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" What every parent needs to know about 1st, 2nd & 3rd grades : "
Toni S. Bickart, Diane Trister Dodge, Judy R. Jablon.
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BL
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969293
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b723663
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Bickart, Toni S.
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What every parent needs to know about 1st, 2nd 3rd grades : : an essential guide to your child's education /\ Toni S. Bickart, Diane Trister Dodge, Judy R. Jablon.
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2nd ed.
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Naperville, IL :: Sourcebooks ;Washington, DC :: Teaching Strategies,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (vii, 156 pages) :: illustrations
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1402221193
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: 9781402221194
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-150).
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Learning in the Early Grades -- Questions Parents Ask -- What Six-to-Eight Year Olds Are Like -- Principles That Make Learning Effective -- Why Schools Need to Be Different Today -- What to Look For -- How to Get Involved -- Chapter 2: The Best Classroom for Your Child -- The Classroom as a Workplace -- The Classroom as a Community -- How Parents Can Help -- Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher -- Chapter 3: How Children Become Readers -- What's Involved in Learning to Read.
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How Parents Can Help -- Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher -- Chapter 7: How Children Become Scientific Thinkers -- What's Involved in Scientific Thinking -- How Science Is Taught -- How Parents Can Help -- Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher -- Chapter 8: How Children's Learning Is Assessed -- The Purposes of Assessment -- Effective Approaches to Assessment -- What about Conventional Tests -- New Federal Requirements for Standards and Assessment -- How Parents Can Help -- Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher -- Chapter 9: Helping with Homework -- What Is Reasonable.
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Phonics and Whole Language -- How Reading Is Taught -- How Parents Can Help -- Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher -- Chapter 4: How Children Become Writers -- What's Involved in Learning to Write -- How Writing Is Taught -- How Parents Can Help -- Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher -- Chapter 5: How Children Become Mathematical Thinkers -- How Children Learn to Think Mathematically -- How Math Is Taught -- How Parents Can Help -- Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher -- Chapter 6: How Children Learn Social Studies -- What's Involved in Social Studies -- How Social Studies Is Taught.
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What Should You Expect fromYour Child's Teacher -- How Parents Can Help -- Questions to Ask Your Child's Teacher -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Developmental Characteristics of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Graders -- Learning Disabilities, Special Needs, and Inclusion -- Resources -- Endnotes -- Index -- About Teaching Strategies, Inc. -- About the Authors -- A Note from Teaching Strategies, Inc. -- Back Cover.
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Parents acting as informed consumers can transform our schools. What Every Parent Needs to Know... takes you inside exciting classrooms where children are challenged to become thinkers, problem solvers and enthusiastic leaders. You will learn:--How children become readers and writers--How children learn math, science and social studies skills--How to survive homework--What the debate over phonics, whole language and invented spelling is all about--How to best work with your child's teacher.
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Education, Primary-- Parent participation, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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EDUCATION-- Elementary.
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Education, Primary-- Parent participation.
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Elementary education, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Parent-child relationship.
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372.24/1
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LB1513.B45 2004eb
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Dodge, Diane Trister.
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Jablon, Judy R.
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