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"I didn't pay much attention to my son's studies at first. I didn't expect that he would do well in every exam after entering elementary school. But in the third grade, his grades suddenly dropped, and there was a big gap between him and other students. I again Regretful and anxious, I took my child too lightly when he first entered elementary school. "
"You still knew the grades at that time. Now that there are no paper-based tests in the first and second grades, you don't know how well your child has mastered knowledge and how good he is compared to other students in the class. There is a big gap. I am about to enter the third grade at the beginning of school. I am very panicked and don’t know where to start?”
I took my child for a walk in the garden downstairs at night and met two mothers chatting about their children’s studies. Listening to the chat between the two mothers, I thought of a cousin who has been a primary school teacher for more than ten years. She once said to me that the results of the first and second grade of primary school are very deceptive. The level of most students is not good enough. It's almost the same, but the gap widens in the third grade, and some students with good grades start to fall behind. This is what our elementary school teachers often call the third-grade effect. Therefore, parents should not be too happy if their children do well in the first and second grades. The true level of the child will only be revealed in the third grade. At what grade in primary school did the gap begin to widen? The answer is very unified, parents should be more vigilant.
In primary school, the gap began to widen in the third grade. Why does this happen?
Because the first and second graders can rest on their laurels
There is a transition for children from kindergarten to entering elementary school and officially starting their studies. The first and second grades are a transition period. The teacher's teaching pace is slow, the content is shallow, the knowledge is narrow, and it is easy to master. In addition, many primary school students attend kindergarten transition before entering elementary school. Teachers at this stage teach almost all the knowledge and content required to be learned in first and second grade. Even if there is no connection with kindergarten, parents will teach their children some basic arithmetic and Chinese knowledge at home. These are enough for first and second grade students.
After entering the third grade, I entered systematic learning, and my original salary was no longer enough.
But when I entered the third grade, I entered systematic learning. There are higher requirements for students’ ability to take initiative in learning. Not only do you have to keep up with the teacher's pace, but you also need to have good study habits and a solid foundation. If one of these three is lacking, a child's performance will easily decline after the third grade, and the gap between the child and other students will widen.
Therefore, the grades of first and second grade students are very confusing. Good grades may mean that students are resting on their laurels. Those with poor grades should not give up on themselves. The third grade is where the competition begins. So how to help children successfully survive the third grade effect?
Grades 1 and 2 focus on cultivating good study habits. Many parents are too impatient, fearing that their children will not be able to keep up in elementary school, so they instill the first and second grade knowledge into their children early. This is tantamount to overthrowing the child's talent. The child learns the knowledge of the first and second grades early. In class, he feels that he has learned all this knowledge, and he may not like to listen to the class, or even lose interest in learning. This will have a fatal impact on the future.
The most important thing for the first and second grade students is the cultivation of living habits and study habits. First, adapt to the learning environment and work and rest time of primary school. Then develop good study habits, listen carefully in class, follow the teacher's pace, take the initiative to preview and review after class, and develop the habit of reading. If you develop good study habits, you will be more comfortable in your future study career. At the same time, it is necessary to increase interest in learning and explore children's inner drive to learn. Interest is the best teacher.
[Topic discussion: Have your children encountered the third grade effect? 】
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