Abstract: Reading is an important means in Chinese teaching, reading can not only quickly understand the content of Chinese teaching, but also can cultivate students' habit of reading extracurricular books. Reading teaching should start from the lower grades. Reading in the lower grades is mainly to improve students' language expression ability, master a certain amount of literacy, and lay the foundation for future reading. In reading teaching, we should not only cultivate students' ability of reading aloud, but also cultivate their ability of thinking and observation.

Key words: Lower grade, Chinese reading, Picture books