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Ginsurat ni:
Gretel Laura M. Cadiong

Gindrowing ni:
Crisanto L. Lopera
Schools Division of Tacloban City
An Tuko ha Kahon
 Published by the
LEARNING RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (LRMDS)
Department of Education
Region VIII
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF TACLOBAN CITY
Copyright 2017

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Gretel Laura M. Cadiong Crisanto L. Lopera

Writer Illustrator
 PREFACE
Dear teachers,

This big book, “An Tuko ha Kahon” is a listening story which is in Quarter 2, Week 1 of the Teacher’s
Guide in Mother Tongue for Grade 1. However, it can also be used as you employ Shared Reading technique
in presenting your lesson which will pave a way for the development of learning competencies specifically
on the domains of Book and Print Knowledge (MT1BPK-Ia-c-1.1; MT1BPK Id-f-2.1), Phonics and Word Rec-
ognition (MT1PWR-Ic-i-5.1; MT1PWR1b-i-1.2), Oral language (MT1OL-Ie-i.5.1), Vocabulary Development (MT-
1VCD-Ia-i-1.1), Listening Comprehension (MT1LC-Ie-f-3.1) and Attitude Towards Reading (MT1ATR-Ia-i-2.1).
As a teacher, the development of the love for reading among your pupils will always be on your hands.
Keep on sharing with them stories using big books.

- The Author
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 “Tuko! Tuko!” Ginkalasan
hi Nanay han huni han
tuko.

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 Ginbiling ni Nanay kun
hain an tuko.

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 Ginbiling ni Nanay ha
kusina an tuko.

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 Ginbiling ni Nanay ha
sala an tuko.

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 Ginbiling ni Nanay ha
kuwarto an tuko.

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 “Tuko! Tuko!” huni han
tuko. An tuko nakadto
hin dako nga kahon ha
kuwarto.
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 Pag-uli ni Karyo, kinita
hiya hin kahon ha
kuwarto.

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 “Tuko! Tuko!” huni han
tuko.Napausa hi Karyo
han huni han tuko.

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 Kinita niya an tuko ha
kahon.

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 Ginkuha ni Karyo an
tuko ha kahon.

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 “Aguy!” guliat ni Karyo.

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 “Nanay, ginkagat ako
han tuko ha kahon,”
sumat ni Karyo.

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“Sunod ayaw paglabot
hin bisan ano nga waray
ha imo ighatag, Karyo,”
siring ni Nanay.
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Nawara an tuko ha
kahon!

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 The Gecko in the Box
by Gretel Laura M. Cadiong

1. “Tuko! Tuko!” Mother was surprised with the sound of a gecko.

2. Mother looked for the gecko.
3. Mother looked for the gecko in the kitchen.
4. Mother looked for the gecko in the living room.
5. Mother looked for the gecko in the bedroom.
6. “Tuko! Tuko!” sounded the gecko. The gecko was in a big box in the
bedroom.
7. When Karyo came home, he saw a box in the bedroom.
8. “Tuko! Tuko!” sounded the gecko. Karyo was surprised with the sound of
the gecko.
9. He saw the gecko in the box.
10. Karyo took the gecko out from the box.
11. “Ouch!” shouted Karyo.
12. “Mother, the gecko in the box bit me,” Karyo said.
13. “Next time, do not get anything not given to you, Karyo,” mother said.
14. The gecko was no longer in the box.
 This material was digitized by the
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Schools Division of Tacloban City, Dep Ed RO-8

THELMA C. QUITALIG, Ph.D., CESO V

Schools Division Superintendent

MARK CHESTER ANTHONY G. TAMAYO

Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division

GRETEL LAURA M. CADIONG, Ed.D.

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