Apart from the simple and easy-to-understand numerical scoring method in the series I can read, I wonder if you have ever encountered this scoring method, that is, in the corner of the book, the letters P, PK or numbers are used to mark the difficulty.
For example, the following brain exploration includes grades 1, k and p.
Or this skill sharpener, the difficulty of this workbook is K-level.
If you don't understand the American education system, it is difficult to judge what is the relationship between K and PK. Only by figuring out their order can we choose books with appropriate difficulty for our children.
So, let's look at the following table of the American education system:
Compulsory education in the United States is slightly different from that in China.
China implements nine-year compulsory education, that is, nine years from primary school to junior high school. Compulsory education in the United States is 13 years, referred to as K 12 education system, including one year of kindergarten education (K is kindergarten) and 12 years of elementary school to high school education, *** 13 years, referred to as K 12.
As can be seen from the above table, PreK, or pre-school kindergarten, is a pre-school class for children aged 3-5. The difficulty is equivalent to the small class and middle class in China kindergarten.
And the next stage is K, that is, kindergarten, which is equivalent to the large class in China kindergarten.
Then primary school for five years, from g1-G5; Junior high school three years, G6-G8; The last four years of high school, G9-G 12.
At present, most of the reading materials we have access to should focus on the stage from P to G 1.
Therefore, P and PK stand for pre-school and are the least difficult reading materials, suitable for children in small classes and middle classes. K stands for K 12, the first year of compulsory education, that is, kindergarten. It is slightly more difficult than P or PK, which is suitable for children in large classes. Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 represent all grades in primary schools.
To sum up, the order of difficulty is: P (PK)
The following book is a bilingual story I told in Himalaya before. Are you ready to go out and play?
If you refer to the AR reading grading website, the difficulty evaluation of this book is LG K-3.
LG matches the lower grades, and K-3 indicates that this book is suitable for children from kindergarten to grade three.
In fact, the official difficulty classification is only for reference, and the most important classification indicator is the child's current level, which is the child's interest point.