Dear Sis,
Workbooks are very budget and user friendly homeschooling tool! In a recent post I listed several secular publishers of workbooks that meet common core/state curriculum standards. In this post, I’ll be giving specific examples.
Multi-Subject
Covering more than one subject in one workbook is perhaps the most thrifty of all options.
Series: Big Fun Workbook
Subjects: English, Math, Science
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 2
Publisher: Highlights / Cost: $12.99
Series Conquering “your” Grade
Subjects: Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Writing
Individual Levels: Pre-K – Grade 5
Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $19.99
Series: Critical Thinking Detective
Subjects: Language Arts, Math, Thinking Skills
Spectrum Levels: Grades 3 – 12
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $9.99
Series: Dr. Funster’s Think-A-Minutes
Subjects: Language Arts, Math, Thinking Skills
Spectrum Ages: Grades 2-3, Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $7.99
Series: The One Big Book
Subjects: English, Math, Science
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8
Publisher: Ace Academic Publishing / Cost: $19.95
Series: Reading & Math Jumbo Workbook
Subjects: Math, Reading
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 4
Publisher: Scholastic / Cost: $11.99
Series: Spectrum Math & Language Arts
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $16.99
Single Subject
Art
Artworks for Kids (Teacher Edition)
Spectrum Level: Grades 1-6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $23.99
How to Teach Art to Children (Teacher Edition)
Spectrum Level: Grades 1-6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $19.99
Geography
Series: Daily Geography Practice (Student, Teacher)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $7.99, $29.99
Series: Geography
Individual Grades: Grade 3 – Grade 6
Publisher: Spectrum / Cost: $11.99
Series: Skill Sharpeners Geography
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $10.99
Series: The 7 Continents (Teacher Edition)
Titles: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia & Oceania,
Europe, North American, South America
Spectrum Level: Grades 4-6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99 each
Series: 180 Days of Geography
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $22.99
Health
Series: 180 Days of Social-Emotional Learning
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $22.99
Language Arts
Language Arts fits a broad range of topics such as: grammar, handwriting, literature, phonics, reading, spelling, writing, vocabulary, etc. For this reason I’ve added a line for “scope” which describes which parts of Language Arts are covered, when it is not otherwise apparent.
Series: At-Home Tudor: Reading & Language
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 2
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $8.99
Series: Basic Phonics Skills (Teacher Edition)
Spectrum Levels: PreK-K, K-Grade 1, Grades 1-2, Grades 2-3
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $29.99
Series: Big Fun Practice Pad: Reading and Writing
Individual Levels: PreK – K / Publisher: Highlights / Cost: $9.99
Series: Building Spelling Skills (Student, Teacher)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $7.99, $29.99
Series: Building Writing Skills
Spectrum Levels: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-7, Grades 6-12
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $12.99
Series: Common Core English Workbook
Scope: Grammar, Reading, Writing / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8
Publisher: Ace Academic Publishing / Cost: $14.95
Daily Language Series by Evan-Moor:
Daily Academic Vocabulary (Student, Teacher)
Individual Levels: Grades 2 – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.99, $29.99
Daily Handwriting Practice (Student, Teacher)
Cursive Options: Contemporary and Traditional
Manuscript Options: Modern and Traditional
Spectrum Levels: K – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.99, $20.99
Daily Paragraph Editing (Student, Teacher) / Scope: Grammar
Individual Levels: Grade 2 – Grade 8 / Cost: $7.99, $24.99
Daily Phonics (Teacher Edition) / Cost: $29.99
Individual Levels: Grades 1-3 & Spectrum Level: Grades 4-6
Daily Reading Comprehension (Student, Teacher)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8 / Cost: $7.99, $29.99
Daily 6-Trait Writing (Student, Teacher)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8 / Cost: $7.99, $29.99
Series: Dr. DooRiddles & Spelling Do Riddles
Scope: Comprehension, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary
Spectrum Levels: PreK – Grade 2, Grades 2-3, Grades 4-7
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $9.99
Series: Draw… Then Write (Teacher Edition)
Spectrum Levels: Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $16.99
Series: Editor in Chief
Spectrum Levels: Grades 2-3, Grades 3-4, Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Scope: Grammar / Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $19.99
Fundamental Language Series by Evan-Moor
Language Fundamentals (Teacher Edition) / Cost: $29.99
Scope: Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – 6
Reading Comprehension Fundamentals (Teacher Edition)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $23.99
Vocabulary Fundamentals (Teacher Edition)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 3 / Cost: $26.99
Series: Grammar & Punctuation (Teacher Edition)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99
Series: Language Smarts
Scope: Grammar, Spelling, Writing / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – 4
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $42.99
Learning Fun Workbook Series by Highlights / Cost: $4.99
Titles: Reading and Writing / Individual Level: K
Titles: Reading and Writing and Phonics and Spelling / Levels: Grade 1 & 2
Series: Reading Detective
Scope: Literature, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary
Spectrum Levels: Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6, Grades 7-8, Grades 6-12
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $24.99
Reading Text Series by Evan-Moor
Reading Informational Text (Student, Teacher)
Reading Literary Text (Teacher)
Scope: Comprehension, Literature, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.99, $22.99
Series: Reading & Writing / Publisher: Kumon
Scope: Comprehension, Reading, Vocabulary & Writing, Grammar
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.95
Skill Sharpener English Series by Evan-Moor
Reading (Comprehension, Phonics, Reading, Vocabulary)
Grammar & Punctuation and Spell & Write
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6 /Cost: $10.99 each
Series: Smart Start Read & Write
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 1
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $9.99
Spectrum Language Series / Cost: $7.99 – $11.99
Cursive Handwriting / Spectrum Level: Grade 3 – Grade 5
Handwriting Manuscript / Spectrum Level: K – Grade 2
Language Arts / Individual Levels: K – Grade 8
Phonics / Individual Levels: K – Grade 2
Reading / Individual Levels: K – Grade 8
Sight Words / Individual Levels: K – Grade 1
Spelling / Individual Levels: K – Grade 8
Word Study and Phonics / Individual Levels: Grade 3 – Grade 6
Writing / Individual Levels: K – Grade 8
Vocabulary / Individual Levels: Grade 3 – Grade 6
Success With Language Series by Scholastic / Cost: $4.79
Scholastic Success with Grammar / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 5
Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension / Individual Levels: Grades 1 – 5
Scholastic Success with Sight Words / Spectrum Level: K-Grade 2
Contemporary Cursive or Traditional Cursive / Spectrum Level: Grades 2-4
Scholastic Success with Writing / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 5
Series: Wood Roots / Scope: Vocabulary
Spectrum Levels: Grades 3-4, Grades 5-12, Grades 7-12
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $24.99
Series: A Word A Day (Student Workbook, Teacher Edition)
Scope: Vocabulary / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $7.99, $23.99
Writing Composition Series by Evan-Moor
Creative Writing Ideas, Grades 2-4 (Teacher Edition) $16.99
How to Write a Story, Grades 1-3 & Grades 4-5 (Teacher Edition) $16.99
Paragraph Writing, Grades 2-4 (Teacher Edition) $16.99
Write a Super Sentence, Grades 1-3 (Teacher Edition) $14.99
Write Every Day: Prompts, Grades 2-6 (Teacher Edition) $23.99
Writing Fabulous Sentences & Paragraphs, Grades 4-6 (Teacher Edition) $18.99
Writing Detective / Scope: Reading, Writing / Cost: $12.99
Spectrum Level: Grades 3-6 / Publisher: Critical Thinking Co
180 Days of Language Series by Shell Education
180 Days of Language / Scope: Composition, Grammar
180 Days of Reading / Scope: Comprehension, Fluency, Vocabulary
180 Days of Spelling and Word Study / Scope: Spelling, Vocabulary
180 Days of Writing / Scope: Composition, Grammar
Individual Levels: K – Grade 6 / Cost: $22.99
Mathematics
Series: At-Home Tutor: Math
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 2
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $8.99
Series: Basic Math Skills (Teacher Edition)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 5
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $ 29.99
Series: Big Fun Learning Pad: Math
Individual Levels: PreK – K
Publisher: Highlights / Cost: $9.99
Series: Common Core Math Workbook
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 8
Publisher: Ace Academic Publishing / Cost: $18.99
Daily Math Series by Evan-Moor
Math Practice (Student, Teacher) and World Problems (Student, Teacher)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $7.99, $22.99
Learning Fun Workbook Series by Highlights / Cost: $4.99
Titles: Math Concepts, (Level: K) Addition, and Subtraction (Levels: Grade 1 & 2)
Series: Math Fundamentals (Teacher Edition)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99
Series: Mathematical Reasoning
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $32.99 – $42.99
Math Workbooks by Kumon Publishing / Cost $ 7.94
Addition and Subtraction / Individual Levels: Grades 1 – 3
Addition & Subtraction / Grade 3
Multiplication and Division / Individual Levels: Grades 3 & 4
Decimals & Fractions / Individual Levels: Grades 4 & 5
Geometry & Measurement / Individual Levels: Grades 1 – 6
Word Problems / Individual Levels: Grades 1 – 6
Middle School Math by Kumon Publishing
Spectrum Level: Grade 6 – Grade 8 / Cost: $14.95
Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Intro to Geometry, Geometry and Word Problems
Series: Skill Sharpeners Math
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $10.99
Series: Smart Start Math
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 1
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $9.99
Scholastic Success with Math Series / Cost: $4.79
Addition & Subtraction / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 2
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, & Division / Individual Level: Grade 4
Fractions & Decimals / Individual Level: Grade 5
Multiplication Facts / Spectrum Level: Grades 3-4
Multiplication & Division / Individual Level: Grade 3
Scholastic Success with Math / Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 5
180 Days of Math Series by Shell Education
Titles: 180 Days of Math and 180 Days of Problem Solving
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6 / Cost: $22.99
Science
Series: Daily Science (Student, Teacher)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $7.99, $29.99
Series: Hands-On STEAM Learning Fun Workbook
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 2
Publisher: Highlights / Cost: $4.99
Series: Science Lessons & Investigations (Teacher Edition)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99
Series: Skill Sharpener Science
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $10.99
Series: Smart Start STEM
Individual Levels: PreK – Grade 1
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $9.99
Series: Spectrum Science / Cost: $11.99
Individual Levels: Grade 3 – Grade 8
Series: STEM Lessons and Challenges (Teacher Edition)
Indvidual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan- Moor / Cost: $19.99
Series: 180 Days of Science
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $22.99
Social Studies
History Pockets Series by Evan-Moor (Teacher Edition)
Titles: The American Civil War, The American Revolution, Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Colonial America, Explorers of North America, Life in Plymouth Colony, Moving West, Native Americans
Spectrum Levels: Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6 / Cost: $16.99
Series: 180 Days of Social Studies
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Shell Education / Cost: $22.99
Thinking Skills
Series: Building Thinking Skills
Spectrum Levels: PreK, K- Grade 1, Grades 2-3, Grades 4-6, Grades 7-12
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $24.99 – 29.99
Series: Critical & Creative Thinking Activities (Teacher Edition)
Indvidual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99
Series: Daily Higher-Order Thinking (Teacher Edition)
Individual Levels: Grade 1 – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $21.99
Series: Practical Critical Thinking
Spectrum Level: Grades 9-12
Publisher: Critical Thinking Co / Cost: $39.99
Series: Skill Sharpeners Critical Thinking
Individual Level: PreK – Grade 6
Publisher: Evan-Moor / Cost: $10.99
Happy Homeschooling!
Love,
b