Spectrum | Math Workbook | Grade 5, Printable
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I am using this book for both my rising 7th (struggles in math) and my 4th grader (advanced learner) and I can not say enough good things about the Spectrum Math series. Information is scaffolded well, laid out clearly and concisely. Material is not dumbed down. Lesson are SO important for 6th/7th grade and the way they explain exponents and powers of 10 and percents are critical in mastering material needed in later grades. It isn't straight drilling, but offers lots of review. This book actually teaches your child how to do the problems, but you have to teach the WHY. The materials is right in line with a 5th grade curriculum. My 4th grader is advanced learner with exposure to fractions, multi-step multiplication, area models, metrics and division. This is a solid book for her to advance to the 6th grade curriculum this year and I don't feel like anything is getting missed. My 7th grader has gaps of knowledge ALL OVER THE PLACE and struggles with Math. I am taking her back to build her up. She has more exposure to upper level content, but never learned WHY she was doing things and manipulating problems a certain way. This is just what she needs to get caught back up. The schools say they remediate your kids (they don't - they just teach them how to pass the EOG test), but this book actually does teach your child (you need to help of course). If you have your child work through it consistently and with fidelity, they will either advance their knowledge one level or bridge gaps they may have missed at this level. I feel relieved to have found this series for both my girls and am excited to start the 6th grade workbook which is also high rated in my opinion."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So my kiddo has been struggling with math here recently so I bought this for him. While he hates it and the fact that I am making him do more math than what the school is giving him; I love it. Totally worth the price.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought this last year- the summer before my son entered fifth grade. I figured it would allow him to get an idea of what fifth grade math will be like. I have to tell you, it helped him tremendously in fifth grade. The concepts in this workbook are: Multiplying and Dividing two and three digits, Place Value, Using Decimals in all Operations, Fractions in all operations, Geometry, Mathematical Expressions/ Pre-Algebra, the dreaded Order Of Operations and Graphing. They fit with the Common Core for Math in my state. I taught him what I know and what he was comfortable learning. He told me that when he was in Math class, he felt like the lessons were second nature, because he was already exposed to it. His Math standard test scores were excellent. This is not a workbook that the child can work on independently (unless he/she has been through fifth grade). Each lesson has questions with answers in the back. Learning ahead may not be for every child, but it works for my son.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I have tried so many math workbooks for my son. Each time, I realize that Spectrum Math book is the best so far. It is well organized and provides instruction on the top as needed, enough practice to get familiar with each topic, and some difficult problems (not a lot). Spectrum is the first math book I pick whenever my son starts the next grade level. Then, I use a couple workbooks that contain only work problems, and one workbook with specific topic such as division, fraction, geometry. This specific 5th grade math workbook has less of repeating problems (+/-/x/div) compared to other grades Spectrum workbook. This book itself won't be enough to master 5th grade level math. This is enough to understand and start for 5th grade level systematically."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My daughter is 10 years old in fifth grade at public school and this was a very great at home tool to assist with her struggles in her class!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "No matter what subject you are looking for a little extra help in this is a great product for you. They break down the problems really well, one thing I love about these books is they lay flat and you don't have to keep pushing the centerfold down as you are working on them. I am really happy with this brand and will be getting more of them. Wonderful books!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I got these (3rd/4th/5th grades) for my nieces to catch them up with their math during this whole COVID shutdown. These math books are great. The chapters have Pretests so that they can review what they know, and if they ace it, I let them skip the chapter. If not, I just have them go through that chapter (or parts of it) and have them take the Post-test at the end of it. If they know most of the stuff, I let them skip to the mid-test. If they don’t know something, they go back and review certain lessons.\n\nMy nieces have been liking these books, too. The they’re formatted nicely and are pretty decent at teaching concepts. I also plan ahead and highlight the page numbers and mark rows of questions I want them to answer so they know what to work on. Just today I paired 30 min. increments of math books with 30-45min of “Reading Eggs” online (google it, my nieces love it). It really breaks up the monotony.\n\nI love these books and will be using them lots!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is a no nonsense maths book that is perfect for supplementary homework or tuition. It is also a great addition for extension work in classroom. It is clearly set out, no fuss or unnecessary illustrations and lots of practice for students. Examples are clearly explained. Wonderful.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I like Spectrum workbooks because they are straight forward and do not contain a lot of flashy pictures to cause distraction. The content seems to fit the grade level well. This is the brand I always look for first because I have never felt let down by them. The first pages include multiplication and division and nightly practice is helping my 10 year old to significantly improve his basic math skills.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I’m so happy with this purchase. My son was falling behind in math, we ordered this book and hired a tutor. This book covers exactly what they were teaching in the classroom. My son feels so much more confident and actually loves math now that he “gets it”.'}]