Practice Makes Polished: Level 2 (Download)

Practice Makes Polished 2 is a great resource to have on hand to review the concepts learned in Language Lessons for a Living Education level 2. The book contains differently colored sections that allow practice in three main areas of language arts. Yellow is spelling, purple is grammar and reading, and orange is writing. Since I printed and spiral bound the pdf version, my daughter is not a fan of the sectioned structure because she feels like she is jumping around in the book. She would rather go in page order from front to back. As my daughter’s homeschool teacher however, I like and appreciate the three sections because I can easily choose an area to focus on without having to search throughout the book. It feels very well-organized from my perspective, and I hope to see a similar structure in future levels. I could have easily bound my copy into 3 separate books or used loose leaf pages to alleviate her frustration. The pdf version is beneficial for this reason.

Practice Makes Polished 2 offers four main spelling activities that repeat throughout the section. I understand that repetition can be beneficial for younger students, but when my daughter dislikes two of the spelling activities, I would have loved to see more variety in this area.
The grammar and reading section provides the extra practice needed without being overwhelming. We have had fun utilizing the Word Play stories while reviewing grammar concepts.
We haven’t used the writing section a whole lot yet as my daughter still needs to grow her writing stamina, but she has enjoyed the Journal days and as a homeschool mom, I’m very excited to see the journal prompts!

Overall, Practice Makes Polished 2 is a great resource for practicing language arts concepts. Its simple format is full of color and age-appropriate illustrations without being cluttered or overwhelming. I recommend this book and look forward to future levels.

This has been an OK supplemental help of what they have been learning. The kids love the adlibs story and that helps reenforce what a noun or a verb is, but it doesn’t seem to usually go with the new thing being learned. For example, they haven’t been asked listing a state of being verb or an interjection. Just nouns and action verbs mostly. But the kids enjoy coming up with the funny stories so we do them.

The spelling sheets haven’t been much use to us because we haven’t been following the spelling words and doing our own spelling because they have a hard time with it. That said, I do like the sheet that lists the spelling words (I cross them out and write in our own) and they have to write 3 sentences using the spelling words and different punctuation marks. I think that is great practice!

The journal sheets have been good. It gets them used to how to write dates and days of the week, and also makes them write some more. Sometimes we use the prompt written on the sheet, sometimes I make up my own.

Over all, it’s been ok. It’s been nice to have for parts of it, but I think we would have been ok not to use it. Overall it’s minimal and would be nice if there was more to it.

I was really happy to find out MasterBooks had practice pages. I like their extra practice pages for math, but the language lessons were really disappointing.

I ordered the EBook. Printing pages is a pain, to put it lightly. I have to scroll between three points in the PDF to get a lessons worth of pages.

We need GRAMMAR work. Where are the extra activities for making plurals? Where are the fun work pages for abbreviations or initials? All we get are convoluted stories using Vocab (often they make NO sense), Mad Lib style practice for nouns (& the stories are looking for specific words...so that's unhelpful). They offer spelling word practice in another place, but it is also minimalist so I may as well have her copy words.

The overwhelming critique of the language arts curriculum is we learn an idea and usually move on. We rarely circle back. I work REALLY hard to constantly review and use the BORING pages in the back of the book to help my daughter learn. The grammar sheets are overwhelming for a 2nd grader. You guys could put a little work in there to make all this engaging. I love the scope and sequence of MasterBooks, but this has been a struggle. As my kid struggles with reading I have asked teachers and specialist for help. Their feedback is "Well they don't offer practice..."

I am sorry to say, the practice book is borderline silly. I can't believe all the positive reviews unless they're only posting positive feedback.

This has got to be one of the best additions Masterbooks has done! LLFALE is already such an amazing language arts program. I recommend it all the time and I am so thankful I have found it to use with my own kids. However, this Practice Makes Polished is the cherry on top! What a GREAT addition. My kids tried it out and truly didn’t mind doing the work because it was such a fun way to practice needed skills. Even my struggling student had so much fun with it. I cannot wait to see what the next levels hold and I’m hopeful we won’t have to wait too long for them! I just love the work that Kristen Pratt has put into this whole series! This comes from a thankful momma’s heart! Highly recommend the additional fun practice that is found in PMP!

I think this could be used as an extra option easily with Language Lessons 2 and also could be used as just a stand-alone spelling book. The words gradually get more challenging. Get this book for extra spelling practice!

What a great companion for the Language Lessons 2 course! I especially appreciate the extra spelling practice, though I think the grammar and writing practice will also get good use in our home. The activities are fun and purposeful. It is a great book for kids who simply love Language Lessons or kids who need a little extra practice in a specific area.

I absolutely love this resource as a supplement to LLLE! It really helps boost the course for kids who need or want a little extra practice opportunity. It isn't overwhelming at all while still providing the leg-up that some students might need. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of these for other levels! I view this as good value for money regardless of the capabilities of your student. I have found in my homeschool that extra practice of skills mastered even on children who don't require extra practice boost confidence and eliminate the fear of independent work. It is a tool I will absolutely be implementing as long as I teach children!

Such a wonderful resource! My son loves the fun extra practice to help him get stronger in his language arts skills. We love how it can be “summer practice” or added to the Language Lessons for a Living Education to reinforce what he is learning

Practice Makes Polished: Level 2 is a great addition to Language Lessons for a Living Education series. I love that it provides extra opportunities for spelling, grammar, writing and reading practice. They are presented in a fun and colorful way. Some of the exercises (Word Searches, Word Play and Journal It! ) are so fun, the child may not even notice they are completing language arts exercises. My daughter especially enjoyed the Word Play and the Word Search assignments. I love the different ideas for the spelling practice. I was not aware of the Stack Up Spelling. I am grateful for this idea because it is such a great way to learn and visually see spelling. I am excited about this new series and can't wait for the other levels to be released.

These are great worksheets and activities to extend and review the lessons in Language Lessons! I appreciate the extra spelling pages and incorporate them throughout the week, so we practice the spelling words more than if we only introduced them on the last day of the lesson. Our whole family is enjoying the Word Play stories in the grammar and writing practice as our second grader either fills in the blank without seeing context, or asks a sibling for words (nouns - thing, pronoun - name, etc.), and then reads the story aloud. The journal pages and other writing pages provide nice prompts and ruled space for practicing writing with neat handwriting, which my student is enjoying. If your child is doing fine with Language Lessons as is, and reading and writing additionally on their own, you don’t need this; but if you want some more light - and lighthearted - structured practice, this is a great resource.