CLEANING YOURSELF The sampaguita is a flower.

Luz said. It is white and it smells sweet.

I am clean and pretty. The sampaguita is our national
I wash my face. flower. The gumamela is a flower
I put on a clean dress. too. It does not smell sweet.
I trim my nails. Some gumamela flowers are red.
I comb my hair. Some are white.
Questions:
Look at me. What is our national flower?
How does the sampaguita smell?
Am I not pretty. What flower does not smell sweet?
Questions: Is there a white gumamela?
Who is talking? Vocabulary:National sweet white pink
What does she do with her face?
What does she do with her nails?
What does she do with her hair?
What does she say?

GUESS
FLOWERS
“ Can you guess who I am?
 Asked Tito.
I teach them to read and
write.
I teach them to be good.
I teach them how to be polite
and helpful.”
Questions:
Who is talking in the story?
What did he ask the other children to guess?
What does a teacher teach in school?
What else does she teach in school?
What else does she teach the children?
BUSY CHILDREN
It was Saturday.
“Let us clean the house,”
said Gloria.
“I will clean the yard” said Nilo.
I will pull out the grass.
I will sweep the yard.
I will burn the dry leaves.”
I will water the plants,”said Lina.
Questions:
What day was it?
Who asked that they clean the house?
Who will water the plants?
What will Nilo do with the grass?
sweep yard pull out burn
THE RAIN
It is raining hard,” said Lani.
The rain is falling on the
houses.
The rain is falling on the trees.
 There is water on the streets.
“I will not go to school today,”
said Tita.
“I might catch cold.”
Questions:
Who will not go to school?
Why will she not go to school?
What filled the streets with water?
Where is the rain falling?
Vocabulary :
hard cold might
HOW TO BE BIG AND STRONG
Berto is big and strong.
He eats good breakfast before he
goes to school. He drinks milk.
He eats vegetables, too.
He plays in the yard.
These things help
Berto become big and strong.
Questions:
Who is the boy in the story?
Which one tells about him?
What does Berto eat before he goes to school?
What other things make Berto big and strong?
Where does Berto play
Vocabulary:
strong vegetables yardprramos
THE UGLY DUCKLING
Mother Duck sat on her eggs
to hatch. One morning,
The eggs began to crack. Five
pretty chicks came out of their
shells. But one egg had not
hatched. So Mother
 Duck sat down to wait. Then birds.
Questions:
the egg finally cracked. Out What do we love to see?
What do birds do?
came a chick was not a What do we love to hear?
Vocabulary:
duckling. It was a beautiful Pretty insects harmful kind

swan when it grew up.

Questions:
What did mother Duck do?
Why did Mother Duck sit on her eggs? VEGETABLES
“Look, Father shouted Leon.
OUR FRIENDS
“Our beans have fruits.
I love to see the birds fly.
Our patola plants
I love to hear their pretty songs.
have fruits, too,”
Birds are our friends. They eat
“Let us pick some of them,”
harmful insects
Father said.
On our plants. They are very
“We shall sell them
pretty. They make
in the market.
us happy. We must be kind to
 What did Cora want to buy?
Mother will cook some, too.” Where would she buy a pencil?
Questions: Who wanted to buy at Aling Maria’s store?
Who saw the fruits of the beans and the patola?
What will they do with the fruits?
Vocabulary:
Shoted fruits pick sell
BE KIND
Tito and Belen were going
HELPING OUR COUNTRYMEN
home.
“Let us go to Heng’s store,”
Tito saw a nest. It has three
said Cora.
little birds. I will take the
“I will buy a pencil.”
bird’s home,” said Tito.
“Heng is a Chinese?
“No, Tito,” said Belen.
Aling Maria is a Filipino.
“For sure, the mother bird will
We should buy from Filipino
look for her baby birds.
stores?
Do not take them away,”
We should help Filipino Questions:
What did Tito see?
sellers,” Delia said. How many little birds were see there?
Questions: Who would look for the birds?
 Vocablary:
Nest look little
A WISH
I wish I were a farmer.
HONEST BEN
A farmer good and wise,
Ben was on his way to school.
I want to help my countrymen.
While walkin’, he found
By growing lots of rice
a ten-peso bill. Questions:
What is the title of the poem?
He went to his teacher’s room. What does the one talking in the poem want to be?
Who does he want to help?
“Good morning, Miss Reyes, What does he want to grow?
Vocabulary:
“said Ben. “I found this on the Wish wise farmer growing
Growing
street.” He gave the
ten-peso bill to his teacher.
Questions:
Where was Ben going?
What did he find?
Where did Ben find it?
To whom did he give the money? CLEAN-UP WEEK
Vocabulary:
Ten-peso bill street found Keep your home and yard clean.
Dust and wipe all you things.
Throw your trash in garbage cans
and love you will surely win.
Questions:
What is the celebration for the week?
What should we keep clean?
What should we do with our trash?
Vocabulary:
Garbage dust wipes trash
A PRAYER
I pray to God before I go to
bed. I pray to God when I am
awake. Thank you, God for my
parents. Thank you, God for
my brothers and sisters. Thank
you God, for the food I eat.
Thank you, God, for my good
health.
Questions:
What have you just read?
When does the child pray?
To whom does he pray?
What does he thank God for?
Vocabulary: pray parents thank prramos
Ana
I am Ana. I like to eat atis.,
apple and avocado. Fruits make me
glow.
1. Who is the girl in the story?
2. What does she like to eat?
3. What makes us glow?
4. What do we get from fruits?
Bob and Ben
Bob and Ben are good boys.
Bob has a big ball. Ben has a toy
bus. They share toys. They keep
their toys in a box.
1. Who are good boys?
2. What kind of boys are Bob and
3. What toy Bob has?
4. What toy Ben has?
My Dad
My Dad is sad.
Rad and Dan get his hat?
They also get his bag in his
cab.The bag has a ball and a
bat.
Dad is mad at Rad and Dan.
1. Who is sad? ____________________
2. Where is the bag? ___________________
3. What is in the bag? _________________
4. Where do you think Dad is going? __________
Cappy the Cop
Cappy is a tall cop. He is a
Ben? good cop. He has a blue cap.
He has a blue car. He keeps
our place peaceful.
1. Who is the cop? _________________
2. What kind of cop is Cappy? ______________
Daddy
Dan is a good dad. He has a
pet dog. His dog is Don. Don is a
big dog. It barks at bad boys.
1. Who is a good boy? ____________________
2. What is Dan’s pet?_____________________ with her friends Emma and
3. What is the name of his pet? ________ Edwin. 1. Who is the girl in the story?
2. What time does she go to school?
My Cat 3. What time does she come home?

Carla has a cat. It is a big fat Pet Fish

cat.It sat on Dad’s hat. Felipe has a pet fish. He has
And made it flat. five fish with big fins. He
1. Who has a cat? __________________________
2. How does the cat look? ______________________ keeps them in an aquarium. He
3. Where is the cat? __________________________
4. What does the cat have? _____________________ gives them food. They grow
fast and fat. It is fun to have
fish for pet.
Ellen My Cat
This is Ellen. She is my Look at pat.
sister. She goes to school at It is a big fat cat.
8:00 o’clock. She comes home It sat on Dad’s hat.
at 11:00 o’clock. She plays And made it flat.
1. Who has a cat?
2. How does the cat look?
3. Where is the cat?
4. What does the cat have?
Ellen
This is Ellen. She is my sister.
She goes to school at 8:00 o’clock.
She comes home at 11:00 o’clock.
She plays with her friends Emma
and Edwin.
1. Who is the girl in the story?
2. What time does she go to school?
3. What time does she come home?
Pet Fish
Felipe has a pet fish. He has
five fish with big fins. He
keeps them in an aquarium. He
gives them food. They grow
fast and fat. It is fun to have
fish for pet.
1. Who has a pet?
2. What is his pet?
3. How many fish were there?
Irma, Irwin and Imelda
Irma, Irwin and Imelda are my
friends. They are making
invitation cards for Irma’s
party. They are using Indian
ink.
1. Who are my friends?
2. What do they do for Irma’s party?
3. What do they use in making invitation?
Kit and Kat
Kit and Kat are brothers. They

are the sons of King Kim. They live
in the castle. The boys like to play
kite on windy days. They keep
kangaroos and kitten for pets.
1. Who are brothers?
2. Who is their father?
3. Where do they live?
4. What do the boys like to play?
Tat’s Cat
Tat has a cat.
The cat has a hat.
The cat is fat.
The cat is on the mat.
Fat cat sees a rat.
1. Who has a cat?
2. What kind of cat is it?
3. Where is the cat?
4. What does the cat see?
Ana’sBag
Ana has a bag.
The bag has a tag.
A rag is in the bag.
1. Who has a bag?
2. What does the bag have?
Gab’s Bag
Gab has a bag.
The bag is blue.
The bag is new.
It has a tag.
His name is on the tag.
His mother made the tag.
1. Who has a bag?
2. What is the color of the bag?
 4. What are their pets?

My Uncle
My uncle plays baseball. He is
an umpire. He plays under the sun.
he plays for fun.
1. Who plays baseball?
2. Where does he play?

Helen and Henry Our Flag

Helen and Henry are good
friends. They live in huts. The
huts are on the hills. They
care for their horse, hog and
hen. They hum and hop. They
are happy.
1. Who are good friends?
2. Where do they live?
3. Where is the hut?
“Our flag is beautiful,” said Ana.
“It is red, white and blue. It has
a sun and three stars.”
“We should love our flag,” said
Anthony.
“Yes, we should,” said Ana.
“Our flag stands for our country.”
1. What are the colors of our flag?
2. How many stars does the Philippine flag have?
3. What did Ana say about our flag?
4. What pictures do we see in our flag?
5. What does our flag stand for?
God is Good
God is good and loving. He
gives us many gifts. He gives
us green trees, gas, grapes,
goat, goose, guavas, gold,
girls, guards, gum and many
more. We must thank God for
his gifts.
1. Who is good and loving?
2. What are the gifts that God give to us?
3. What must we do to God?
4. When does Pol feed the parrot?
Rainbow
A rainbow is nice to look at. It
has seven colors. One of them is
red. It appears after the rain.
Everybody enjoys watching a
rainbow.
1. What is nice to look at?
2. How many colors a rainbow has?
3. When does a rainbow appear?
 3. What does he do every day?
4. What does he sell?
5 How much is a kilo of sugar?

Sam
The Queen
Sam is the son of Mr.
The queen has a big question-
Santos. He sells a sack of
where to get quail and quail eggs.
sugar every day. He sells it for
She writes a letter to Queenie.
seventeen pesos a kilo. When
She uses the quill. She wants to
he gets tired he sips sweet
get all the things she needs for
santol juice and eats
her family.
sandwiches for snacks. 1. Who has a big question?
1. Who is Sam? 2. What is her question?
2. What’s the name of his father? 3. To whom does she write?
4. What does she use to write?
Tony and Tom
Tony collects many toys.
He keeps his toys in a box.
These include a top, a turtle,
a turkey, a telephone
and many others. From time to
time he calls Tom to play
with him in his home.
They have a nice time sharing
together.
1. Who collects many toys?
2. What does Tony collect?
3. Where does he keep his toys?
4. What toys did Tony collect?
5. Where do they play?
Lambert
Lambert has a little lamb.
His lamb has long legs.
The lamb is white and fat. He
knows other animals that begin
with Ll. He knows lion, lizard and
leopard. He likes all of them.
1. Who is the boy in the story?
2. What does Lambert has?
3. What is the color of the lamb?
4. What other animal that has a /L/ sound?

Mother
Mother went to market.
My sister Maita went with her.
They bought mask for Mark,
mirror for Maita, mop for Max
and milk for the family. They
also bought mug and mangoes
for Daddy. Mother loves her
family.
1. Who went to the market?
2. Where did mother go?
3. What did mother buy?
4. What did she buy for Daddy?
Elmer’s Dream
One night, Elmer had a dream.
He rode on a horse. The horse ran
to the orchard. There Elmer saw
guavas, mangoes, guyabanos,
langka and oranges. He ate as
many fruits as he could.
1. What is the story about?
2. Who are the characters?
3. Where did he go?
4. What did he see?
5. How many kinds of fruits did he see? 4. Where did they ride?
5. How many kinds of animals did they see?

Precy and Lorna

Stop! Look! Listen!
Precy and Lorna get up
Noel and Tino were going home.
early last Saturday. They rode
Tino ran across the street.
in a jeepney and went to the
A jeep was coming fast.
Manila Zoo. There they saw
Tino did not see it.
elephants, zebras, snakes,
Noel closed his eyes.
birds, and leopards. How happy 1. What did Tino not do before crossing the street?
2. Why do you think did Noel close his eyes?
they were. 3. What do you think happened to Tino?
1. Who got up early?
2. When did they get up early?
3. Where did they go?

The Rain
It is raining.
“It is raining hard”, said Lani.
The rain is falling on the
houses.
The rain is falling on the trees.
There is water on the streets.
“I will not go to school today”,
said Tita.
“I might catch cold”.
Who will not go to school?
Why will she not go to school?
What filled the streets with water?
Where is the rain falling?
Why will Tita not go to school?
Flying Kites
“Let us fly our kites,” said Celo.
“It is good to fly kites now.
The wind will help us fly our
kites.”
The boys made their kites fly.
They had blue kites, red kites,
green kites, and yellow kites.
Their kites went up, up in the sky.
They looked like birds in the sky.
1. Who asked the boys to fly kites?
2. What helped them fly kites? What does Berto eat before he goes to school?
3. What are the colors of the sky?
4. Where did the kites fly?
5. What did the kites look like?

The Ugly Duckling

How To Be Big And Strong
Mother Duck sat on her eggs
Berto is big and strong.
to hatch. One morning, the eggs
He eats good breakfast before
began to crack. Five pretty chicks
going to school.
came out of their shells. But one
He drinks milk.
egg had not hatched. So Mother
He eats vegetables, too.
Duck sat down to wait. Then the
He plays in the yard.
egg finally cracked. Out came a
These things help Berto become
chick with ugly feathers. That
big and strong.
Who is the boy in the story? chick was not a duckling. It was a
Which one tells about him?
a. He is big and strong. beautiful swan when it grew up.
b. He is small and thin. 1. What did Mother Duck do?
c. He is lazy. 2. Why did Mother Duck sit on her eggs?
3. How many eggs were hatched first?
Our Friends
I love to see the birds fly.
I love to hear their pretty
songs.
Birds are our friends.
They eat harmful insects on
our plants. They are very
pretty.
They make us happy.
We must be kind to birds.
1. What do we love to see?
2. What do birds do?
3. What do we love to hear?
4. What do birds do for us?
5. How do birds help us?
Vegetables
“Look, Father,” shouted Leon.
“Our beans have fruits.
Our patola plants have fruits,
too.”
“Let us pick some of them,” Father
said.
“We shall sell them in the market.
Mother will cook some too.”
1. Who saw the fruits of the beans and patola?
2. What will they do with the fruits?
3. What will Mother do with some of the fruits?
4. What does father want to do?
5. Where will Father take the vegetables?
 Be Kind Honest Ben
Tito and Belen were going Ben was on his way to school.
home. Tito saw a nest. It has While walking, he found a ten-peso
three little birds. bill. He went to his teacher’s
“I will take the birds home,” room.
said Tito. “Good morning, Miss Reyes,” said
“No, Tito,” said Belen. Ben.
“For sure, the mother bird will “I found this on the street.”
look for her baby birds. Do not He gave the ten-peso bill to his
take them away.” teacher.
1. What did Tito see? 1. Where was Ben going?
2. How many birds were there? 2. What did he find?
3. What did Tito want to do? 3. Where did Ben find it?
4. Who did not want Tito to take the birds home?
5. Who would look for the birds?
 A Wish Clean-up Week
I wish I were a farmer Keep your home and yard clean
A farmer good and wise, Dust and wipe all your things
I want to help my countrymen Throw your trash in garbage cans
By growing lots of rice. and love you will surely win.
1. What is the title of the poem? 1. What is the celebration for the week called?
2. What does the one talking in the poem want to do? 2. What should we keep clean?
3. Who does he want to help? 3. What should we do with our trash?
4. What does he want to grow? 4. What should we do every day?
5. What kind of a farmer does he want to be? 5. What do we win if we are clean?
 5. What should you remember to do every day?

A Good Buyer
A Prayer
Mother told Nena to go to the
I pray to God before I go to
store. She told her to buy bread
bed.
and tomatoes. Nena went to the
I pray to God when I awake.
store. She bought six tomatoes.
Thank you, God, for my
She bought a loaf of bread. The
parents.
loaf was soft and fresh. Nena was
Thank you, God, for my
a good buyer.
brothers and sisters. 1. Where did Mother ask Nena to go?
2. What did Nena buy?
Thank you, God, for the food I 3. What kind of tomatoes did Nena buy?
4. What kind of bread did Nena buy?
eat. 5. What kind of a buyer was Nena?

Thank you, God, for my good

health.
1. What have you just read?
2. When does the child pray?
3. To whom does he pray?
4. What does he thank God for?
 A Foolish Frog A Flower Garden
King Frog was very sad. Cora has a beautiful flower
He wanted to have wings. garden.
He wanted to fly up in the sky. There are many plants in her
He saw a hawk flying by. garden.
He asked the hawk to take him There are big plants.
up to the sky. There are small plants.
The hawk took him up, Many plants have flowers.
Then it dropped King Frog. The flowers have many colors.
King Frog fell to the ground. Many flowers smell sweet.
1. Who was very sad? 1. What does Cora have?
2. What did he want to have? 2. What kinds of plants are in the garden?
3. Who took King Frog up to the sky? 3. What do the plants have?
4. What did the hawk do? 4. What do the flowers have?
5. What happened to King Frog? 5. What can you tell about many of the flowers?
 A Playground Sunday Morning
Mang Isko was watching a group of boys on the It was Sunday morning.
street.When a car passed by, the children had to Fe and Lito went to church.
stop playing and stay out of its way. They went to church with their
One day, Mang Isko saw a big vacant lot near the Father and Mother.
end of the street.Tall grass grew on it. They prayed in the church.
“This is a good place for a playground,” They thanked God for all the good
said Mang Isko to himself.He called the children things they had.
and together, they cleaned the vacant lot. They thanked God for their food,
“Now, you can play safely here!” their clothes and their home.
1. What day was it?
Mang Isko said happily.
2. Where did Fe and Lito go?
1. Who was Mang Isko watching? 3. What did they do in the church?
2. Where were the children playing? 4. Who went with them in the church?
3. What did Mang Isko see one day?
4. What did he plan to do?
5. Who helped him clean the lot?

Great Travelers
Some seeds of plants travel and grow where Nita saw a pretty thing.
they fall without the help of people. “Oh! A butterfly!” she cried.
This happens when the seeds are eaten by “Look! Nilo, look!
animals such as birds. Look at the yellow butterfly.”
The seeds form part of the birds’ waste. “It is pretty,” said Nilo.
When the birds excrete these seeds on the “It is on the red flower. See it fly
land, they will grow when the soil conditions from flower to flower. It likes
are favorable. flowers.”
Other seeds travel when they are carried “The flowers like it, too,”
by the wind and water. said Nilo.
1. What are the great travelers in the story? 1. What did Nita see?
2. Which of these carry seeds to other places? 2. Where was the butterfly?
3. In what condition of the soil do seeds grow? 3. What does the butterfly like?
4. What two other things help seeds to travel? 4. Where do butterflies like to fly?
5. How do the birds carry the seeds to other places? 5. What do flowers like?

The Butterfly Helping Father

 “Come, Pepe,” said Raul.
“Let us water our plants.”
“Let us see who can water
more plants,” said Pepe.
Pepe watered five rows of
pechay plants.
Raul watered all three rows of
tomato plants.
He watered five rows of
cabbage plants, too.
Pepe and Raul made their
father happy.
.
1 Whom did Pepe and Raul help?
2. What plants did Pepe water?
3. How many rows of pechay did Pepe water?
Let Us Save
Let us save fifty-centavos a day.
Let us save from Monday to
Sunday.
Let us save everyday.
Let us save our money in a piggy
bank.
We can also save money in the
bank.
It is wise to save money.
We might need the money
someday.
1. How much should we save a day?
2. On what days should we save?
3. Where can we put our money?
4. How will you feel if you have saved money?
5. Is saving money good?
In The Store
“Come with me, Rosa,” said
Mother.
“Let us buy the things you need
in school.”
Mother and Rosa went to the
store.
There were many things in the
store.
There were pencils and paper.
There were crayons and bags.
There were toys and candy.
1. Who would buy things for Rosa?
2. Where would Mother take Rosa?
3. What would Mother buy for her?
4. What other things are found in the store?
5. Were there many things in the store?
The Dentist
A dentist came to visit the school.
He talked to all the children.
“I am glad to be in your school,”
the dentist said.
“We should all take care of our
teeth. Let us brush our teeth
regularly, so we will have strong
teeth. I will teach you how to
brush and take care of your teeth
properly.”
1. Who came to visit the school?
2. Who did he talk to?
3. What did he tell the children to do?
4. What should the children do?
5. What will the dentist teach them?
Safety On The Streets
Lina and Elena were going to school. The church bells were ringing.
“Let us walk fast, Lina,” said Elena. It was six o’clock in the evening.
“We will be late.”“We can cross the street “Come, Luz and Vicki. Come, Raul,”
here. This is a short way to our school,” called Mother.
said Lina.“No, we should not cross here. “It is time to pray.”
Let us cross at the right place,” said Elena. The children went into the room.
The girls crossed at the right place. They prayed with their Mother.
Before crossing, they looked to the left. “Thank you, God,” they said.
They also looked to the right. “Thank you for all the good things
1. Who wanted to walk fast? You give us.”
2. Who wanted to cross at the wrong place? 1. At what time is the Angelus?
3. Where did the girls cross the street? 2. What does Raul’s family do at Angelus time?
3. Who called the children to pray?
4. What should you do before crossing the street? 4. Where did they pray?
5. What did Mother say?
5. Where do you think were Elena and Lina going?

An Eskimo Boy
Angelus
 Malik is an Eskimo boy.
He is seven years old.
His skin is yellow.
His face is shiny.
He washes his face with oil.
Malik lives in a very cold place.
He does not wear shoes like
your shoes.
1. Who is Malik?
2. How old is Malik?
3. With what does he wash his face?
4. What can you tell about his skin?
5. Where does Malik live?
a sun and three stars.”
“We should love our flag,” said
Anthony.
“Yes, we should,” said Ana.
“Our flag stands for our country.”
1. What are the colors of our flag?
2. How many stars does the Philippine flag have?
3. What did Ana say about our flag?
4. What pictures do we see in our flag?
5. What does our flag stand for?

Jose Rizal
Our Flag
Jose Rizal was only three years
“Our flag is beautiful,” said Ana.
old.
“It is red, white and blue. It has
 He could read the alphabet.
His Mother taught him to read.
He learned to read and write
when he was five years old.
His mother was his first
teacher.
1. How old was Jose Rizal when he could the
alphabet?
2. What could he do when he was five years old?
3. Who was his first teacher?
4. Where did he study when he was small?
5. Which word tells about Jose?
a. poor
b. kind
c. bright
Jose Rizal’s Wish
Jose Rizal loved his country.
He loved his countrymen.
Jose Rizal had a great wish.
He wanted to see his country free.
He wanted to see the people
happy.
He wanted to see them live as one
happy family.
1. Who did Jose Rizal love?
2. What did he wish his country to be?
3. What did he wish his people to be?
4. How did he wish his countrymen to live?
5. What did Jose Rizal wish to see?
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini was very
poor.His parents had to work
 very hard. Wally helped her up.
He helped his Mother work at He picked up the banana peeling.
home.He took care of their He threw it in the trash can.
1. What happened to Tess?
carabaos.He helped his Father 2. Where did the banana peeling come from?
3. What do you think is a good title for the story?
work on the farm.
Apolinario loved to read books.
His Mother was his first
teacher.Apolinario is a hero
like Rizal.He, too, helped his
country.
1. Why did Apolinario’s Father and Mother work
very hard?
2. How did Apolinario helped his Father and Mother?
3. Who taught him how to read?

The Banana Peeling Helping Big Brother

Tess and Wally are walking. “Come Noel,” said Mike.
“Oh!” cried Tess as she fell. “Let us help Big Brother pick
 vegetables.” them.
There were tomatoes, pechay, Three little boys came running
beans and okra. after Alma.
Big Brother would sell the She had a little girl in her arms,
vegetables to the market. too.
1 . What was Big Brother doing? “You see,” said Alma, “I cannot
2. What did Mike want to do?
3. Where do you think were the vegetables planted? play with you.”
“Poor Alma,” said Cora to Aida.
1. Why did Cora and Aida call Alma?
2. Why could Alma not play?
3. What does “poor Alma” mean?

So Many Brothers And Sisters Nini

Cora and Aida wanted to play. Nini was getting ready for
They called Alma to play with school.
 She drank her milk.
She ate rice and fish.
She ate a piece of papaya.
Then she went to school.
She read and sang in class.
She played with her
classmates.
1. What did Nini eat?
2. Was she happy in school?
3. What made her feel good in school?
Trees
The children were playing house.
They wanted some leaves to play
with.
Celso wanted to cut a big branch
from a mango tree.
“Don’t,” said Mel.
“The branch has many flowers.”
1. Why did the children need some leaves?
2. What will become of the flowers?
3. Why should we take care of our trees?
Recess
It was recess time.
Tino was very hungry.
 He ran to the school canteen.
“What a long line,” he said.
His teacher saw Tino fall in
line.
It was almost time when
Tino got a sandwich.
1. What do you think did Tino do?
2. Why did he run to the canteen?
3. What did the teacher tell Tino?
Watching TV
Noel was good in his class.
He studied his lessons every night.
His father brought home a TV set.
Noel wanted to watch TV every
night.
He did not want to study his
lessons anymore.
His father and mother were sorry
for him.
1. Why was noel good in class?
2. Why were his father and mother sorry for Noel?
3. What happened to Noel when he did not study his
lessons every night?
A Good Buyer
Mother told Eli to buy ten
 eggs.
Eli went to Mang Kiko’s store.
She watched Mang Kiko count
nine eggs only.
Mang Kiko gave Eli the paper
bag with the eggs.
Eli looked at the eggs.
1. What did Eli do next?
2. What did she say to Mang Kiko?
3. What do you think did Mang Kiko do?
The Picnic
The children had a picnic near a
river.
They ate on banana leaves.
They had so much fun.
“Let us take our trash home,”
Nora said.
“We should help keep our rivers
clean.”
1. Why should we make our rivers clean?
2. How did Nora help keep the river clean?
Fe And Puti
Fe and her dog, Puti, were
 playing the ball.
Fe threw the ball to Puti.
The ball rolled into the pond.
Fe ran after the ball.
Someone pulled her dress.
The water in the pond was
deep.
1. Why did the ball roll into the pond?
2. Who do you think pulled Fe’s dress?
3. What could have happened to Fe?
Lyn
“Come, Lyn,” called Elvi.
“I don’t want to be late.”
“I will not go to school today.
Please tell our teacher,” said Lyn.
Lyn went into her mother’s room.
She gave her mother a glass of
milk. Then she sat by her bed.
1. Why did Lyn not go to school?
2. What did Lyn do?
3. What do you think Mother tell Lyn?
Ben And The Puppy
One day, Ben found a puppy.
It was wet and hungry.
He took the puppy home.
“Throw that puppy away,” said his
Mother.
The puppy looked at Mother.
It looked at her with sad eyes.
Mother got some milk.
1. Why did Ben take the puppy home?
2. How did the puppy look?
3. What do you think did mother tell Ben?
At Home
It was Saturday morning.
The children were all busy.
Nestor watered the plants.
Nida cleaned the yard.
Nita took care of the baby.
Then Mother came home from the
market.
She was happy to see her children.
1. Why were the children at home?
2. What can you tell about these children?
3. Why was their mother happy?
Nina’s Plants
“Look, Mother,” cried Nina.
 “My plants are growing. Soon
we can eat them.”
“Do not forget to water them
every day,” Mother said.
Nina watered the plant in each
can.
1. Where did Nina plant her plants?
2. What did Nina plant?
3. What is a good title for the story?
The Matchbox
“Fire!” cried Lita as she ran to
Mother.
Mother ran with a pail of water.
She saw pieces of paper burning.
Baby Brother was sitting in a
corner.
He had matchsticks in his hands.
1. Who do you think set fire on the paper?
2. What happened to the fire?
3. How can you help prevent fire?
Stop! Look! Listen!
Noel and Tino were going home.
Tino ran across the street. It is beautiful.
A jeep was coming fast. We have a flag in our
Tino did not see it. school.
Noel closed his eyes. We have a garden in
1. What did Tino not do before crossing the street?
2. Why do you think did Noel close his eyes? our school, too.
3. What do you think happened to Tino?
our school is clean.
We love our school.

OUR SCHOOL
Our school is big.