walk	184	(3)
Lines and Movement	187	(1)
Looking at Sculptures	188	(2)
Looking at Landscapes	190	(3)
Animals Real and Imagined	193	(3)
Abstract Art	196	(1)
Architecture: The Art of Designing Buildings	197	(2)
A Building of Curves	199	(1)
A Beautiful Castle	200	(1)
A Modern Museum	201	(4)
IV. Music
Introduction	205	(1)
Many Kinds of Music	206	(1)
Patriotic Music	206	(1)
Folk Music	207	(1)
Classical Music	208	(1)
Meet Some Great Composers	209	(2)
Families of Instruments: A Closer Look	211	(2)
The String Family	211	(1)
The Percussion Family	212	(1)
Keyboard Instruments	213	(2)
Mr. Bach at the Keyboard	214	(1)
Writing Music Down	215	(1)
Follow the Notes	216	(1)
Pitch: High and Low	217	(2)
A Musical Scale	219	(2)
Some Songs for Second Grade
Clementine	221	(1)
Old Dan Tucker	222	(1)
Home on the Range	222	(1)
Goodbye, Old Paint	223	(1)
Buffalo Gals	223	(1)
Casey Jones	224	(3)
V. Mathematics
Introduction	227	(1)
Working with Numbers to 100
Skip-Counting	228	(1)
Some Special Math Words	228	(1)
Even and Odd Numbers	229	(1)
Between, One More, and One Less	229	(1)
Counting with a Tally	230	(1)
Using Graphs	231	(1)
Writing Numbers as Words	232	(1)
Reading a Number Line	233	(1)
Review: Addition Facts to 12	234	(1)
Review: Subtraction Facts from Numbers to 12	235	(1)
Addition Facts with Sums of 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18	236	(1)
Subtraction Facts from 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18	236	(1)
Adding in Any Order, and Adding Three Numbers	237	(1)
Doubles and Halves	238	(1)
Sum of 10	239	(1)
Checking Addition and Subtraction	240	(1)
Fact Families	240	(1)
Find the Missing Number	241	(1)
Missing Number Problems with Greater Than and Less Than	242	(1)
Working with Equations	243	(1)
Tens and Ones	244	(1)
Adding Numbers with Two Digits	245	(2)
Checking Addition by Changing the Order of Addends	247	(1)
Adding Three Numbers	247	(1)
Subtracting Numbers with Two Digits	248	(2)
Checking Two-Digit Subtraction	250	(1)
Adding and Subtracting Horizontally, Vertically, and in Your Head	251	(2)
Adding and Subtracting 9 in Your Head	253	(1)
Estimating and Rounding to the Nearest Ten	253	(2)
Fractions	255	(2)
Working with Numbers to 1,000
The Hundreds	257	(1)
Counting Between Hundreds	258	(1)
Count On!	259	(1)
Place Value	260	(1)
Expanded Form	261	(1)
Comparing Three-Digit Numbers	262	(1)
Adding Three-Digit Numbers	262	(1)
Regrouping Tens as Hundreds	263	(2)
Subtracting from a Three-Digit Number	265	(1)
Subtraction and Regrouping Hundreds	265	(2)
Money
Coins and Dollar Bills	267	(2)
How Many Make Up a Dollar?	269	(1)
Quarters and Counting by 25	270	(1)
Counting Money	270	(1)
Adding and Subtracting Money	271	(1)
Word Problems	272	(69)
Measurement
Measuring Length	273	(2)
Measuring Weight	275	(1)
Measuring Time: The Calendar	276	(2)
Measuring Time: Clock Time to 5 Minutes	278	(1)
Measuring Time: Half and Quarter Hours	279	(2)
Measuring Time: How Much Time Has Passed?	281	(1)
Geometry
Plane Figures	282	(1)
Solid Figures	283	(2)
Points, Lines, and Segments	285	(2)
Lines of Symmetry	287	(1)
Multiplication
What Is Multiplication?	288	(1)
Practicing Multiplication	289	(1)
Multiplying by 10	290	(1)
Three Rules for Multiplication	290	(2)
Word Problems and Missing Factors	292	(3)
VI. Science
Introduction	295	(2)
The Cycle of Life and the Seasons
The Life Cycle	297	(3)
From Seed to Seed: A Plant's Life Cycle	299	(1)
From Frog to Frog: An Amphibian's Life Cycle	299	(1)
The Cycle of the Seasons	300	(4)
Spring	301	(1)
Summer	301	(1)
Fall	302	(1)
Winter	302	(2)
The Water Cycle
Evaporation	304	(1)
Going Up, Going Down	304	(1)
Condensation and Precipitation	305	(1)
Putting It All Together: The Water Cycle	306	(1)
Insects
Insects Everywhere!	307	(1)
What Makes an Insect an Insect?	308	(2)
Are They Insects?	310	(1)
Insect Life Cycles	310	(3)
A Simpler Kind of Metamorphosis	312	(1)
Social Insects	313	(4)
An Ant Colony	313	(1)
In a Beehive	314	(3)
The Human Body
Cells: The Building Blocks of Living Things	317	(1)
Cells and Tissues, Organs and Systems	318	(1)
What Happens to the Food You Eat?	318	(3)
A Healthy Diet: The Food Pyramid	321	(1)
Vitamins and Minerals	322	(1)
Magnetism
That Special Magnetic Attraction	323	(1)
Magnetic Poles	324	(2)
Using a Compass	326	(1)
Simple Machines
Tools and Machines	327	(1)
Levers	328	(1)
Wheels	329	(1)
Pulleys	330	(1)
Inclined Planes	331	(1)
Wedges	331	(2)
Screws	333	(1)
Stories About Scientists
Anton van Leeuwenhoek	334	(2)
Florence Nightingale	336	(1)
Daniel Hale Williams	337	(1)
Elijah McCoy	338	(3)
Illustration and Photo Credits	341	(2)
Text Credits and Sources	343	(4)
Index	347