Leveled Reader (Chapters 1 to 6)

Problems at
the Restaurant

Story by Nathalie Louge and Suzanne Simard

Illustrations by Jericho Moral

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Leveled Reader in English
Problems at the Restaurant (Chapters 1-6)

Story by Nathalie Louge and Suzanne Simard

Illustrations by Jericho Moral
Reviewed by Galileo Go (Department of Education),
Dr. Paraluman Giron, and Regina Ubaña
2016 by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Produced for the Department of Education under the Basa Pilipinas Program

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Philippine Government’s early grade reading program. Implemented in close
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the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English, and
selected mother tongues. This will be achieved by improving reading instruction, reading
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 Chapter 1

It is morning. Mr. and Mrs.

Champ open their restaurant.
Mr. Champ bangs the big
gong.
They bang it three times: Bong!
Bong! Bong!
We can hear the gong from
far away.
It is time to eat.
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Mr. and Mrs. Champ look for
the soup they made yesterday.
Where is it?
They bend down and look.
They jump up and look.
They can’t find it.
What will the people eat?

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“Oh! No! We can’t find the soup!”
They yell.
Where is it?
They hunt here and there.
They look up and down.
They can’t find it.
What will the people eat?

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“Look on the table!” says
Mrs. Champ.
“Look in the oven!” says
Mr. Champ.
“Look in the sink!” says
Mrs. Champ.
“Look in the freezer!” says
Mr. Champ.

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Oh! Look! There is the soup. They
find it. It is cold, very cold. It is
hard, very hard.
It is hard like a rock.
Oh! No! What happened?
Who did this?
“Lend me a hand,” says
Mrs. Champ, “I know what to
do.”

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 Skill Builder 1

Phonics: -mp, -ng, -nt, -nk, -nd

Create new words by adding

letters to the beginning.
Example: sand

Read these new words and sort

the words in your notebook by
ending sound.

__mp __ng __nt

__nk __nd

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 Chapter 2

Mrs. Champ puts the soup on the

hot stove.
The soup is hot.
It is not hard.
Mr. and Mrs. Champ ring the bell.
Ding! Ding! Look, the soup is
ready.
The people want to eat.
Mr. Champ is so happy.
He sings a happy song.
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Mr. Champ puts mint in the salad.
The soup and the salad are
ready.
All day, people come and eat.
They play ping pong and they
play in the sand.
They fly the kites in the wind.

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It is night.
They put a lamp on every table
for people to see.
Zing comes out.
People are happy to see Zing.
Now people are going home.
Good night, Mr. and Mrs. Champ!

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Mr. Champ goes for his walk.
He gives the tarsiers green leaves
to eat.
He wonders, “Who put that soup
in the freezer? Why?”

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 Skill Builder 2

Grammar: Common and

Proper Nouns

Find 2 proper nouns and 2

common nouns in the text.

Make a sentence with each one.

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 Chapter 3

Today is Sunday.
Mr. Champ will go to the shop.
He will get cabbage.
Mrs. Champ gives him a list.
“Don’t forget the ice,” she says.

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Mr. Champ takes the list.
He puts on his shoes.
He goes to buy green beans
and cabbage.
He puts his hand on his cheek.
“I forgot something,” he thinks.
“Ah! Yes! Don’t forget the ice!”

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Mr. Champ walks to the shop.
He sees his friend Chad.
“Where are you going?” asks
Chad.
“To the shop to get green beans
and cabbage.”
“I will help,” says Chad.
“Oh! And ice! I will get ice,” says
Mr. Champ.

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Back at home, Mr. Champ and
Chad put the ice in the freezer.
They shut the door.
They go to bed. Shhhhh!
They go to sleep.
Zing thinks he can help.
The next day, they see the
freezer door.
It is open.
Oh no! Look! There is no ice!
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The bags of ice are in the oven.
There is water on the floor.
“Oh! No! What happened? Who
did this?” says Chad.
“I know what to do,” says
Mr. Champ.
“I can lend a hand,” says Chad.

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 Skill Builder 3

Phonics: ch, sh

Create new words by adding a

short vowel and a consonant to
the end.
Example: chop

Read these new words and sort

the words in your notebook by
ending sound.

sh__ sh__ ch__ ch__

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 Chapter 4

Mr. Champ and Chad run back

to the shop.
“We need ice!” they say.
They get a lot of ice.
It is cold and hard.

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They are back at home with
the ice.
It will be good ice to make
haluhalo.
Chad says, “I got chips!”
“Good!” says Mrs. Champ.
“People like to eat chips!”
Mrs. Champ says, “Help me cook.”

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Mrs. Champ says, “Help me
chop the green beans and
cabbage.”
There is no time to chat!
They are busy.
Chad and Mr. Champ chop the
green beans and cabbage.
Chop! Chop! Chop!

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Later that night Mr. Champ goes
for a walk.
He puts his hand on his chin and
he wonders, “The door was open!
Who put the ice in the oven?”

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 Skill Builder 4

Plural Form of Regular Nouns

Put the following nouns in

the plural form: shop, chip, hand,
chin, door, oven.

Choose 2 words and make

a sentence with each one.

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 Chapter 5

It is the day before the big party.

Mrs. Champ is cooking the soup.
She tells Mr. Champ to grill
the fish.
She tells Chad to chop
the cabbage to make a good
dish of pancit.
Zing chops, too.

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It is the evening. All the food
is made.
Chad, Mr. and Mrs. Champ go
to bed.
Tomorrow they will rush to get all
the food ready.
They will have much to do.
They will heat all the food.
Zing is excited.
He thinks he can help.
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They wake up.
They go to the kitchen.
Oh! No! The soup is all gone.
The oven is hot.
The pot is hot.
There are only green beans and
cabbage in the pot.
Where is the soup? It is all dry.

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Oh! No! What happened?
Who put the soup in the oven?
Who did this?
It is such a mess.
“I know what to do,” says
Mrs. Champ.

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 Skill Builder 5

Phonics: -sh, -ch

Copy this bingo board in your

notebook and fill it in with words
that start and end with “ch” or
“sh.”

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 Chapter 6

Mrs. Champ tells them to go

to the shop.
She says, “Hurry! There is not
much time.”
Chad and Mr. Champ dash
to the shop.

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They get two meshes.
They rush back home.
Mrs. Champ tells them to mash
the garlic.
Mrs. Champ tells them she will
make three dishes.

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Mrs. Champ strains the soup
with the mesh.
“Look what comes out!”
The vegetables are dry.
They fry the vegetables.
“I wish this was faster,” says
Mr. Champ.

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The fish is made.
The vegetable dish is ready.
Mrs. Champ made more soup.
They take the food to the party.
The rich man says, “Thank you
very much.”

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Later that night Mr. Champ goes
for a walk.
He gives the tarsiers green leaves
to eat.
He puts his hand on his chin.
He wonders, who put the soup
on the stove?
He sees Zing and thinks, “Ah! Ah!”

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 Skill Builder 6

Phonics: -sh, -ch

Copy this bingo board in your

notebook and fill it in with words
that start and end with “ch” or
“sh.”

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 Skill Builder 7

Use plural form of regular nouns.

Make a sentence with each of

the following words in the plural
form:

wish shop

bush chair

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 Leveled Reader (Chapters 3 to 4)

Problems at
the Restaurant

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 Leveled Reader (Chapters 5 to 6)

Problems at
the Restaurant

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