The sound of a child reading is like music to a parent's ears—so get your child started early with Spectrum® Phonics for grade 2! This best-selling language arts workbook uses progressive lessons, strategies, and practice to help children form words with letter sounds, pairs, and blends.

Understanding letter sounds is an essential piece to the reading proficiency puzzle. Spectrum Phonics for grade 2 guides children through blends, hard and soft consonants, vowel sounds, and vowel pairs. Filled with engaging exercises in a progressive format, this series provides an effective way to reinforce early language arts skills.

Mastering language arts is a long process—start with the basics. Spectrum Phonics is here to help children begin a successful journey to reading proficiency. With the help of this best-selling series, your child will improve early language arts skills with practice and activities that focus on phonics, structural analysis, and dictionary skills.

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• Answer Key

The Living & Nonliving Things Learning Center provides materials for 4 students and includes:.

1 Curriculum Mastery Game featuring:
• 1 Set of 30 illustrated self-checking question cards
• 1 Laminated double-sided game board & game pieces for up to 4 players

4 Visual Learning Guides focused on the same topic.

Each "Write-On/Wipe-Off" Visual learning guide is 11” x 17”, laminated and consists of four-pages which include self-directed readings, easy-to-follow illustrated explanations, guiding questions, graphic organizers and assessment review questions.

Packed in a zippered storage pouch.

Science taps into a kid's natural curiosity—help your child explore fascinating facts and compelling passages with a workbook that generates interest and teaches key concepts. Spectrum® Science for grade 5 introduces, reviews, and reinforces the skills your child needs to thrive in this subject.

Cultivate a love for science by providing standards-based practice that captures children's attention. Spectrum Science for grade 5 provides interesting informational text and fascinating facts about galaxies, subatomic particles, identical twins, and the first airplane.

When children develop a solid understanding of science, they're preparing for success. Spectrum Science for grades 3-8 improves scientific literacy and inquiry skills with an exciting exploration of natural, earth, life, and applied sciences. With the help of this best-selling series, your little scientist can discover and appreciate our extraordinary world!

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• Answer Key

Ease test-taking stress with a workbook that offers authentic assessment practice and a digital component that appeals to twenty-first century learners. Spectrum® Test Practice for grade 1 prepares kids for math and language arts success by simulating the test experience and applying blended learning—an effective strategy that uses technology to help kids master essential concepts.

Help your child hit new heights in test-taking with Spectrum Test Practice for grade 1. Aligned to current state standards, this workbook gets kids ready using practice tests, online exercises, tips, examples, and answer sheets similar to real math and language arts assessments.

By providing an authentic test experience, you're helping your child build the skills and confidence to exceed assessment expectations. Spectrum Test Practice provides everything kids need to take on testing—including online practice pages, customized by state and grade level.

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• Answer Key

Illustrated fiction, informational texts, and engaging exercises improve reading for enhanced learning across disciplines. Spectrum® Reading for grade 6 is a fun, standards-based language arts workbook that strengthens reading comprehension skills by increasing children's ability to understand, process, and analyze text.

Strong reading skills are the basis of school success, and Spectrum Reading for grade 6 will help children triumph over language arts and beyond. This standards-based workbook uses engaging text to support understanding key ideas, details, story structure, and knowledge integration.

Spectrum Reading will help your child improve their reading habits and strengthen their ability to understand and analyze text. This best-selling series is a favorite of parents and teachers because it is carefully designed to be both effective and engaging—the perfect building blocks for a lifetime of learning.

Features:

• Answer Key

The Living & Nonliving Things Learning Center provides materials for 4 students and includes:.

1 Curriculum Mastery Game featuring:
• 1 Set of 30 illustrated self-checking question cards
• 1 Laminated double-sided game board & game pieces for up to 4 players

4 Visual Learning Guides focused on the same topic.

Each "Write-On/Wipe-Off" Visual learning guide is 11” x 17”, laminated and consists of four-pages which include self-directed readings, easy-to-follow illustrated explanations, guiding questions, graphic organizers and assessment review questions.

Packed in a zippered storage pouch.

Strong writing skills help children soar! Clear, concise communication benefits kids throughout school and into adulthood. Spectrum® Writing for grade 8 guides blossoming writers through the writing, proofreading, and editing process to create a strong foundation essential for school success.

Spectrum Writing for grade 8 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write sentences, personal stories, descriptions, how-to instructions, reports, opinions, and more. Spectrum Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer's Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success.

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• Answer Key