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学生在校语言学习工具 - IXL 

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学生在校语言学习工具 - IXL 

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IXL是一个综合线上的学习项目，也是k-12国际学校必备的学习app之一。它提供了无限量的英语素养练习，涵盖数千项技能，并与美国各大州标准完全对齐。

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The exact skills you need

Planning a lesson or prepping for an exam?
We've custom-built IXL skills to reinforce each topic within your:

State standards

Virginia Standards of Learning (2016)

Textbooks

See skills that match every chapter of 80+ popular textbooks

Assessments

Use IXL for the NWEA MAP, ACT, SAT, and more

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IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish

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IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for K-12. Used by over 15 million students, IXL provides personalized learning in more than 10,000 topics, covering math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish. Interactive questions, awards, and certificates keep kids motivated as they master skills.

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MAP（学术进展测评）测试是一种自适应评估工具，用于测量学生在数学、阅读和语言等学科上的学术成长。它提供实时数据，帮助教师根据每个学生的优点和需要改进的地方进行个性化教学。一土MAP语言测试包含阅读和语法两部分.

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At NWEA, we work with thousands of schools and districts across the US and in more than 145 countries around the world. Since we reach millions of students each year, there's a pretty good chance that a child will take a MAP® Growth™ assessment some time in their school career. It's natural for families to have questions about MAP Growth: what it is, how it works, and why their child is taking it.

To help you in your conversations about MAP Growth, we've gathered the top 12 questions families ask us regarding the test.

1. What is MAP Growth and what does it measure?

Unlike paper-and-pencil tests, where all students are asked the same questions and spend a fixed amount of time taking the test, MAP Growth is a computer-adaptive test. That means every student gets a unique set of test questions based on responses to previous questions. As the student answers correctly, questions get harder. If the student answers incorrectly, the questions get easier. By the end of the test, most students will have answered about half the questions correctly, as is common on adaptive tests. The purpose of MAP Growth is to help educators understand where a student is on their academic journey, if they are growing over time, and where a student's strength and opportunity areas are.

MAP Growth is designed to measure student achievement in the moment and growth over time.

MAP Growth tracks students' individual growth over time, wherever they are starting from and regardless of the grade they are in. For instance, if a third-grader is actually reading like an average fifth-grader, MAP Growth will be able to identify that. Or, if a fifth-grader is doing math like an average third-grader, MAP Growth will identify that, too. Both things are incredibly important for a teacher to know so that they can plan instruction efficiently.

2. What is a RIT score?

When students finish their MAP Growth test, they receive a number called a RIT score for each subject they are tested in: reading, language usage, math, or science. This score represents a student's achievement level at any given moment and helps measure their academic growth over time. The RIT scale is a stable scale, like feet and inches, that accurately measures student performance, regardless of age, grades, or grade level. Like marking height on a growth chart and being able to see how tall a child is at various points in time, you can also see how much they have grown between tests.

3. How often will my child take MAP Growth?

Most schools give MAP Growth tests to students at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. Some schools may include a summer testing session as well.

4. How long is MAP Growth?

Most students take around 45 to 55 minutes to complete a MAP Growth test. However, MAP Growth is not timed, and students may take as much time as they need to complete it.

5. Is MAP Growth a standardized test? How is it different from "high-stakes" tests?

No, MAP Growth is not a standardized test because it doesn't give all students the same, standard set of questions every time it's administered. Instead, it adapts based on a student's answer, asking a more difficult question when they answer correctly and an easier question when they don't. Students are expected to answer questions correctly only about 50% of the time.

MAP Growth is also an interim assessment, that is, it is given periodically during the school year, so that educators and families can see a student's growth over time. (We recommend testing three times a year: in early fall, in winter, and in the spring.)

When we talk about high-stakes tests, we are usually talking about a test designed to measure what students already know, based on what is expected at their grade level. High-stakes tests are also often used as a way to measure grade-level proficiency. MAP Growth is designed to measure student achievement in the moment and growth over time, regardless of grade level, so it is quite different.

By the end of the test, most students will have answered about half the questions correctly, as is common on adaptive tests. The purpose of MAP Growth is to determine what the student knows and is ready to learn next.

Another difference is the timeliness of the results. While states often return information in the fall after the state summative test is taken, MAP Growth gives quick feedback to teachers, administrators, students, and families. Teachers receive immediate results with MAP Growth that show how each student is performing and where there might be common learning opportunities for the class. One similarity is that MAP Growth aligns to the same standards in a given state as the state test, so both measure similar content.

6. What information will I receive from my child's school?

Most schools will provide you with the MAP Growth Family Report. This report contains information and scores from a student's most recent MAP Growth assessments. It's a good idea to discuss results with teachers for a full understanding of what the information means and how they can use their child's reading and math scores to identify resources that can support home learning.

7. How do schools and teachers use MAP Growth scores?

NWEA provides many different reports to help schools and teachers use MAP Growth information. Teachers can see the progress of individual students and of their classes as a whole. Teachers use RIT scores combined with formative assessment to develop classroom-level strategies for equitable instruction that help maximize every student's learning potential. MAP Growth also provides data around the typical growth for students who are in the same grade, are testing in the same subject, and have the same starting achievement level. This data is often used to help students set goals and understand how much they need to learn to achieve their goals. Principals and administrators can use the scores to see the performance and progress of a grade level, school, or entire district.

8. Can MAP Growth tell me if my child is working at grade level?

Just as a doctor has a chart indicating the most common heights and weights of people at certain ages, NWEA has put together charts showing the mean RIT scores for students at various grade levels. NWEA researchers examined the scores of millions of students to find the average scores for students in various grades.

9. What subjects are available with MAP Growth?

MAP Growth in English covers the following:

Reading: Grades K-12

Language Usage: Grades 2-12

Math: Grades K-12

Science: Grades 2-12

MAP Growth in Spanish covers:

Math: Grades K-12

Reading: Grades K-8

Note that the reading and math tests for grades K-2 are referred to as MAP Growth K-2. These child-friendly tests for young learners offer students the ability to wear headphones, since many questions include audio to assist students still learning to read.

10. What types of questions are on the MAP Growth tests? Are there sample tests?

The MAP Growth tests include multiple choice, drag and drop, and other types of questions. You can access some short sample tests to get an idea of what MAP Growth questions look like.

11. How can I help my child prepare for MAP Growth?

Your child's teacher will help with any pre-test instructions to explain the test to the students. Just like on any school day, make sure your child is well-rested and fed. Encourage them to do their best.

12. What does NWEA do with my child's information? Is it secure?

NWEA uses technological and operational measures to ensure security and privacy. A few of these include regular security audits and monitoring, technological controls, physical access controls, and privacy training for employees.

MAP Growth tracks students' individual growth over time, wherever they are starting from and regardless of the grade they are in.

NWEA does not use any child's personally identifiable information (PII) for any purpose other than to provide services to the child's school. Combined information that has been stripped of PII-and, therefore, is not traceable to any individual student-is used for research and development so we can continuously improve our products and accelerate learning for all students.

We do not sell PII. Data sharing (if any) is completely at the control of the educational institutions that purchase our products.

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12 common questions parents ask about MAP Growth

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Families want to understand MAP Growth: what it is, how it works, and why their child is taking it. Here are answers to 12 common questions.

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学生雅思口语测试

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What's involved?

Part 2 is the individual long turn. The examiner gives you a task card which asks you to talk about a particular topic. The card tells you what points you should include in your talk and instructs you to explain one aspect of the topic. You have one minute to prepare your talk, and the examiner will give you a pencil and paper to make notes.

By using the points on the task card and making notes during the preparation time, you should be able to think of appropriate things to say, and have time to structure your talk so that you keep talking for 2 minutes.

The examiner will then ask you to begin talking and will stop you when the time is up. They may then ask you one or two questions on the same topic.

Part 2 lasts 3-4 minutes, including the preparation time.

What skills are tested?

This part tests your ability to speak at length on a given topic, using appropriate language and organising your ideas logically. You will need to think about your own experiences to complete the long turn.

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international english language testing system

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Looking to work, study, or live overseas? Trusted by millions of people every year, IELTS is an English language test that can help you to achieve your goals.

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RAZ 学生阅读分级测试

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Reading Placement Tool FAQ | Learning A-Z Help Center

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Teachers may choose to use the Reading Placement Tool to help place students who are newly rostered on Raz-Plus or Raz-Kids at an appropriate starting point in the product through a series of adaptive reading activities. The Placement Tool takes an average of 20 minutes and places students at one of nine different entry points.​​Will the Reading Placement Tool place students at their exact reading level?No. The Reading Placement Tool is not an assessment; it is a tool to help students start reading content at an appropriate level of text complexity until the teacher can assess their reading behavior and comprehension through other means. The Reading Placement Tool will place students at one of nine different entry points:

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学生在校语言学习工具 - RAZ

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学生在校语言学习工具 - RAZ

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Raz-Plus 是一个在线阅读平台，提供适合每个孩子阅读水平的互动书籍和资源，通过富有趣味的分级阅读材料和活动帮助学生提高读写能力。它为学生提供个性化的学习体验，支持他们在课堂内外的阅读进步。

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Newsela 是一个在线新闻文章阅读平台，按不同阅读水平定制，帮助学生提高阅读理解和批判性思维能力。它提供富有趣味的现实世界内容，支持多个学科的学习。

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Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject.

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学生在校语言学习工具 - Epic

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学生在校语言学习工具 - Epic

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Epic 是一个在线阅读平台，提供丰富的图书、有声书和教育视频，依据孩子们的兴趣和阅读水平量身定制。它通过富有趣味和互动性的内容，激发孩子们对阅读的兴趣，并支持他们的读写能力发展。

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写作 - A trip to remember

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F&P（Fountas & Pinnell）测试是一种评估工具，用于评估学生的阅读水平和理解文本的能力。它帮助教师了解每个学生的阅读优点和需要改进的地方，从而为个性化教学提供指导。

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A benchmark assessment is a series of texts that can be used to identify a student's current reading level and progress along a gradient of text levels over time. The word "benchmark" means a standard against which to measure something. The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems ( BAS) evaluate student reading and comprehension ability with reliable and robust universal screening that is aligned to the Leveled Literacy Intervention System, and determine each child's instructional level for guided reading according to the Fountas & Pinnell Text Level Gradient™.

New Comprehension Conversation Scoring Rubrics. The new rubrics enable more rigorous and consistent administration, analysis, and scoring.

Revised Comprehension Conversation scoring. We have found that teachers need more guidance on how to conduct the Comprehension Conversation portion of the reading record. To provide this help, we have more clearly defined this process through the creation of a new rubric and have updated the scoring criteria. As a result, there will be more consistency and accuracy in scoring this portion of the assessment. Elimination of the extra point will bring greater consistency of scoring among teachers.

Updates to the Assessment Guides, Recording Forms, Online Data Management System, and the Benchmark Assessment System Reading Record Apps.

Enhanced digital delivery and elimination of physical CDs and DVDs. All Recording Forms, Summary Forms, optional assessments, and all NEW Professional Development Videos and Tutorial Videos are now available on Online Resources. In an effort to meet the changing technology landscape, we are eliminating the inclusion of any CDs or DVDs in the system. A unique product code, available on the inside front cover of each Third Edition Assessment Guide, will "unlock" the content in Online Resources.

All new student and teacher video examples on the Professional Development Videos. Video examples are updated with all new content, including the new prompts and scoring for the comprehension conversation.

Benchmark Assessment books revised for factual information in nonfiction and other minor changes in fiction and nonfiction.

Why did the authors feel a change to the Comprehension Conversation section of the assessment was necessary? How were the new materials developed?
At the bottom line, when you administer Benchmark Assessment, you are engaging in research. It is important in the process of research to have reliability. In other words, every teacher in your school needs to evaluate comprehension using the same precise criteria. If that is not the case, some teachers will accept superficial responses, while others will apply more rigorous criteria. We need to be rigorous. Otherwise, we will overestimate our students' ability to understand texts, and we will not provide the instruction required.

If students are not deeply understanding the texts, we need to know that, and we need to help them. Assessment should provide this information to help teachers. We felt that teachers needed more guidance on how to conduct the comprehension conversation portion of the reading record. We cannot take for granted students' ability to deeply comprehend texts. It is not enough to read accurately with minimal literal comprehension.

Students are expected to think deeply about texts. To provide this help, Fountas and Pinnell have more clearly defined this process through the creation of a new rubric and have updated the scoring criteria. As a result, there will be more consistency and accuracy in scoring this portion of the assessment. Elimination of the extra point will bring greater consistency of scoring among teachers.

No. Changes have been made to both the Benchmark Assessment books and the Recording Forms. Using Second Edition books with Third Edition Recording Forms will not work because the text of the book and the text on the form will not always match, which will affect your ability to score a reader's accuracy.
Why is it important for everyone in my school to use the same edition?
Co-mingling of Second and Third Editions of the Benchmark Assessment System within the same school is not recommended for the following reasons:

Scoring has been refined. For example, new criteria for scoring the comprehension conversation has been defined and the extra point has been eliminated.

Increased rigor in administration and analysis will result in more consistent scoring and determination of students' instructional and independent levels. As a result, assessing students with Benchmark Assessment System, Second Edition may result in slightly higher scores than peers assessed in Benchmark Assessment System, Third Edition.

It is important to maintain consistency in assessment protocols within schools and districts and continue to assess with Benchmark Assessment System, Second Edition or convert to Benchmark Assessment System, Third Edition. While the more rigorous comprehension scoring will be reflected in the ODMS for Benchmark Assessment System, Third Edition, all student assessment data from all editions will continue to exist within the ODMS.

The comprehensive assessment procedures and the variety of tools and options provided in Benchmark Assessment Systems 1 and 2 are rich resources for helping you systematically examine a child's strengths and needs, helping you think about the important link between assessment and instruction. You will find detailed information about analyzing the reading behaviors of a child on an instructional-level text and tools for linking those behaviors to specific instructional goals in the Assessment Guide. The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum: Expanded Edition (Fountas and Pinnell, Heinemann 2017), included in every Benchmark Assessment System, is the foundation for instruction. You can make a direct link from the data gathered with the assessment to The Literacy Continuum's specific behaviors to notice, teach, and support in every instructional context related to literacy. The Professional Development Videos are another rich resource. They are designed to help you conduct efficient and effective assessments, learn how to interpret the results, and connect results to instruction. Over time, observations made through the assessment, instruction designed to move the child ahead from level to level, and follow-up assessment will deepen your understanding of literacy development.

Unlike many traditional and computerized assessments, which are taken in isolation, Benchmark Assessment conferences give you a chance to spend quality time with each student. You will get to know your students and begin to develop relationships while you gather critical information. Students have the opportunity to read several books, think about them, and talk one-on-one with an adult about each text-and that is not time wasted. Students may do some writing about reading (an option), and that, too, not only provides valuable assessment information and is time well spent. Benchmark Assessment mirrors worthwhile literacy activities that are included in your instruction every day.
What does the term "level" mean, and how are the levels in the F&P Text Level Gradient™ determined?
The levels in the F&P Text Level Gradient™ refer to the difficulty of the books in relation to other books placed along a continuum from A-Z, easiest to hardest. We examine the characteristics of a book and place it along a gradient of books in relation to each other. A level designates the books as easier than the level after it (later in the alphabet) and harder than the level before it (earlier in the alphabet). We use ten characteristics to determine a level and the composite of characteristics contributes to its final designation: Genre/Form, Text Structure, Content, Themes and Ideas, Language and Literary Features, Sentence Complexity, Vocabulary, Words, Illustrations, and Book and Print Features. For a detailed explanation of each level, see Leveled Books, K-8 (Fountas and Pinnell 2006).
How can I use this system to match books leveled with other systems?
Fountas and Pinnell have leveled over 53,000 books, many of which appear in the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Books List, K-8+ (Fountas and Pinnell 2009) and all of which appear on the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Books Website, which is regularly updated. Also, many publishers place several different kinds of levels on books and/or offer correlation charts. You can also use the Benchmark Assessment books as models or prototypes to help you level other books.

Instructional Grade-Level Equivalence Chart We would like to set level goals for our students at each grade. What would you suggest?
It is not possible for us to predict where your students should be, as it depends on many factors. However, we do provide some guidance tools in the Assessment Guide. You may also refer to the F&P Text Level Gradient™ and The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, included in the Benchmark Assessment System box, for specific behaviors to notice, teach, and support.

Benchmark Assessment is designed to help you collect reliable evidence of student competencies and reading levels so you can begin your teaching where the learners are-at the optimal instructional level and with in-depth knowledge of their reading behaviors-bringing all readers forward in their competencies. No other assessment has been directly linked to the F&P Text Level Gradient™ to date, so you will also have a reliable and valid assessment to link to guided reading, small-group reading instruction.

We suggest that you administer the assessment at the beginning of the year to help you determine where to start your teaching with each child. You may also want to conduct the assessment in the middle of the year, to take stock of progress, though you may already have the information from your ongoing use of reading records in instruction. Finally, near the end of the year you may want to conduct one more assessment to obtain a final record of the child's growth across the year. You may decide to administer the last assessment a couple of months before the end of the year. In this case, the assessment can provide information for instruction during the last months of school, while avoiding the redundancy of testing at the very end of one year and the beginning of the next.
How long does it take to administer the assessment to a student?
At the earliest levels, a full assessment conference may take 20-30 minutes. At the upper levels, where the texts are longer and the conversations more substantive, it may take 30-40 minutes, but as you gain experience, the time will be shorter. Remember that the longer books have a stopping point for oral reading. Also, fluency makes a difference. In this guide, we make several suggestions for how to make efficient use of your time. Remember that each student has had a chance for one-on-one time reading and talking with the teacher.

We provide several time-saving options. If you have no information on a child's previous reading performance, the Where-to-Start Word Test provides a rough starting level for assessment and will cut down the number of books he needs to read before you can identify an independent and an instructional level. If you do have information about a child's previous reading performance and/or know something about the texts he is reading, the Assessment Guides provide correlation charts to help you determine the best starting point.
How can I ensure that I am conducting the assessment in a standardized manner?
The precise steps of the assessment conference are described in the Assessment Guides and are systematically presented on the Recording Form for each book. Remember to keep your own language spare and to avoid teaching or leading the student to answers. The introduction to each Benchmark Assessment book is standardized and printed on the cover as well as on the Recording Form. The steps for administration, scoring, and analysis are all standardized and explained in detail in the Assessment Guides. In addition, the tools supporting the assessment, such as the F&P Calculator/ Stopwatch, the Coding and Scoring at-a-Glance chart, and the comprehension conversation rubrics, provide an easy way to maintain consistency across assessments and help you internalize the steps in the process. Furthermore, the Professional Development Videos provide clear examples and plenty of practice opportunities for developing precision and consistency throughout assessment conferences.

We have found that a comprehension conversation is the most effective way to collect the best evidence of comprehension because you can paraphrase questions and probe further for student understanding.

The Assessment Guide provides specific support to help you understand how language differences should be noticed in the administration and interpretation of the assessment. In addition, the Assessment Guide includes case studies of English language learners, providing real-life situations for you to think about and learn from.

Your school or district should make decisions about expected grade-level standards, taking into account your state's goals. You can refer to the Instructional Level Expectations outlined in the Assessment Guide for suggested indicators, but adjust them if you have rationales for a different standard.

There are several approaches to determining a text's level of complexity. Metametrics, the company that provides Lexile measures, takes one approach by measuring text complexity with a proprietary computer algorithm that measures sentence length, syllables, and word frequency.

The levels in the F&P Text Level Gradient™ are based on ten text factors: Genre/Form, Text Structure, Content, Themes and Ideas, Language and Literary Features, Sentence Complexity, Vocabulary, Words, Illustrations, and Book and Print Features. A level obtained from a Benchmark Assessment differs from that obtained with a Lexile assessment in that comprehension is a key factor in the Benchmark Assessment. A student might very well be able to decode high-level texts, but a Benchmark Assessment also determines if the student's comprehension is good enough for instruction.
How can I pass information along to ensure that my students' literacy growth will be documented across the years?
You will find a variety of tools in the Benchmark Assessment System to support the documentation of a student growth over time, as well as ways to track development of groups and classes. Student folders (included in each system box) provide a longitudinal graph for teachers to record progress. The folders are designed to be passed from teacher to teacher and hold the assessment information on one student from kindergarten to grade 8. The Online Data Management System (ODMS) provides several options for reports on individuals or classes in chart or graph format. The ODMS provides expanded tracking and reporting capabilities for both teachers and administrators in an online format. More information on the ODMS is available on the Heinemann website.

Have regular faculty meetings to examine the data within and across grade levels. Look at the general reading levels of the age cohort, but don't stop there. Use the case studies in Section 5 of the Assessment Guide to help you think about priorities for teaching students. Think across the language and literacy framework. You can teach comprehension through interactive read-aloud, minilessons, guided reading, and literature discussion. The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Expanded Edition (included in your Benchmark Assessment System, Third Edition purchase) can also be used to identify teaching goals.
Is there a digital alternative to taking the reading record on paper?
Yes. The Benchmark Assessment System Reading Record App (RRA) allows teachers to conduct assessments on their iPads instead of using the printed Recording Forms. Use of the RRA requires an in-app purchase. Search for "Fountas and Pinnell" in the Apple iTunes store.

If you did not find an answer to your question in these Frequently Asked Questions, please call or email to ask your question to Fountas and Pinnell Trained Consultants.

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A benchmark assessment is a series of texts that can be used to identify a student's current reading level and progress along a gradient of text levels over time. The word "benchmark" means a standard against which to measure something.

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写作 - Oops, I was cute

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写作 - How to make a big bowl of salad

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写作 - How to make the pineapple soda

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涵盖所有学生友好的电影和电视剧，最重要的是可以调字母哦！

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从科普到绘本故事，从科学到动物世界，这些订阅号内容上满足了孩子语言学习的所有需求！

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附上一些性价比高的淘宝店铺

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学习资源分享 - 绘本图书分享

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学习资源分享 - 绘本图书分享

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众多家长反映孩子在过渡到章节书阅读阶段时面临显著挑战。问题的核心往往不在于章节书的内容本身，而在于页面上密集分布的英语词汇，这在一定程度上影响了孩子们的阅读流畅性和体验愉悦度。我建议采取一种循序渐进的方法：先让孩子阅读该书的中文版，随后再接触英文版。此策略能明细减轻孩子的畏难情绪，并显著提升其阅读成就感。由于已经对故事情节有了深入的了解，孩子们在阅读英文版时，将不再被个别生词所困扰，而是能够更加专注于整体内容的理解和把握。通过与先前阅读过的中文版建立联系，孩子们能够更顺畅地在中英文之间架起桥梁，促进语言学习的深度和广度。快尝试一下这种方法吧！

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学习资源分享 - 进阶章节书

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学习资源分享 - 进阶章节书