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Read It! Draw It! Solve It!: Grade 2, WORKBOOK

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I have the same complaint as the last reviewer. I waited a long time for this book to arrive and my mouth hung open in shock when I saw the puny "mini me" of a book I received. There is no index to tell you which solver problem addresses which content area in math, and there aren't enough pages to make this a worthwhile curriculum book. As the last reviewer advised, don't buy this. Look for the full-size edition. The ISBN is 1-57232-435X.

The "workbook" edition I received was nothing like the more comprehensive collection of problem solving activities I was expecting. (The cover also does not match the cover of the book advertised.) If you order this, be aware that you will receive only 45 activities, based on animal themes. Instead of a focus on math and problem solving, the kids are directed to draw animals such as a stag, a doe, a rooster, and a bull. I'm sure the math will be completely lost in the unreasonable drawing tasks. Bottom line, check the ISBN of the more comprehensive book of reproducible problem solving tasks with the same title and don't bother to order this.

The Product Details clearly state: Paperback: 48 pages. I wish I had seen that before I ordered it.This appears to be a workbook for the actual book which my Wife saw in a store and asked me to order. The picture does not match the book cover, which states "Grade 2 workbook". 60% of each page is a box to draw in, 25% lines to write on, and the other 15% (max) is 1-3 sentence questions. Do yourself a favor and give your kids a blank piece of drawing paper and ask them silly questions like "how many mittens do 3 spiders require?" then have them draw the spiders. 12 dollars buys a lot of blank paper!

Hmm...I am not sure what the other reviews are based on. The book that I have has 180 pages....one for each day of school. It also gives a table showing a list of math skills and which problems will address those. I use this a lot with my students. It gives a variety of problems and also a space in which to show their thinking. So...I give it a good recommendation!

I teach 2nd Graders and have used the 2nd gr. book for several years. I find it to be a very worthwhile addition to my math curriculum. Based on the descriptions shared in other reviews it doesn't sound as if those folks got the book I have. Mine does have a chart of math concepts with page numbers of those activities. It's on page Roman numeral "v". My book also has 180 pages. Since most 2nd Graders have issues with following directions, if they even bother to read them, I find these pages to be very helpful. I stress that the drawing must happen even if a student can solve it with mental math. I like the aspect that some pages have more than one correct solution, tho' I only require a child to show one. By now I know which pages may need more explanation and certainly at the beginning of the year we work through several pages together as they learn how to do the page. I have recommended this book to my colleagues and would recommend it to anyone!

I found that it was exactly what I was looking for and it came sooner than I was expecting it to come.

This is my first comment/review ever as a loyal Amazon customer and 15 year classrooom teacher. I ordered the grades 1,2, and 3 books (shipped overnight), expecting the 192 page blackline master books I had previously owned in my first grade classroom. What I received tonight is just awful....three flimsy 46 pp (each) workbooks, that do not necessarily focus on math (for example: In the grade 2 book, "Here is one animal whose name begins with 'ch'"....????????? I am SO disappointed that I cannot seem to find the original 192 pp books. Do not buy these books from Amazon!

I ordered this book,and once I received it, discovered it was the wrong book. I called customer service and they tried to tell me it was the right book. I received animal themes, which is not what I ordered. They kept trying to tell me it was the same book, and it is not. Once I finally convinced them they had shipped the wrong book, and what I received was not what the picture showed, then they tell me it will take 3 weeks AFTER they recieve the book back to credit my account. Not that $13 will break me, but it is the principle of the matter. THe guy was rude, and not to mention aggravated with me because I had a hard time explaining to him the problem. I had to spell every word for him because he had very poor broken english. When I requested to speak to someone else I was told that I had to go through him first. Very poor customer service. Read It! Draw It! Solve It!: Grade 2, WORKBOOK

I agree with everyone who has written a review for this book. I waited forever to get the book, and I was so excited because I used the Read It! Draw It! Solve It! book with the second graders that I student taught, and it was highly recommended by a math coordinator at my school. I just knew that when I got it I was going to use it right away with my students. But I was wrong. It is not the book that I expected. I don't even want to keep it. I am thinking of giving it to one of my students. I wish I would have the read the reviews before wasting my money.

I bought this to try with my second grade class, and was really disappointed. The problems are way too easy. I was hoping for something that would help them practice their problem solving skills, but this was not it. Save your money.