Help your child exceed the Common Core standards withWhat Your First Grader Needs to Know What will your child be expected to learn in the first grade? How can you help him or her at home? How can teachers foster active, successful learning in the classroom? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American first graders. Filled with opportunities for reading aloud and fostering discussion, this first-grade volume of the acclaimed Core Knowledge Series presents the sort of knowledge and skills that should be at the core of a challenging first-grade education. Inside you'll discover *; Favorite poemsold and new, such as ';The Owl and the Pussycat,' ';Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,' and ';Thirty Days Hath September' *; Beloved storiesfrom many times and lands, including a selection of Aesop's fables, ';Hansel and Gretel,' ';All Stories Are Anansi's,' ';The Tale of Peter Rabbit,' and much more *; Familiar sayings and phrasessuch as ';Do unto others as you would have them do unto you' and ';Practice makes perfect' *; World and American history and geographytake a trip down the Nile with King Tut and learn about the early days of our country, including the story of Jamestown, the Pilgrims, and the American Revolution *; Visual artsfun activities plus full-color reproductions of masterworks by Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Georgia O'Keeffe, and others *; Musicengaging introductions to great composers and music, including classical music, opera, and jazz, as well as a selection of favorite children's songs *; Matha variety of activities to help your child learn to count, add and subtract, solve problems, recognize geometrical shapes and patterns, and learn about telling time *; Scienceinteresting discussions of living things and their habitats, the human body, the states of matter, electricity, our solar system, and what's inside the earth, plus stories of famous scientists such as Thomas Edison and Rachel CarsonBONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from What Your Second Grader Needs to Know.