Weekly Reader: Summer Express (Between Grades 1 & 2) Workbook

Product Description Give children a head start in school! This colorful, fun-filled workbook is designed to reinforce skills through engaging activities. With more than 100 curriculum-based pages—arranged in a progressive, 10-week format—targeting vocabulary, reading, writing, phonics, grammar, math, and more this book will help prepare first graders for second grade. A summer’s worth of great learning from the trusted editors of Weekly Reader. Review "Is there is one, and only one, activity ALL teachers would agree on, that is that children MUST be engaged in reading during the summer. Anybody knows this. It is a fact that reading is the most important skill a child can learn in school. Without reading, there is no writing, and therefore, no academic skills can be accomplished. These guides help parents ease the pain of having to force kids to read. They are very well designed, they motivate young children to read, and they get the basic skills across really well. Get it and see it for yourself. The price is great, and this should be a no-brainer." --BenjaminProvided via Amazon Vine "Scholastic has made another wonderful book and program. I like that this Summer Express program focuses on math, reading, writiing, grammar and vocabulary, all aimed for between grades 1 and 2. I like how it is organized with the week number, day number and focus for that work page in the top corner of each page. It gives a quick reminder of where we should be and what objective we're focusing on. The pages are simple and yet provide the practice and talking points for further learning. The back of the book also provides the answer key for each page, in an easy to find and read format." --MimiProvided via Amazon Vine "This is fun and challenging to keep the mind fresh and ready to start school again! There are 100 pages of 10 week sections. Each cover vocabulary, reading, writing, phonics, grammar and math. The pages are bright and colorful. It really will draw your first graders attention in and prepare them for second grade. They will be excited to learn during the summer!" --Sarah FullerProvided via Amazon Vine "This is a cool paperback workbook with fun daily learning activities for retaining and strengthening math and language skills. It aims to be low pressure but rewarding to the child, to motivate and encourage learning. It also has some helpful tips to parents in the beginning, on how to maximize the impact and get the child into the routine. We will update after we've used it with our six year old, as to how she responds to it." --RivendellProvided via Amazon Vine "This is a great workbook for reinforcing learning and helping to prevent summer learning loss. The cover picture with the young girl in the pool makes it look like there will be fun stuff inside. It is laid out in a fun and aesthetically pleasing way with colorful pictures, stickers, games, and many activities. It is relatively easy for my 1st grader to figure out what to do (for many of the pages, though others do require assistance from an adult). Answer keys are included at the back. Overall, a great workbook for reinforcing learning during the summer months." --Sherry L. BarrProvided via Amazon Vine "Teachers frequently bemoan the fact that children lose knowledge over the summer, so the first few weeks of a new school year are often dedicated to a review. To help the children in your family practice and retain learned materials as well as get a head start on new materials, a great activity is summer reading or summer practice. The Weekly Reader Summer Express is perfect for students. This particular book is for the grades 1 and 2, so either a rising Kindergarten student or a rising 1st grade student can use this. It covers math, reading writing, grammar, and vocabulary. There are colorful pictures and stickers, games, stories, writing and a large number of activities. The back of the book as the answer sheets so the student can self check, or