The difficulty of reading-miracle

Recently, I met several parents and mother cats to discuss reading:

A parent asked for demotion after his child finished reading the novel;

A parent asked for demotion after his child read several social science articles;

A parent tried to explain to me all kinds of unexpected situations after her child was confused and couldn't answer the questions in class, including the cat mother giving lectures too fast;

A parent told me after the child repeatedly answered the wrong questions in class that I had read this article clearly before, and how it felt like I had never learned it;

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the list goes on

Moreover, these students do not find it difficult just after coming to a class, but after studying for at least a few months. How did this happen?

When many parents come to sign up for class, mother cat has the spirit of persuasion. Please be careful, especially the senior parents, because it is really difficult. But parents don't believe it. Parents' distrust stems from children's overconfidence. Since then, children's complaints about learning are all because students are afraid of difficulties.

So how hard is it?

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Some parents suggested that the teaching materials in the classroom must be very difficult.

Mother cat said not necessarily. What our classmates find difficult is the seemingly simple ones.

To tell the truth, as a teacher, I especially like Wonders' textbook:

That set is dazzling, piled up for a while, and parents simply have no time to deal with it. Although there are many types of questions, they are mainly multiple-choice questions, which are not difficult for students and relatively easy to learn. What can parents say as long as students don't complain and complete the teaching task?

In a word: you can mix.

Wonders's textbook is good, and mother cat occasionally chooses it, such as the one mentioned above.

This story tells the story of an Irish boy named Liam and his mother who left the motherland by boat for the United States, because his father has been in the United States for two years, and this time they saved enough money to reunite. This story is only two pages. Finally, the ship landed and they saw their father who had come to meet them.

Can't it be simple?

Mother cat just likes this simple story, but there are too few good stories. There are only three articles that Mother Cat can choose as teaching materials from Wonders.

Why is this story good?

Because it is difficult!

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Didn't you just say "it couldn't be simpler"? How hard is it?

If parents have this textbook (Wonders3 Grade 3), they can take it out and ask their children if they don't understand it.

What does this story tell us?

The three points put forward in the outline of the book review given by the cat mother to the students are:

First, the historical background of the story-the Irish famine-is mentioned in the story, but how many students can notice this and will go to the investigation meeting to study and discuss it? Paying attention to history and analyzing historical events does not mean that we need to learn history, but that we will always "learn from history".

Second, Irish immigrants, like China immigrants, are the backbone of American immigrant society. Like the early immigrants in China, they had no choice but to leave their homes. Who wants to inexplicably leave their parents, family and hometown to go to a foreign country and suffer from displacement? Even now, there are still a large number of people who want to leave their motherland for a brand-new place. Why? Talking about the life of immigrants (mentioned in the story) has become a theme.

Third, why did you come to America? This question was asked by our teacher when Mother Cat was studying IELTS, so how should we answer it? "looking for a new life", "looking for a better life" and "making a lot of money" None of this is good enough. "Finding a better life" is the simplest dream of all immigrants-it is also mentioned in the story. Until now, the United States is still the first choice for a large number of immigrants (if not for other objective reasons). Why? -"American Dream" American Dream! These three words sum up everything, and it goes without saying!

All other story themes, such as family, hard work, struggle, hope ... are weak in front of the above three themes!

This is the difficulty!

These three points are written in the original sentence of the text, but how many students will pay attention when reading? How many teachers will talk about it when analyzing the article? To tell the truth, many teachers disdain to analyze such a simple article.

Isn't it great that a third-grade reading article can talk about history, immigration and the American dream?

Unfortunately, there are not many such good articles. Mother cat looked at all the textbooks at this level and found that there were only three.

According to the current level of students in this class, these points can be thought of, and the composition is absolutely amazing.

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Didn't you just say "it couldn't be simpler"? How hard is it?

If parents have this textbook (Wonders3 Grade 3), they can take it out and ask their children if they don't understand it.

What does this story tell us?

The three points put forward in the outline of the book review given by the cat mother to the students are:

First, the historical background of the story-the Irish famine-is mentioned in the story, but how many students can notice this and will go to the investigation meeting to study and discuss it? Paying attention to history and analyzing historical events does not mean that we need to learn history, but that we will always "learn from history".

Second, Irish immigrants, like China immigrants, are the backbone of American immigrant society. Like the early immigrants in China, they had no choice but to leave their homes. Who wants to inexplicably leave their parents, family and hometown to go to a foreign country and suffer from displacement? Even now, there are still a large number of people who want to leave their motherland for a brand-new place. Why? Talking about the life of immigrants (mentioned in the story) has become a theme.

Third, why did you come to America? This question was asked by our teacher when Mother Cat was studying IELTS, so how should we answer it? "looking for a new life", "looking for a better life" and "making a lot of money" None of this is good enough. "Finding a better life" is the simplest dream of all immigrants-it is also mentioned in the story. Until now, the United States is still the first choice for a large number of immigrants (if not for other objective reasons). Why? -"American Dream" American Dream! These three words sum up everything, and it goes without saying!

All other story themes, such as family, hard work, struggle, hope ... are weak in front of the above three themes!

This is the difficulty!

These three points are written in the original sentence of the text, but how many students will pay attention when reading? How many teachers will talk about it when analyzing the article? To tell the truth, many teachers disdain to analyze such a simple article.

Isn't it great that a third-grade reading article can talk about history, immigration and the American dream?

Unfortunately, there are not many such good articles. Mother cat looked at all the textbooks at this level and found that there were only three.

According to the current level of students in this class, these points can be thought of, and the composition is absolutely amazing.

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Writing is sometimes like magic.

Everyone can do tricks, each with its own ingenious differences.

Mother cat, everyone is frowning in the debate class now. It's not that I can't write, but I can't figure out how to write, how to argue, and what is "self-justification".

They are all common and seemingly simple things, but I just can't think of them.

It is not that I can't write, but that I don't think enough.

The depth of thinking can really depend on the difficulty of reading, but personal understanding and observation are more important.

Some parents ask that reading is difficult, but words are more difficult, sentences are longer and there is more space. This is necessary, but not the only one.

Extensive reading can pursue difficulty.

Listening to books can be difficult.

Intensive reading is not necessary, of course, the simpler the better, as long as it is appropriate.

Mother cat teaches students how to choose and use difficult words in writing and memorize them. Intensive reading can also have the same effect, so there are not many difficult words in intensive reading, but once they appear, we should carefully observe the role of this word in sentences and articles, study them thoroughly and imitate them further. Mother cat also taught her classmates how to read and analyze long sentences intensively and rewrite them accordingly.