Weekly Reader: Summer Express (Between Grades 4 & 5) Workbook

Weekly Reader: Summer Express (Between Grades 4 & 5) Workbook

Fun and engaging activity pages that reinforce reading, writing, spelling, phonics, grammar, math skills, and more, and prepare fourth graders for fifth grade! From the editors of Weekly Reader. Give children a head start in school! This collection of colorful, fun-filled activity pages is designed to reinforce skills through engaging activities. With more than 100 curriculum-based pages-arranged in a progressive, 10-week format-targeting handwriting, alphabet and number recognition, reading, phonics, math, and more this book will help prepare preschoolers for kindergarten. A summer's worth of great learning from the trusted editors of Weekly Reader ! "I get my children workbooks every summer. I believe that if you don't keep practicing the things you learned in school over the past year you're at a disadvantage at the start of the next school year. I honestly think this is one of the better books I've found for them. It is not a large book, which makes the son this is intended for not feel like this is ""too much"" to do in the summer. The book is fairly straightforward. It has 100 pages, divided into 10 weeks. That gives you two pages to do each day. The daily pages are done as front and back, but I wish they were done side to side (so you're looking at both pages to do at once). I know it's a strange distinction to make, but I feel like if you're looking at the page spread you're not as likely to worry about what's next. You don't see the next pages and therefore you don't want to go on and do more work. You see all you have to do all at once. The book has a weekly chart for the child. The back of the book has stickers that you put on the chart each day when you do the work, in the bottom of that chart has a weekly certificate. There is a full certificate in the back for the entire book being finished. There's also several pages at the front of the book to help you as the parent know how to use the book. Of course, you can just plop the kid in front of it and make them do it, but they will get more out of it if you use it to teach. I like that it offer some critical thinking ideas, such as getting the child to tell you how they're going to approach the work. It also has ideas for going to beyond these pages to find real life applications of what they're learning. For instance, don't just have them do some math, let them help you figure the grocery budget or do some of the balancing of the checkbook. This age is old enough to help with things like that. I also really love the idea of having your child keep a journal at the same time that they're doing this. And of course, there is a lot of promotion of reading. Each week starts with a page of ideas for the week and a review of which skills they will be practicing. There's also an answer key in the back. The majority of the days will have both grammar and math worksheets. Each Friday page is strictly reading based, with comprehension questions. A lot of those are civic or science based. And of course, the work progresses in difficulty. I expect my son to argue a bit because the math pages (some, not all) can be lengthy." --A. Looby Provided via Amazon Vine "The Weekly Reader Summer express Between grades 4 & 5 continues to bring more to the table both mathematically: Hello fractions, word problems and an intro to Pre-Algebra and in reading and writing comprehension: exact words verses commonly confused words, synonyms and antonyms and an extra side of science, geography and social studies with a dash of morse code thrown in. (pun intended). The Weekly Reader series over the decades has managed to maintain a remarkable level of education and entertainment in brief yet concise installments such a way that children look forward to the exercises and challenges and these brief lessons have actually helped many children bridge the learning gap when their in class lessons fail to engage. So I am very glad to see that Scholastic has taken the step beyond the class room and produced these wonderful summer program workbooks to keep children engaged throughout their summer break. These are truly a wonderful investment." --D. Matlack Provided via Amazon Vine "This is a 10 week program, but my child is already itching to do more than the recommended pages each day. I like that the book gives you ideas for enrichment and a jumpstart for other ideas to help review with your child. I am planning to add these pages in amongst other hands on and outdoor activities, hopefully enriching our summer while providing opportutnities for review and practice. Weekly Reader has produced another wonderful program!" --Mimi Provided via Amazon Vine "This book comes in different versions for different ages / grades of children. This book is for kids between grades four and five. This book is made-up of exercises for a ten-week program. It's to keep kids learning during the Summer break. There are lots and lots of different exercises for continued learning in math, readi