From the Book - Revised edition.
I. Language and literature. Learning to read : Reading is not a skill ; The knowledge connection
First grade and your child : Listening and learning
Common Core state standards and your child : A balance of fiction and nonfiction ; Explore the world through reading and listening ; A focus on evidence ; Academic vocabulary ; Coherence
Building literacy at home : Read to your first grader ; Talk to your child ; Limit TV time ; Choose activities that build background knowledge ; Be a reader, raise a reader
Literature : Read-aloud activities
II. History and geography. World history and geography
American history and geography
V. Mathematics. Patterns and classifications
VI. Science. Living things and their habitats
Electricity: an introduction to the shocking facts
Astronomy: our solar system
