Lesson 1: My New Friends

Lesson Target
 Recognize messages
 Interpret the message of an illustration
 Use messages to communicate with a friend
 Ask and answer simple questions
 Apply listening and following skills by using simple directions
 Use greetings
 When you go to school, you meet new friends.
Do you already have friends among your classmates?

What are their names? 

My New Friends at School
Today I met:
Sabrina,
Who says she is a ballerina.

Gian Paul,
He likes to play basketball.

Michael,
Who can ride a bicycle.

Bing,
Oh, how she can sing!

And of course There was Melanie,

My seatmate. So friendly!
Reading Comprehension
1. Who can ride a bicycle?
Michael
2. Who wants to become a ballerina?

Sabrina
3. Who knows how to sing?
Bing
4. Who is very friendly?

Melanie
5. Who likes to play basketball?
Gian Paul
How do you greet your friends?

How do you greet your mommy in the morning?

How do you greet your daddy in the afternoon?

How do you greet your neighbor in the evening?

Greeting people cheerfully and with a smile
makes them feel good. If someone you know just
passed you by without saying “Hello,” then you
might get upset.

        However, imagine if someone greeted you with

a bright smile and a big “Good morning!” That
would make your morning a really good one!
   Here are some greetings you can
say to your classmates, friends, and
teachers. Read each one with
proper expression.
One by one, greet your
classmates using the
different greetings.
This is Alex, his mommy
asked him to do some
house chores, but he’s
not paying attention
while his mommy is
telling him the directions.

What do you think will happen

to Alex?
Directions are important. They tell us what to do.

Write your name.

Eat your lunch.

Directions also tell us how to do things.

Walk slowly.
Chew carefully.

Directions help us do things right.

Making new friends is fun and exciting. To make friends, we start by
getting to know them. We can ask simple questions to know someone
better.

    We can begin by asking for personal information. For

example, we can ask:
What is your name?    
How old are you?
When is your birthday?       
Where do you live?
 We can also ask questions to find out what the other person
likes. For example, we can ask:

What cartoons do you watch?

    Who is your favorite superhero?

      What do you like to do?

When you make new friends, you tell them something about yourself.
Complete the information below. These are things about you that you
may share with your new friends.

My name is_________________________________.
My nickname is ____________________
My birthday is on______________________________.
I am ______ years old.
I live in ____________________.
Fun Facts

In Filipino, the word for friend is kaibigan.

The root word is ibig, which means to love.

The word “friend” comes from the old

English word freond, which means to love.
 Messages are all around us. When we talk to our

friends, we tell them a message. When our parents tell

us something, we listen to their message. When we

give someone a birthday card, we write a message.

When we read a book, we read a message.

 Messages are the things that we want to say.

Messages help us communicate. To communicate

means to express messages to other people. Here

are some examples of messages:

I’m doing great! Hello, Marie!
How are you?
  Do you know that we can use
 
messages to make new friends?
My name is Tina.
Hello! What is your name?
Writing Time 
End of Lesson 1