Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills, Grade 2 - Homeschooling & Classroom Resource Workbook, Reproducible Worksheets, Teaching Edition, Spelling Strategies, Reading and Writing Skills

Simple spelling book that works great for us!

I had a really hard time deciding which spelling book to go with, shopping online makes it harder to buy school books when you can't flip through all the pages. But this one is fantastic. The pages that accompany each set of words are engaging enough to not feel like she is learning to spell or repeating the same words over and over again for the lesson. Each week the words are slightly more challenging in than the last. I also love that there are bonus lines. I've been using these to add words that she had a hard time with from the previous week. We will definitely buy the next great once she has mastered this one.

This book is great! Fits in well with our homeschooling curriculum and will continue to buy them for the upcoming years. Very impressed with the quality of the book and the structure of the book.

This is our least hated spelling curriculum so far. I like that it isn’t just seemingly random lists of words but each list has a phonetic theme like long a sound or “wh” words. I also love that this is one curriculum that I don’t have to teach other than briefly review the rule for the list and do dictation and a test. My son is mostly independent with it. The words seem very simplistic for second grade in at least the first half of the book but I have noticed words I thought he surely knew how to spell, he actually didn’t. I like that they occasionally change up the types of activities each week so it doesn’t get too boring.

As a homeschooler I had tried other spelling programs that came with word lists and two or three activites per list but couldn't make them work. These workbooks while a little pricey are worth it because with an activity for each of the first four days of the week and just the test to give each Friday it helps keep a steady routine. The words seemed a bit simple at the start of the grade level to me, but now that we're further in with conjugated verbs in the list it is addressing some gaps in what the kiddos knew. You can add two words of your own to each word list which I like as well. Teacher involvement is picking the two bonus words, reading the word list Mondays for a pre-test, reading two dictation sentences for Thursday, and reading the word list off again on Friday for the actual test.

My second grader ate this curriculum up. The words are easy for second graders, which was a plus for my kiddo. We would do 4 pages at a time, and use the work for review. I have seen a huge improvement in my son's spelling skills. I highly recommend this to any family, especially hesitant readers and writers.

I have seen a huge difference in my child when he started using this book. This book has helped him with writing, spelling, and reading. Once we finished the first grade, I purchased the second grade. I am very impressed with this schoolbook.

I ordered this book and two others from Evan Moor to use over the summer. I must say that this is my daughters favorite book to use for summer slide learning. The activities are broken down into daily activities that give students to ability to build their skill. The book has a guide and "lesson plan" to help if needed. Students can take a quiz/test at the end of the week to show what they know. I will continue to use this and other grade level to help my kiddos.

This is one of my favourite spelling workbooks. The test part also includes the diction - which is amazing. Plus the extra practice is not very easy - forces the child to think. It gets much practice without overwhelming the child.

This is an excellent book . Currently using with my 8yr old who is a reluctant writer . It's simple layout and 1 page lesson each day is working very well .

Great warm up book. Encourages independent work. Easy to use and quick to get through.

Educational and perfect for grade 2 and accounting to school curriculum

We homeschool and this was GREAT for my son. We love the Evan-Moor products and this one was no different.