One of the biggest differences or improvements in our Grade 3 textbook in comparison of the Grade 2 one is that it consists a variety of legends, myths, fables, and other stories. Most of them are Chinese and some of them were translated from foreign sources.
The third lesson of the textbook has two reading materials, one is a simplified version of the legend of Pangu (盘古开天地) and another is a fable of drawing snakes with feet (画蛇添足). My daughter read the reading the first one as part of her homework last night. Even though she could read the text fairly well by herself, she needed substantial help to understand the story. But she enjoyed the story a great deal. Because of the story itself, she probably spent quite a bit more time on it than she usually spent in reading material assignments.
Friday, October 26, 2007
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