Spectrum 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Workbook: Master Essential Reading Skills for School Success

Anthony: Thank you.

United States on May 13, 2023

Regina G.: Nice for everyday practice, doing a page a day

United States on Apr 30, 2023

Lilylbc: The stories are good but the questions are very confusing. It does have a cheat sheet on the back but a lot of the questions will state that answers will vary.

United States on Dec 29, 2022

Jeanne: No guidance instructions provided, not a good book for self study.
I will save it for later

Canada on Oct 09, 2022

Amazon Customer: Good

Canada on Jan 11, 2021

Amazon Customer: I am a reading tutor and this is my favorite workbook. It is particularly good for students who have difficulty with inference and causation. Topics are a mix of fiction and related non-fiction. Along with other 3rd grade tasks, it teaches how the emotions and interactions of the characters affect their behavior. It has some direct answer questions and some that require inference. An example is a story about a boy having a bad day at soccer practice and wanting to quit. The student has to identify characteristics of the boy and the coach as well as why the boy wants to quit. It asks for the students to identify parts in the story that tell how the boy is feeling and what he is thinking. The next story is the mother asking questions to identify that the boy missed lunch and coming up with a solution of a snack before practice. The questions then relate back to the student if they ever wanted to give up. A drawback is that the Grade 3 is prominent on the cover, but pages can be pulled out for delayed readers. The stories and illustrations could easily be used with late elementary.

United States on Dec 16, 2020

Brandon & Isabelle: We purchased 9 of these Spectrum books (3 Reading, 3 Language Arts & 3 Writing, Grades 6, 3, &1) and we ended up returning all of them, except for Spectrum Reading, Grade 1. We started homeschooling on our own after the schools closed down due to COVID-19. I bought these books as a way to help the kids round out their school year since the public schools were in a scramble to adapt to online learning. While I love their set up, it required too much daily writing. We bought 9 of these books so this review is going to be copied and pasted on to each one.

If you have a reluctant writer or are planning on buying several different Spectrum workbooks for one child, then I will warn you that the workbooks require a lot of writing. A LOT of writing. If you do love the layout of these books, then I would suggest that you alternate which ones your child works on in a single day. My oldest daughter (6th grade) is not a reluctant writer and even she dreaded having to do these books. So if you want to try them out I suggest only getting one at a time and doing only a page a day. A lesson is generally 2-3 pages. If you have a reluctant writer those 2-3 pages will take over an...

United States on Jul 15, 2020

ML: I purchased this book for my child. My son cannot complete this book alone. Some of the questions are too difficult for grade 3 students to answer. There is no explanation or guidance in the book. For example, one question "what is the author's purpose in writing this selection?". How does a grade 3 student know what "purpose" is? The question has more than 1 response and assumes the student will know what "purpose" means and can deduce the answer from the story. Another example of an ambiguous question for a grade 3 student, states some comment made by a character in the story and then, asks "what does this tell you about the character?" Grade 3 students should be asked specific questions not open ended questions that require analysis of the psychological state of a character. Most students that age have not developed the skills yet to respond to open ended questions requiring interpretation of facts or information about characters. Overall I would not recommend the book. The questions should test the student's ability to understand the facts in the story. If questions require students to interpret facts, explanations/guidance should be provided for the child to easily answer the...

Canada on Oct 09, 2019

Customer: Good book for practice

India on Jul 23, 2019

Jeanne: Useful for home schooling. My 8 year old boy learned from this and having the answers helped me as English is not my first language.

Canada on Jan 28, 2015