What Every Parent Needs To Know About 1st, 2nd And 3rd Grades, 2e (teaching Strategies)

“What Every Parent Needs to Know… “What Every Parent Needs to Know About 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grades helps parents understand how children learn and the importance of active discovery and interaction.” —Stanley I. Greenspan, MD, Author of The Growth of the Mind and The Secure Child “Written with clarity and chock-full of real classroom vignettes, this practical book will help parents understand what really happens in the critical early years of school and, more importantly, what should happen in each child’s classroom.” —Dr. Richard Lodish, Associate Head and Lower School Principal, Sidwell Friends School, Washington, D.C. “An informed parent is the single best advocate for quality classrooms. This book gives parents the information they need to evaluate their children’s classrooms and to effectively assist in the education of their young children.” —Nikki Meyer, Metro Nashville/Davidson County Board of Education 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 learners. 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 Parenting BICKART DODGE JABLON “Clear and concise.” Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children’s Defense Fund What Every Parent Needs to Know About 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grades Second Edition $12.95 U.S. EAN $19.95 CAN UPC What Every Parent Needs to Know About 1st,2nd &3rd Grades gives parents the information they need to understand how children learn and what schools can do to prepare them for the next century.” —Senator Lamar Alexander, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Education An Essential Guide to Your Child’s Education TONI S. BICKART • DIANE TRISTER DODGE • JUDY R. JABLON What Every Parent Needs to Know About 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grades Second Edition An Essential Guide to Your Child’s Education TONI S. BICKART • DIANE TRISTER DODGE • JUDY R. JABLON Copyright © 1997, 2004 by Teaching Strategies, Inc. Cover and Internal Design © 2004 by Sourcebooks, Inc. Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews— without permission in writing from Sourcebooks, Inc. Co-published by: Teaching Strategies, Inc. P.O. Box 42243 Washington, DC 20015 (800) 637-3652 FAX: (202) 364-7273 Sourcebooks, Inc. P.O. Box 4410 Naperville, IL 60567 (630) 961-3900 FAX: (630) 961-2168 www.sourcebooks.com Internal illustrations by Jody Eastman Author photo by Michael Bennett Kress Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Information Bickart, Toni S. 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. p. cm. Includes bibliograp