Spectrum Math, Grade 2

Rating:
Summary: pretty good practice book
Review: This book offers concise and clear coverage of grade 2 math topics. It organizes the content by key concept highlights, practice sheets, and some applications. Ideal for 2nd graders to consolidate what they learn in classroom. Do not miss the activities included. They are well designed.

If your child does math daily, she can finish this book pretty soon. As a supplement, I also let my daughter use a Houston community web site www.beestar.org. It provides free timed math exercises online every week. With this book under belt, she ranks pretty high among her peers online. A good math book that delivers result.

Rating:
Summary: Good for practice
Review: This book works through basic sums and subtraction from 0-9 using pictures. It then starts with addition of two and three digit numbers and ends with sums and subtraction of numbers 10-14. There was one page of measurement and time, a couple pages involving money, but that was it. It had minimal illustrations for two and three digit numbers, but excellent visual representations for sums and subtractions. Also, there were a lot of 'check up' and practice sheets. The illustrations on each page seemed to interest my son enough to keep going. I'd definitely use it as a supplement, but you'll have to explain to the child how to do some of the things, especially if they have had minimal exposure to math and the decimal system.

Rating:
Summary: Good for practice
Review: This book works through basic sums and subtraction from 0-9 using pictures. It then starts with addition of two and three digit numbers and ends with sums and subtraction of numbers 10-14. There was one page of measurement and time, a couple pages involving money, but that was it. It had minimal illustrations for two and three digit numbers, but excellent visual representations for sums and subtractions. Also, there were a lot of 'check up' and practice sheets. The illustrations on each page seemed to interest my son enough to keep going. I'd definitely use it as a supplement, but you'll have to explain to the child how to do some of the things, especially if they have had minimal exposure to math and the decimal system.