It’ s My Book is a leveled
guided reading book series for children in American K-5 education,with 13
levels and 30 volumes in each level. Themes for level 1-6 are individual,
family, school, social studies, animals and plants, and nature, and those for
level 7-13 are growth and development, humanity and social studies, knowledge
and learning, literature and art, natural science, and social science, with 5
stories out of each theme, from 50 to 1200 characters according to the level.
Based on Chinese teaching practice for young children in
America, It' s My Book creates its
scientific and comprehensive reading levels by selecting vocabulary from
Singapore' s literacy standards about Chinese Language for Primary Schools(1-7)
and ACTFL reading proficiency standards, benchmarking Hanban International
Curriculum for Chinese Language Education standard, and integrating teaching
theory with immersion Chinese teaching practice, also with the principle established
by the system of Spanish reading materials in the U.S. as a reference.
This teaching material uses the guided reading teaching method,
and is equipped with excellent teaching methods for teachers and parents. These
methods have a practical guiding significance, especially for teaching, since
the process is very detailed and provides a good guiding for teachers.
The fairy tale stories are created by the Chinese professional
author and the Chinese teachers. The
stories combined with the beautifully drawn pictures can peak the children's
reading interests and their ability to master the level.
This set of books is the level 8. It contains 30 stories and each story
is about 500 words.
The editor, Zhining Chin, received her master's and PhD degree
at the University of Minnesota. She had been serving as a Chinese consultant in
XinXing Academy and Hopkins Public Schools of Minnesota since 2007. She is the
founder and member of the Council of Yinghua language school which is the
nation's first Chinese immersion school. And she used to be the Assessment
Evaluation and Research Coordinator and Chinese Language and Cultural Advisor
in Hopkins Public Schools of Minnesota. Along with serving as the assessment
specialist at the Minnesota Department of Education, she was also a testing
supervisor for St. Paul Public Schools.
Vicki Cheng is a professional writer of children's book and has
published dozens of children's books.
It’s My Book is a set of Chinese
learning materials for the North American children from Kindergarten to fifth
grade. This whole series includes 13 levels. The level 7 is for the first grade
pupils, or students who master 400
Chinese words.