Unconsciously, this semester has quietly passed the halfway point.
Xiao Chang, who is studying in the second grade, will soon end the study of the lower part of the primary school and usher in a more challenging third grade. Speaking of the third grade, it is estimated that many parents of primary school students will be a little afraid. Isn't there such a sentence? "The first and second grades are not much different, the third and fourth grades are polarized, the fifth and sixth grades are on the ground", the third grade is at a watershed, known as the "third grade trap" such a saying.
The "third-grade trap" is also called the "third-grade phenomenon." Before, Chang Dad felt that the entire primary school stage was laid as a foundation, and he did not care about this statement. However, now, as the third grade approaches, Chang Dad slowly finds that the "hurdle" of the third grade is really not good.
Take a friend's house in Chang Dad' house: when his children were in the first and second grades, they casually made a roll of more than 90 points, and it was also common to take double hundreds, which was the pride of the whole family. As a result, as soon as I went to the third grade, I pulled my crotch in an instant, and my grades slipped badly, and I didn't get 80 points in the recent math test. The child is sad, the friend collapses, the family jumps with the chicken flying dog...
And because of the double reduction, the current first and second grades are no longer allowed to leave homework and exams, so the third grade is more likely to become a blind box.
So, what exactly is the "third-grade trap"? What can parents do to give their children a push? It just so happened that Chang Dad had talked to my old friend, The Special Grade Chinese Teacher Li Huaiyuan, and also talked to everyone well!
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How did the "third-grade trap" come about?
To figure out the "third-grade trap," we have to start with the national curriculum standards at the elementary school level.
The whole six years of primary school are actually divided into three stages: the first and second grades are the lower grades, the third and fourth grades are the middle grades, and the fifth and sixth grades are the senior grades. The reason for this division is that each stage has a different focus.
In the first and second grade stages, because the child has just entered the school, focusing on the child's enrollment adaptation and habit cultivation, the difficulty of its own knowledge is very low, and some children even do not study hard for a semester, and when the end of the semester is sudden, the score is not low. There are often such cases, the child took the test 95 points, parents are very happy, think the child is not bad, the result of a look at the average score of the class is 97, only to understand that not their children test well, but the score of the whole class is generally relatively high.
But entering the third grade is different: the child enters the middle grade, and the learning goals and requirements become higher. It is equivalent to a child who was originally walking on a flat road and suddenly encountered a steep slope, and had to climb the slope to go up.
Let's take double minus the score composition of the first third grade Language Practice Paper to feel this change:
The first and second grades are more difficult to see the picture to write, but the proportion of this question score is low, 100 points of the test paper, this question only accounts for 10-15 points, and the requirements are relatively low, as long as you can write a few words, explain the basic information of people, time, events, even if it meets the standard, so the children generally score relatively high.
In the third grade, the composition suddenly increased to 30 points, the number of words reached 400 words, the writing requirements are not to write sentences, but to have a theme, a structure, and a detailed local composition, which is behind the requirements for writing skills.
The amount and difficulty of the basics will also be a big improvement. Write ancient poems, and no longer write the previous sentence like before to let you take the next sentence. There are also some very lively questions for children to express their opinions. At this time, not only must the foundation be solid, but also use your brain to think about problems, mobilize a variety of abilities, and want to get high scores, but it is not so easy.
The third grade also increases the use of knowledge, which is also a difficult point for children. In the 100-point paper, 30 points are for basic knowledge, and the remaining 70 points are for topics that need to be used flexibly. In other words, the content of the memory used to be 90 points, and now it is 30 points. The remaining 70 points, to fight the ability.
Seeing this, everyone should understand, right? Moving from the second grade to the third grade seems to be only one grade, but the ability behind it is a big span. This is the jump of the third grade, and it is indeed an increase in difficulty. Children can't easily get such high scores as before, and then they are prone to polarization. And one step behind, step by step, the third grade is not only a decline in scores, but even a gradient decline.
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The "third grade decline" is not sudden
It's cumulative
Many parents have a misunderstanding, think that since the "third grade" has only begun to polarize, then wait until the third grade to start to add weight to the child, the first and second grades are very simple anyway, do not pay attention, let the children play and play, otherwise after learning nervous, there is no time to enjoy childhood.
This is not actually the case. You know, the child's learning difficulties in the third grade, the deeper reason is that the child's basic knowledge and learning ability in the first and second grades have not kept up with the preset progress, and the third grade is just the outbreak of the problem, in fact, the problem is accumulated over time, and it is the product of the child's ability that has not reached the standard for a long time.
To put it bluntly, the decline in the third grade is the "effect", the real "cause", which was planted as early as the first and second grades.
Take the case of literacy:
Literacy is the focus of the first and second grades, some children learn very passively, follow the lesson literature word is a word, and do not pay attention to the basic methods and laws of literacy.
But by the third grade, literacy is no longer the focus, and teachers don't spend too much time in the classroom to let the children memorize word by word. Instead, the focus is assigned to reading comprehension and homework expression, and if the child still memorizes a word by word by rote, it is a waste of time. The problems that had previously accumulated in literacy were now immediately revealed.
The follow-up chain reaction to literacy problems also came out: because literacy did not go up, reading was also affected. Some children in the third grade can already read independently, and even read some large tomes of text books independently. And some children are still stumbling when reading texts, and can only barely read a little comic book, a simple saliva book, and the text book cannot be read at all, let alone a deep understanding of the content and structure of the article. Reading comprehension questions are often an important part of opening up the gap.
Having said that, let's talk about mathematics.
The mathematics of the first and second grades is to lay the foundation, learning the addition and subtraction methods within 20 and 100. Many parents feel that these children have learned as early as preschool, and only care about letting their children swallow dates and advance learning, resulting in an unstable calculation foundation.
However, from the first to the third grade, mathematical calculations are becoming more and more complex, not only integer operations, but also decimals, fractions, calculation rules are more complex, and the problem will set a lot of traps, and these need to be based on basic addition and subtraction within 20. The foundation and foundation are not laid well, and what is learned later is not solid, and it is often wrong.
To put it bluntly, the third grade is the time for the children who have been preparing for a long time to exert their abilities, and as a result, many children lack stamina when they enter the climbing period because they waste the good time of the first and second grades. At this time, you will encounter the "third-grade trap".
The reason is known, so how do we seize the good time in the first and second grades, build a framework for children's abilities, and avoid falling into the "third grade trap"?
Chang Dad also sorted out a few ideas, and is currently working hard with Xiao Xiaochang. Children who are in the lower school stage like Xiao Chang can copy their homework together.
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Before the third grade, do these points in advance
1 Get the writing off, less trouble than half
After the double subtraction, the children in the first and second grades have almost no homework, and even if there is, chinese and English are mostly oral homework, and pen homework is particularly small. Therefore, in addition to writing and writing during the class time, many children rarely mention pen and writing, let alone practice.
However, the most golden time for writing and practicing is the first and second grades of primary school, such as stroke order, strokes and other things that are related to a lifetime are cultivated at this time. Once a child has developed the wrong habit, it is too difficult to correct it later.
In addition, the third grade began to use a pen to write, not like a pencil can be altered, if the child always writes badly and is not right, then writing homework and exams will drag their feet in the future.
(Look at this full of smeared typos, do not look at the content, the impression of the roll is already very poor)
Too many people have suffered losses in this matter, which is why in the winter vacation that has just passed, Chang Dad must take writing and practicing writing as the first task of the little holiday.
2 If you want to do math well, you must lay a solid foundation for calculation
Many parents feel that the first and second grade addition and subtraction method is so simple, the child is a little older, even if it is not practiced, it will be counted, there is no need for additional practice when you are a child, and it is better to rush to learn and learn.
In fact, the first and second grade mathematical calculations are the roots, the foundation is not good, and sooner or later there will be problems. Because all calculations after the third grade are based on these basic algorithms. Whether it is to clarify mathematical concepts or skip the trap of the problem, it is necessary to lay a solid foundation, and in the distance, the impact on the mathematical physics and chemistry of the child's six years of secondary school is also particularly large.
And as far as Chang Dad knows, many fourth- and fifth-grade children can't do math calculations, and when they go back to practicing again, the teacher will still suggest that children go back to addition and subtraction within 20 and 100 to practice... Therefore, children in the lower grades must not be impetuous, and mathematical calculations must be practiced well.
3 Do the points appropriately and keep the feel of the brain
Speaking of the discomfort of the third grade, many teachers reflect that the most typical point is that when they first entered the third grade, many children could not finish the first exam.
The reason is that the child has not taken the test before, has done too few questions, and does not understand the allocation of time. In fact, there is nothing wrong with children in the first and second grades advocating happy learning, but happy learning does not mean not learning. Therefore, for Xiao Xiaochang, I will pay special attention to let him do the warm-up in advance and do the appropriate questions. The time is not long, the amount is not large, the main thing is to let him have this awareness, to avoid the situation of "too raw hands", "blunt brain" and "lazy body", and to better adapt to the third grade in the future.
4 Daily attention should be paid attention to and good habits should be formed
From the third grade onwards, it is "allowed" to leave written assignments in each subject. In the same after-school time, the child's homework is large, the requirements are high, and the difficulty is raised, so does the child have the ability to complete it? The abilities behind these are collectively referred to as the problem of learning habits.
After many children reach the third grade, they learn to touch fish, paddle, and grind foreign workers when writing homework, which is inefficient, and the final effect is naturally not good.
Therefore, the first and second grades to cultivate learning habits, in fact, is not empty talk, but can be implemented into concrete reality. For example:
Can children remember the homework and matters assigned by the teacher?
How do I plan my homework to be completed?
Which one to write first and which one to write later?
What can be done at school and what can be done with home?
Can I independently prepare the textbooks and items needed for the next day's class?
If the above things can be done well by the child, it means that the child's learning attitude is correct, can be responsible for their own things, and has good task decomposition and time management skills. If your child isn't perfect enough at something, start practicing early!
Finally, Chang Dad wanted to say:
These words said today seem to be clichés, but in fact learning is like this, ensuring a solid foundation and good habits is the best immunity to the third-grade trap.