Series: Spectrum
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Spectrum; Csm Wkb edition (August 15, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1483811778
ISBN-13: 978-1483811772
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.5 x 10.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #6,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #14 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Reading & Writing > Vocabulary & Spelling #2201 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 9 - 10 years
Grade Level: 4 and up
The content is fine, though I will say that people will want to check their books, because the copy I received had Pages 65-96 repeated after Page 96, and so the book was missing pages 97-128. I contacted the publisher and they are providing me with a digital copy of the missing pages.
The spelling words for too difficult for my special education students in high school. The activities were extremely difficult for them to do without me going over the answers. They did much better with the 3rd grade version. The 4th grade version also has 15 spelling words per lesson vs the 10 words in the 3rd grade book.
Spectrum is a great choice for practicing and helping your kid achieve more by doing a page now and then. The lessons usually start with a dozen of spelling words, then practice on using those words in a variety of combination - writing, answering questions. really helpful! I recommend it!
This is a great tool for me to use for homeschooling my 8 year old son. One thing I dislike is that some of the activities are a little ridiculous what they're asking the child to do. Main example is that each lesson has it's own spelling list; however some activities ask that the child figure out the answers for the questions using all the spelling lists from all previous lessons. This makes it very difficult for my child, or even me, to answer the questions. It should definitely be limited to only the words on the spelling list dedicated to that specific lesson. Other than those activities, the book is good, and a great tool to practice spelling and writing.
This is excellent for the child that enjoys word work but may not be appropriate for the struggling student. My oldest daughter has used the program since 1st grade and really likes it but then she has not had any problem with language arts.
After using a lot of Spectrum workbooks, we got this book also of high quality. This book teaches one of the most important skills -- spelling. It includes variant consonants, irregular plural nouns, prefixes and suffixes, rhyming words, dictionary and the answer key. My son loves the arrangement of every lesson. Each lesson starts with spelling tips, followed by words in context, word building, challenge, fun with words and words in writing. The words are not only presented to kids, but also used by them in different circumstances, such as filling in blanks and writing a paragraph. Highly recommend! For more practice, we simply used the online language arts exercises on the Beestar website. The worksheets are well-designed and have interesting real-life questions for your child to practice. If you are like me, you will be surprised that kids nowadays are pretty quick and smart in online learning.
Covers a vast area of spelling and language skills. However instructions could be improved making it more understandable to the young student without assistance. All in all I still give 5 stars for the quality of the subject matter and it's beneficial array of spelling and language skills.
A very nice workbook focused on practice for spelling mastery. This is the very book I am looking for my daughter. It includes short and long vowels, homophones, commonly used words, compound words, a dictionary and answer key. After a group of lessons there's a review, which we really like. We are also glad that the practice includes spelling tips, challenges, and words in writing. Spelling in the correct way really helps my daughter to build up her vocabulary. For more practice, we also use Beestar vocabulary program (a wonderful website beestar.org). It starts with well-explained new words, and then follows by ten challenging multiple-choice questions. It also has crossword puzzles and vivid articles to fill in missing words. My daughter likes it a lot. In the Beestar online tests, she is ranked high in the honor roll. She's already seeing how the techniques help her in her normal vocabulary work. She is now probably the top student in her class. I’m very pleased with this book. Give it five stars.
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