5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Visually Pleasing & Easy to Use

w. · November 12, 2023

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have!!

s. · February 27, 2011

I bought this book after being frustrated with the lack of vocabulary my children have in the classroom. After speaking with my child's teacher about the lack of weekly vocabluary, and that the children were OBVIOUSLY not going to get this in the public school....I decided to buy this book to use as an at-home tool for my 6th grader (I also bought the 3rd grade version for my younger child).Each lesson has 10 vocab words with definitions, and then 5-6 activities to complete using these words. I first review the definitions with my child and give an example of how it might be used in a sentence. I then let her complete the activities and check them before she goes on to the next one. Depending on the activities, it may take about 15-20 minutes to complete the lesson. She seems more confident with word meaning and this should help with reading comprehension as well. I have been really happy with the book so far and only wish I had started these books earlier. I highly recommend this series.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!

M. · February 13, 2014

I purchased this after moving to a very small school and became the Social Studies and Language Arts teacher for grades 6-12 (there were 5 teachers for grades K-12 so it was a very small school). I went to college for Social Studies, so was in very unfamiliar territory for vocabulary in language arts. This became my Holy Grail for middle school vocabulary (grades 6-8 all in one class together) for a year. Since all of middle school were in one class, I couldn't use it the next year as two of the grades would have already completed everything, otherwise I would have used it over and over. It had great activities to help the kids learn the meanings of the words and learn how to use the words.

4.0 out of 5 stars Homeschooling

J.R. · April 1, 2022

I used this book for my 12 year old, who I homeschool. This is our third year using these scholastic vocabulary workbooks. The lessons are short and rather easy. Its good for a short and straight to the point word study.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great help

J.M.K. · May 6, 2023

My granddaughter is Japanese and living in Japan. This is a great help for her in her English class.

5.0 out of 5 stars My son loves the syntax and content!

I.l.i.I.s.j.r.a.m.s.i.g.a.b.n.m.p.s. · February 28, 2023

My son enjoyed his lesson so much we are doing a lesson a day, and the reiteration for the usage of words is perfect.

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I wanted!

T. · July 7, 2023

This book is perfect for broadening vocabulary. Quite impressed! Glad I bought it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning tool

K. · November 17, 2012

I noticed that my kids needed to learn more words & I wanted to grow my kids' vocabulary, so we started with this book a few weeks ago. We sit down & make flash cards using the words in each lesson & then I let them do the exercises after learning the words. My kids are 5th & 7th grade, some words they already know (about %25) but it's a good revision & they would be discouraged if they knew non of the words so this works out perfectly.

This book is great!

B.K. · December 18, 2018

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