What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know covers the basics of language arts, history and geography, visual arts, music, math, and science. A collection of American speeches, tales from around the world, math problems, and biographies of famous scientists add to the book’s usefulness and enhance the pleasure of both adult and child as they work together. Hundreds of thousands of children have benefited from the Core Knowledge Series. This edition gives a generation of fifth graders the knowledge they need to make progress in school and establish an approach to learning that will last a lifetime.
