写给老师: What are these books? 这套书是关于什么的? They were originally designed to go with the seriesof books “The American Textbook”. They include some material from these books as well as original material which will assist your students to learn. They can, however, be used as a resource on their own. They include reading, clozes (this is completing the sentences) and fun activities which cover most aspects of the English Language. 这是专门为《美国小学语文》系列丛书设计的配套教材,既包括原丛书的内容,又包括能够协助学生学习的、原汁原味的练习,而且配套教材可以单独作为资源得以利用。教材包括阅读、完形填空(完善句子)以及几乎能够覆盖英语语言学习所有方面的趣味活动。
Why have they been written? 编写配套教材的目的是什么? The author has a“philosophy of learning”which can be simply stated by saying “If I enjoy what I am doing,then I will remember it and want to do more.” 作者坚信的“学习哲学”可以简单陈述为:“如果我喜欢我所做的事情,那么我会永远将它记在心里,而且我想做得更多。” These books were designed to make learning a fun thing to do. Students will then want to do more and in turn learn more about English. 这套教材的设计能够使学习成为有趣的活动。学生会想参与更多有趣的活动,相应地就会学习更多英语知识。
What is in these books? 书中包括什么? The books contain: Activities in reading, writing and speaking as well as numerous activities and exercises in areas such as: 书中包括:阅读、写作、口语练习和以下的大量活动和练习: ★Vocabulary ★Sentence structure ★Punctuation ★Grammar ★Comprehension ★Analysis ★Problem solving ★Oral ★词汇 ★句子结构 ★标点符号 ★语法 ★理解 ★分析 ★解决问题 ★英语口语
How to Use these Books? 如何使用这些配套教材? There are 3 different types of books 配套教材分为三本 Book 1 is a reading book. Students will have a copy of their own book to read with the teacher. 本为阅读教材。学生能够使用一份自己的教材,跟随老师阅读。 1.First, the teacher will discuss the pictures with the students. They will get the students (prior to reading the words) to predict what the book will be about. 首先,老师会与学生讨论图片。在阅读词汇之前,老师先让学生猜测将要学习的内容。 2.They will discuss each picture and draw on the student’s own personal knowledge of what they see. 老师与学生会逐一讨论每张图片,并让学生凭借自己的个人知识解释图片。 3.Depending on the age and ability level of the student, the teacher will then read the text to the students with the students following the text with their eyes and listening to the teacher’s words. 根据学生的年龄和能力水平,老师在课堂朗读课文,学生边看教材、边听老师的朗读。 4.Once the teacher has finished reading, the students will discuss with the teacher any words that were used that they did not know or understand in that context. 老师朗读结束后,学生可立即与老师讨论教材中出现的他们不认识或无法理解的词汇。 5.The students will then read the book either quietly to themselves or aloud with the teacher. 然后,学生或自己默念,或与老师一同大声朗读。 Book 2 is a book of CLOZE exercises. 第二本是完形填空练习。 1.It has exactly the same text as book 1 but there are key words missing. 第二册的文本与册相同,只是关键词被省去。 2.The students have to fill in the missing words. 学生需要填入被省去的词汇。 3.Once this is complete the students will read the story again to make sure they have the correct words in place. 填入词汇后,学生需要再次阅读故事,保证填入的词汇是正确的。 4.This is a perfect time for teachers to discuss the types of words and talk about nouns, adjectives and verbs as well as singular and plural, gender and tenses. 这时是老师介绍词性的绝好时机,老师可以讲解名词、形容词、动词、名词单复数、(语法)性和时态。 Book 3 is an activity book. This is where the student has FUN with the language. The activities(the use of which will be described in more detail later in this manual) include: 第三本是活动手册。在这本书中,学生用语言做游戏,这使语言学习过程变得趣味盎然。活动包括(使用方法稍后会在手册中给出详细介绍): ★Color by number and letter ★Following directions and instructions ★Choices ★Comparing ★Word shapes ★Alphabetical order ★Matching ★Symmetry ★Word finds ★Crosswords ★Word puzzles ★Sentence completion ★Information “Did you know?” ★Craft activities ★Mazes ★Draw and color ★Picture stories ★Codes ★Unscramble the words ★Mapping ★Dot to dot ★Spelling choices ★“Yes/No, True/False”answers and statements ★“How Many”words ★Labeling ★Discrimination of Initial、Medial and Final sounds ★为数字和字母涂色 ★遵循指导与说明 ★选择 ★比较 ★词汇形状 ★字母顺序 ★配对 ★画出对称图 ★找词游戏 ★填词游戏 ★猜词游戏 ★完成句子 ★信息“你知道吗?” ★手工活动 ★迷宫 ★绘图、涂色 ★图画故事 ★密码 ★解读词汇 ★看地图 ★连线绘图 ★拼写选择 ★是/否,正确/错误(回答与陈述) ★数出正确词汇的数量 ★命名 ★识别首音、中间音和尾音
The most important thing about these books is that your student will enjoy learning about the English language and want to learn more. They will have fun and at the same time be learning. 与这些书籍相关的重要的事是学生对英语学习感兴趣,并想要学习更多的知识。他们一边玩得愉快,一边学习知识。 (译者注:所有这些练习,都是为了激发学生对英语的学习兴趣、调动他们学习的主动性,使他们在趣味盎然的游戏中完成对语言的学习设计的。)
Color by Number and Letter 为数字和字母涂色 Students are required to find the number or letter in the picture and color it whatever color has been given that letter or number. The educational reasons for doing these activities are: 学生先要找出图片中的数字或字母,再按照已给字母或数字的上色要求为图片中的字母或数字涂上颜色。这些练习旨在发
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