The fifth book in the Life of Fred Elementary Series; the first book of second-grade material.
MATH CONCEPTS
Concurrent Lines
Parallel Lines
Trapezoids
Right Angles
Functions
Rhombuses
Constant Functions
Median Average
Writing Larger Numbers with Commas
Using Logarithms to Solve 2x = 5
Birdie Rule for Logarithms
Finding Approximate values for log 5 on a Calculator
Bar Graphs
< (less than)
Numbers that Add to 8
10 and 12
Paralellograms
Rows and Columns of a Matrix
Quarter of an Hour
Half Dozen
Six Examples of Functions: Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Tangent, and Derivative
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OTHER CONCEPTS
Dangling participles
Christina Rossetti’s “A Chill”
Dealing with Troubles
Facing Things You Don’t Want to Do
Tripoli
Eritrea
Math Poems
Couplets in Poetry
Strait does not mean Straight
Judging People by their Size
If Fred Were an Author
Population of the Earth
State Income Tax Rates as Percents
Definition of Polka Dots
the Four Kinds of Sentences: Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamation
Pronouns
Importance of Seat Belts
Small, Medium, and Large Mistakes
Busted vs. Broken
Gibbous Moons
Dusk
Two Kinds of Knowledge Errors
Firearm Safety
Symptoms of Hypothermia
Voluntary and Involuntary Actions of the Body
Lorentz Contraction
International Date Line
Treatment of Hypothermia
the Addition Game Using Playing Cards
Alright Is Not a Word
Playing Guess-A-Function
One Way to Feel Lonely
What It Means to Matriculate