Sagebooks Treasure Box reading log

[kirchara]

Sagebooks Treasure Box allows your children to be able to read every single character in the book except 1-6 new characters that they list at the end of each book. The value of this set is in giving them the sense of accomplishment of "I read an entire story book all by myself."

FYI The Treasure Box books are the exact same width and length as the Sagebooks Basic Chinese 500 books. The Treasure Box paper is more regular (thicker than regular paper) and not smooth and shiny like Basic Chinese 500.


Book Titles:

Level 1 -- (14-pp.)
下雨天 Rainy day -- Realistic fiction
樂樂兔 / 乐乐兔 Happy bunny -- Talking animals
女孩和鳥 / 女孩和鸟 Girl and bird -- Fantasy
司馬光 / 司马光 Sima Guang saving a friend from drowning
大狼和貓 / 大狼和猫 Big wolf and cat -- A rhyming story with 11 lines x 7 characters

Level 2 -- (20-pp.)
青春舞曲 (qīng chūn wǔ qǔ) Youth Dance -- Chinese adaptation of a Xinjiang folk song
小魚的家/ 小鱼的家 Little fish's home -- Talking animals
孟母三遷 / 孟母三迁 (Mèng mǔ sān qiān) Meng Zi's mother changing their residence three times until they live near a school
小王子的歌聲 / 小王子的歌声 Little prince's singing voice -- Talking inanimate objects
小馬的星月夜 / 小马的星月夜 Little horse's moon and stars evening -- Fantasy

Level 3 -- (26-pp.)
兒歌三唱 / 儿歌三唱 Three children's songs
如果不下雨 If it doesn't rain
冬冬打蟲 / 冬冬打虫 Dong dong hits bugs -- Fantasy, aliens
生日會 / 生日会 Birthday gathering -- Talking animals
曹沖稱象 / 曹冲称象 Cáo Chōng weighs an elephant

Level 4 -- (32-pp.)
吹牛大王
美猴王 Monkey King
張良 Zhang Liang honors/respects an old man
我來想一想
拇指姑娘 Thumbelina

Level 5 -- (38-pp.)
向日葵之歌
我為人人
快樂之本
勿忘咯里馬
文姬辨琴 Wen Ji, music and poetry prodigy

I'll translate the rest of the book titles when I'm motivated enough.

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What we usually do:
1) Listen to the audio CD while looking at the book.
2) Listen and repeat after the audio CD while looking at the book.
3) The kids alternate reading each page. e.g. Brooks reads evens and River reads odds.
4) The kids alternate reading each page, switching the order of odds and evens.
5) The kids read the entire book on their own.

The kids' reading log:

Level 1
下雨天 read fluently from beginning to end
[✔] Brooks 9/6
[] River

樂樂兔 read fluently from beginning to end
[] Brooks
[] River

女孩和鳥 read fluently from beginning to end
[✔] Brooks 12/9
[✔] River 12/9

司馬光 read fluently from beginning to end
[✔] Brooks 8/26
[] River

大狼和貓 read fluently from beginning to end
[✔] Brooks 10/12
[] River

Level 2
青春舞曲
[] Brooks
[] River

小王子的歌聲
[] Brooks
[] River

小魚的家
[] Brooks
[] River

孟母三遷
[] Brooks
[] River

小馬的星月夜
[] Brooks
[] River

Level 3
冬冬打蟲
如果不下雨
兒歌三唱
生日會
曹沖稱象

Level 4
吹牛大王
美猴王
張良
我來想一想
拇指姑娘

Level 5
向日葵之歌
我為人人
快樂之本
勿忘咯里馬
文姬辨琴