Primary School Grade 5 - Chinese Extracurricular Reading Treasury - (New Curriculum) - Revised Edition

Author: Jin Xian
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Reading ability is a very important basic literacy skill in Chinese language education. Cultivating students' reading ability has always been a key topic in Chinese language teaching. In recent years, with the growing calls for quality education, the assessment of reading ability has become increasingly emphasized. In various exams, the proportion of points allocated to reading has been on the rise, and reading test questions have become more flexible and diverse, with the depth of reading content also increasing. This set of "Reading Treasure" selected content and designed exercises will guide you into the world of reading, teaching you how to "savor," "experience," and "reflect" while reading, and how to develop the good reading habit of "extensive reading and deep thinking." During the writing process, "Reading Treasure" adhered to the following principles:
1. The principle of combining nourishment and training. We believe that Chinese language learning is more akin to art education and must emphasize the importance of immersion and through recitation, extensive reading, memorization, and deep thinking, allowing students to absorb the essence of Chinese language culture and thus improve their reading and writing skills.
2. The principle of unifying humanity, comprehensiveness, and practicality. The rich humanistic connotations of Chinese language courses have a profound and broad impact on people's spiritual realms. Therefore, the edifying role of Chinese language education should be emphasized. The materials selected for "Reading Treasure" are abundant and profound, with certain spiritual value guidance, helping students understand truth, goodness, and beauty while improving their reading ability.
3. The principle of unifying exemplarity, contemporaneity, vividness, and interest. The selected articles adhere to the principle of "beauty in both form and content," considering the psychological characteristics of students at different grade levels in terms of content, language, and style. While maintaining linguistic norms, attention is paid to the contemporaneity of the selected texts, as well as the liveliness, vividness, and of the language, to suit the reading needs of students of different ages.
This series consists of four volumes, covering grades 3 to 6. It includes approximately 320 passages, chapters, and sections. The selected content is theme-positive, with beautiful language, clear rhythm, and sincere emotional depth, excelling in words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. These pieces are either profound in meaning, cleverly crafted, thought-provoking, or linguistically exquisite, containing rich reading information that greatly benefits students in cultivating their moral character, cultural literacy, and language proficiency.
The selected texts vary in genre and length, making them highly readable and slightly above the reading level of students in their respective grades. The are diverse, and the question types are typical, aiming to provide comprehensive training from multiple perspectives. "Reading Treasure" offers examples of reading exercises for primary school students, Chinese language teachers, and parents, progressing from simple to complex and from easy to difficult. This allows students to grasp the general rules of reading short passages, overcome the difficulty of "analyzing short texts," and develop good reading habits. Through reading, students can challenge themselves, overcome difficulties, enjoy growth, and gain resilience.
We sincerely hope that students will find the key to reading in "Reading Treasure." Through reading one short passage after another and contemplating one question after another, they will master reading methods, discover the path to reading, and continuously improve their comprehensive reading ability and exam-taking skills. We wholeheartedly wish that students will fall in love with reading, learn to read, and achieve progress in reading exams, obtaining excellent results, thereby laying a solid foundation in Chinese language for their future adaptation to society!