Spectrum Science, Grade 5

We homeschool and I was pleasantly surprised at how engaging these lessons were. My daughter loved doing them (no this is not a fake or paid review). Will be purchasing this name brand for the next school year! She took a lot away from these lessons and I highly recommend!

I love this book. My son is 4th grader and it is helping him with his critical thinking, learning to be a close reader, reading comprehension, vocabulary and patience all at once. I give him about a good 40 minutes a week to work on a section of his choice and he is getting about 50 to 60% of the stuff on his own. But the stuff he doe to get straight off, we work on strategies and context stuff. I like seeing him progress and his confidence build. The best part about this book is it teaches patience in working to locate and think about answers. The book is structured well so he can easily thumb through and find a page to work on. Book isn’t to multiple pages of reading. It’s read one page, then answer about 7 questions on the nest page. It contains 7 chapters , 7 lessons per, with a Chapter Review Test at end of each. The book it totally appropriate for a 4th or 5th grader. It doesn’t take a whole lot of explaining to understand how to use effectively. Also the answers are explained in back of book.

It seems a bit scattered and unfocused with bits of things instead of focusing on a few main themes. Haven't worked much from this because of that.

So many exercises and very descriptive. My 5th grader make sure that she does atleast a chapter everyday. It has lots of variety on subjects. The clarity of instructions and the thoughtful layout of the workbook make it easy for my child to navigate through the lessons independently. I liked the inclusion of progress-tracking tools within the workbook.

Very happy with the way the activities are laid out. Every lesson has its own question segment. Very kids friendly and in depth details.