Weekly Reader: Summer Express (Between Grades 2 & 3) Workbook

I think that the Summer Series is one of the best home workbooks to get.We like making working with it fun.

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We use these every summer to prevent summer slump. Last year my daughter got annoyed with all of the reviewing at the beginning of the school year because "she already knew everything". The instructions are minimal, so there is more independent work. It covers all of the subjects. There is no science section, but the reading topics are science oriented to keep up with vocabulary and concepts. I'm not sure what we will do when the kids move on to middle school.

This was exactly what I was looking for. Something to keep my 7-year-old engaged and close any gaps that the summer break might bring. There is a nice variety of exercises and the bright colors and pictures keep things from getting boring. My little scholar enjoys doing the daily exercises.

Wanted something to keep learning over summer break. Good content.

Very helpful. I'm so glad I got it.

My child is going from 2nd to 3rd grade and is in the gifted program. As a result she finds this book extremely easy so I'm not sure it's much of a bridge but its definitely practice and worth the money.

Scholastic has created an attractive and smartly written workbook that manages to dumb down a student’s ability to sustain their school-based learning over the 10-week summer break.The 50-page workbook (the 100 curriculum-based pages in the Product Description refers to 50 double-sided worksheets, not 100 distinct two-sided pages of work) features lessons in math, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. Traditional puzzles like skip counting mazes and math problem riddles, as well as fill-in-the-blank word exercises and reading comprehension Q&A's fill these pages. Each page is color coded according to the week, and is illustrated with a mix of cartoony graphics and real-life photos. It’s a clean, colorful, and comprehensive presentation of material.My problem with this work is the concept behind its execution - that one worksheet a day is sufficient for stemming the documented academic “brain drain” that is reflected in student performance at the beginning of each new school year. I guess the title “Summer Express” should have been my cue that this was a workbook of hit-and-run type of learning. Bottom line: Scholastic is pitching the page-a-day structure of this workbook as being better than nothing.If you did five pages a day out of this book, you’d complete it within two weeks. It's a worthwhile but incomplete investment. Up your child’s ante and either/also purchase  reading  and  math  workbooks that take your child's learning effort seriously.