Working Wonders

Working Wonders was created to help share Chinese teaching resources with teachers around the world.  

Teaching Chinese has been difficult with so many students reading at different levels in my class.  They struggled with the textbook because there were too many Chinese characters they didn't know.   Most of them hated learning Chinese because it was difficult and boring.

I wanted them to enjoy learning Chinese.  That's when I began writing little Chinese readers for my kindergarten students.

Now I am teaching 4th grade and the need is greater than before.  The wider range of student levels makes textbook teaching even more difficult.  The Chinese readers I create help incorporate science, social studies, and math into their Chinese learning.  

I taught at a newcomer school for 13 years.  It was difficult because I had to create material for them.  None of the adopted materials worked for newly arrived newcomers who barely spoke English.   A lot of my material may look like they were designed for the lower grades, but I actually created them for fifth grade newcomer students.

Check out my store on teacherspayteachers.  If you don't see what you need, please leave me a message with what you would like.  I may already have something you need or I can create something with newcomers in mind.