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Unit 1

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Let’s Begin Reading in English – Grade 2
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 Table of Contents
Unit 1 – I Am Special ..................................................... 1
Week 1: I Have a Birthday ............................................ 2
Week 2: A New Friend ................................................. 16
Week 3: I Get Ready for School ................................ 30
Week 4: My Things ....................................................... 47
Week 5: I Have Wishes ................................................ 62
Week 6: I’m Growing!.................................................. 76
Week 7: I Have a Grandmother ................................ 87
Week 8: I Get Gifts ....................................................... 96

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 Unit 1
I Am Special

I have a brother,
and a sister dear.
A loving father and mother,
friends here and there,
I may be a bit like them,
but I know . . .
No one is exactly like me,
Because . . . I am special!

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 Week 1: I Have a Birthday

Lesson 1
Let’s Try
Introduce yourself. Say your complete name.
Tell us how old you are.

Say: “My name is ______.

I am _____ years old.”

Word Study
I will read each word. Connect the word
to the correct picture.

barked

yelled

Let’s Recall
When is your birthday?
What does your family do for you on your birthday?

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Let’s Aim
In the story that I will read, find out:
When is Ana’s birthday?
What did her family do for her?

Listen as I read the story.

Ana’s Birthday

Ana woke up early. “It’s June 15! It’s

my birthday today,” she yelled. She ran
to the kitchen. Mother is not there.
She ran to the backyard. Father is not
there!
She went to her brother’s room.
His brother Miko is not there.
“Bow, wow, wow!” barked Bingo.
“Bingo, where is everybody?” Ana
asked.
“It’s my birthday and nobody is
around to greet me.”
“Happy birthday, Ana!” yelled Miko.
“Happy birthday, Ana!” shouted
Mama and Papa.
Mama, Papa, and Miko are in the
garden. There is a table and a mat.
On the table there is food!
“We wanted to surprise you,” said
Miko. “Here is my gift.”

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 “Lollipops! My favorite! Thank you
Miko.”
“I cooked pansit,” said Mother.
“And I bought ensaymada,” said
Father.
“And I have a cake with six candles
because I am six years old!”
“Let’s sit on the mat and eat!”
“Bow,wow, wow!”
“Oh, Bingo. You can join us!”

We Can Do It
Listen to my questions about the story
and try to answer them.
1. When is Ana’s birthday?
2. Who was she looking for in the kitchen?
3. What do you think did she feel when she did not
find her mother?
4. If you were Ana, would you feel sad too?
5. Where did she go next?
6. Who was she looking for in the backyard?
7. Where did she go next?
8. Who was she looking for in the room?
9. Who barked at her?
10. Where did she find Papa, Mama, and Miko?
11. What was their surprise for Ana?
12. What did Ana feel at the end?
13. Would you feel the same?

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 Lesson 2
Let’s Recall
In our story yesterday, who had her birthday?
When was her birthday?

I Can Do It
Your classmate will ask you a question.
Try to answer it. Then ask another classmate
the question.

“When is your birthday?”

“My birthday is on _______.”

Let’s Aim

Naming Words
Listen as I read each sentence.
1. Ana woke up early.
2. Mother cooked pansit.
3. Father bought ensaymada.
4. Miko gave Ana some lollipops.

We Can Do It
Write in your notebook and underline the answer
to my questions.
1. Who woke up early?
2. Who cooked pansit?
3. Who bought ensaymada?
4. Who gave some lollipops to Ana?

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Read the underlined words. What do you notice?
Ana, Mother, Father, and Miko are names of persons.
They are called naming words.

Remember This
Names of persons are called naming words.
They answer the question Who.

We Can Do It
I will ask Who questions. Answer me with a name
of a person.

Let’s Recall
It is Ana’s birthday. She is six years old. Her father put
a table and a mat in the garden. Mother prepared
the food. Miko gave Ana some lollipops.
Let us name the pictures.

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We Can Do It

Reviewing the Letters

What letter sound do you hear at the beginning of:
food?
lollipop?
mat?
six?
table?

Let us read these letters.

m, s, l, f, t

Let us give their sounds.

I will show a picture. Name it. Then give

the beginning sound of its name.

(Give words that start in m, s, l, f, t such as monkey,

sun, fan, and ten. Be sure that the words start with
a single consonant. Flower and spoon are not
good examples).

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 Lesson 3
Let’s Recall
Here are three pictures. Tell me what happened
in each picture.

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I Can Do It
Tell a story with the help of the pictures.

Naming Words: Persons, Things, and Animals

Let’s Answer
Answer the following Who questions.
1. Who were in the garden?
2. Who woke up early?
3. Who was not in the kitchen?
What answer do we get when we ask Who
questions?

Answering What Questions

Listen as I read these sentences.
1. Papa put a table in the garden.
2. Miko gave Ana a gift.
3. There were candles on the cake.
4. Our pet dog is in the garden too.

Listen to my question. Underline a word

in the sentence that gives the answer.
1. What did Papa put in the garden?
2. What did Miko give Ana?
3. What were on the cake?
4. What is our pet?

The words table, gift, and candles are names of

things. The word dog is a name of an animal. They
are naming words. They answer the question What.

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 Remember This
Names of things and animals are called
naming words. They answer the question What.

We Can Do It
I will give some sentences. Then I will ask a question
starting with What. Write the answer in your
notebook.
1. Kim has a pencil.
What does Kim have?
2. Pat has a red bag.
What does Pat have?
3. Jim has a toy car.
What is Jim’s toy?
4. The bird is in the cage.
What is in the cage?

I Can Do It
Draw three objects that are names of things.
Try to think of a sentence for each of them.

We Can Do It

Reviewing Letters
Give the name of each letter. Then give its sound.

Mm Ss Ll Ff Tt

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Name each picture. Write the letter that begins
its name in your notebook.

m s f t f s f l m

s t f f l m f t l

Lesson 4
Let’s Try
1. Pretend that you are Ana’s friend. Greet Ana
happy birthday. Say “Happy birthday, Ana!”
2. Pretend that you are Ana. Say “Thank you
________.”
3. You may also make a birthday card for Ana.
4. Draw something for her and write Happy
Birthday Ana!

Let’s Review
I will read some naming words. You may read
with me if you can. Then tell me if the word names
persons or things.
sister eraser cousin ruler desk
grandmother cup box drum

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Let’s Aim
Listen as I read the sentences. Try to answer
my questions.

1. Ana is in the room. Where is Ana?

2. Ana went to Where did Ana go?
the backyard.
3. The family is in Where is the family?
the garden.

The words in the room, to the backyard, and in the

garden answer Where questions. They name places.

Remember This
Names of places are called naming words.
They answer the question Where.

We Can Do This
I will read each sentence. Write the words
that name places in your notebook.
1. My grandfather lives in the farm.
2. My uncle works in Saudi Arabia.
3. The children are in school.
4. Mother goes to the market.
5. Every Saturday, we play in the park.

I Can Do It
Draw your favorite place. Tell your classmates
about it.

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We Can Do This

The Letter Sounds

Name each picture. Write the beginning letter
of its name in your notebook.

I Can Do It
Draw something whose name starts with the letter
in the box. Do this in your notebook.

Mm Ss Ll

Ff Tt

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 Lesson 5
Let’s Try
Listen to my short story. Then try to answer
my questions about it.
Sam and Mike are in the park. They are
riding a bike. Their pet dog is following them.
Their sister Lily is in the swing. She is holding
her doll.
“Bow-wow-wow!” barks Bantay. It is chasing
a kitten.
“Stop it Bantay,” yells Lily.
1. Where are Sam and Mike?
2. What are they riding?
3. Who is in the swing?
4. What is Lily’s toy?
5. What does Bantay chase?

Listen as I read the naming words.

park Mike kitten
bike Lily Bantay
doll swing Sam

Write the naming words in the correct column.

Do this in your notebook.
Person Place Thing Animal
1. 1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3. 3.

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We Can Do It
Name the pictures. Then draw them in the correct
boxes.

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Draw each picture in the correct row.
Do this in your notebook.
Mm
Ss
Ll
Ff
Tt

Week 2: A New Friend

Lesson 6
Let’s Try
Who are your friends?
Tell your classmates about them.
Say: “My friends are ______ and _______.
They are ______.”

Learning a New Word

This is a tadpole. It is a baby frog.

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Let’s Aim
How do you find a new friend?
In the story that I will read to you, how did Dindo
find a new friend?

A New Friend

Dindo and his mother are going to

Laguna.
“Why are we bringing many clothes? Are
we staying in Laguna for long?”
“Maybe. Lola Ela is sick. We have
to visit her.”
“But I don’t have friends in Laguna.”
“You will find new friends. Your cousin
Anton is there.”
Soon they were in Laguna. He met his
cousin Anton. He is much bigger. And he
has big friends.
“I will see you later, Dindo,” he said.
Lola Ela is in bed. Dindo gave her
Skyflakes and a can of Milo.
“Thank you Dindo,” she said weakly.
“These are my favorite biscuits.”
He met Uncle Ernie and Aunt Betty.

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 They are happy to see Dindo. But they were
talking about things that he can’t understand.
He went to the yard. A boy was playing.
“Hi! What’s your name?” the boy asked.
“Dindo. What’s yours?”
“Jerry. And I have a pet tadpole.
Would you like to see it?”
“This is Kiko.”
We played with Kiko the whole afternoon.
“Mama, I have a new friend.
His name is Jerry.”

We Can Do It
Listen as I read the questions. Try to answer them.
1. Where did Dindo and his mother go?
2. Why did they go to Laguna?
3. What was Dindo worried about?
4. Would you feel the same?
5. Who was his cousin?
6. Who were his aunt and uncle?
7. What did they feel when they saw Dindo?
8. Was Dindo happy when they reached
Laguna?
9. Who did he see when he went to the yard?
10. What did they play with?

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 11. What did Dindo tell his mother after playing
with Jerry?
12. What did Dindo feel at the end of the story?

Who Said?
The characters in the story tell us who are the people
in it. In the story, the characters are Dindo, Mother,
Anton, Jerry, and Lola Ela.

Write in your notebook the name of the character

who said the following lines:
1. “Would you like to see my tadpole?”
2. “You will find friends there.”
3. “I will see you later.”
4. “These are my favorite biscuits.”
5. “Mama, I have a new friend.”

I Learned These
1. Where will Dindo and his mother go?
a. to Laguna
b. to Bulacan
c. to Pampanga
2. What will they do in the province?
a. visit Lola Ela
b. attend a wedding
c. celebrate a town fiesta
3. Who is his cousin?
a. Jerry
b. Ernie
c. Anton
4. What did he give Lola Ela?
a. biscuits and Milo
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 b. cookies and milk
c. bread and cheese
5. Who is Kiko?
a. his cousin
b. the tadpole
c. his new friend

Lesson 7
Let’s Review
Dindo found a new friend. His name is Jerry.
They played together.

Let’s Try
Talk about your friend. You may start
with these sentences:
My new friend is _____.
He / She is _______.

Let’s Aim
These are the names in the story:
Dindo, Mother, Aunt Betty, Uncle Ernie, Kiko, Anton,
Jerry, Laguna, Milo, and Skyflakes, aunt,
grandmother, uncle, cousin, friend, tadpole

Which of them are names of:

1. persons?
2. places?
3. things?
4. animals?

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You will notice that some names start in big letters,
while others do not.
For example:

cousin Anton
province Laguna
tadpole Kiko
biscuits Skyflakes

What do you notice about the naming words in the

first column?
Yes, they are written beginning in small letters.
They are common names of people, places,
things, and animals.

What do you notice about the naming words in the

second column?
Yes, they are written beginning in big letters.
They are called proper names.

We Can Do It
Find the proper name for the following
common names.

Common Names Proper Names

friend
chocolate drink
aunt
uncle

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I Can Do It
Tell the proper name for the following
common names.
1. mother
2. classmate
3. school
4. cat
5. pencil

Let’s Try

A Review of Letter Names and Sounds

Can you name the pictures in the box?

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I Can Do It
Read each letter. Then give its sound.

Hh Cc Rr Nn Bb

Name the pictures in each row. Write in your

notebook the letter that begins their name.

c r h

n c b

r n h

c r n

b c h

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 Lesson 8
Recalling Details
After the teacher reads a story, she will ask questions
that start with Who, What, Where. Other questions
could be When, How, How many, or How much.
These questions ask for details.

Listen to the following short story.

Pam and Karen are sisters. Pam is eight

years old while Karen is six years old. They
are studying in Jose Rizal Elementary School.
Pam has a red school bag, while Karen has
a yellow school bag. They ride a school bus
in going to school.

Note the details in the story. Answer these questions.

1. Who are sisters?
2. How old is Pam?
3. How old is Karen?
4. Where do they study?
5. What is the color of Pam’s bag?
6. How do they go to school?

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We Can Do It

Giving the Proper Names

From the story, give the proper names of the
following.
1. sisters
2. school

Give the proper name for the following

common names.
1. teacher 6. hospital
2. juice drink 7. dog
3. city 8. mother
4. school 9. pencil
5. kitten 10. milk

Give the common name of the following

proper names.
1. Dr. Macario Maceda a. dog
2. Milaor Central School b. milk
3. Anlene c. doctor
4. Bantay d. book
5. My Math Book e. school

Reviewing Letters
Name each picture. Write the beginning letter of its
name in your notebook. Choose from the letters
in the box.

m s l f t
h c r n b
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 Lesson 9
Let’s Review
Noting details answer the questions Who, What,
Where, When, How, How many, and How old.

Let’s Try
Take turns asking your classmates using one of the
questions above. The classmate who answers asks
the next question.
Example: Who is your cousin?

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Let’s Aim
Can you give a pair of common and proper nouns?
For example: boy - Carlo

We Can Do It
I will read the words in the box.
Pick a pair of common and proper names from
the list.

city singer Inquirer

Sarah
Adidas cat
Geronimo
shoes doctor newspaper
Dr. Melchor
Muning Marikina City
Prado

Beginning Sounds of Words

Name each picture. Write in your notebook
the beginning letter to complete its name.

____ag ____at ____et

____op ____at ____ug

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 ____un ____en ____an

____eg ____op ____an

Lesson 10
Let’s Review
I will read a short story.

Mang Ador is a carpenter. He is fifty years old.

He works in Mariano’s Shop.
Every day, he goes to work at seven o’clock.
He rides a tricycle.
He brings his hammer and saw.

We Can Do It
Ask a question that starts with:
1. Who _______? 4. What time ______?
2. How old ______? 5. What ______?
3. Where ______?

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Proper and Common Names
Read each naming word. Write C if it is a
common name or P if it is a proper name. Do this
in your notebook.
1. Mang Ador
2. carpenter
3. hammer
4. Mariano’s Shop
5. tricycle

I Can Do It
Write each proper name correctly.
1. Pasig city
2. Miss Carmen rosal
3. pepsi
4. Abad medical hospital
5. dr. Rizalino rosas

I Can Draw
Read and sound each letter in the box.
Draw an object that starts its name in this letter.
Do this in your notebook.

Mm Cc Rr
Bb Nn Hh

Ff Ll Ss

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 Week 3: I Get Ready for School

Lesson 11

Learning New Words

1. Which among the pencils is sharpened?

2. Who among the three boys is neat and tidy?

3. Which is a barber shop?

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Let’s Aim
How did you get ready for the start of school?

In the story that I will read to you, find out.

How did Moses get ready for the start of school?
Listen to my story.

Moses Gets a Haircut

“Moses, school starts next week,” says

Father. “Are you ready for school?”
“Yes, Papa. My notebooks are all
covered. My pencils are sharpened,” says
Moses.
“But I think you need a new haircut,” says
Mother. “Your hair is long.”
“But I want a long hair, Mama,” says
Moses.
It is Monday morning. The children are
in the classroom.
“You are all neat and tidy,” says Miss Lara.
“Your uniforms are new. Your hair is well-
combed.”
Then Miss Lara looked at Moses. “Moses,
your hair is nice, but I think it is a bit long.
Will you ask your father to take you to the
barber shop this Saturday?”
“Please cut my hair, Mr. Cortes,” says
Moses. “Miss Lara says it is nice but long.”
“Yes, Moses,” says Mr. Cortes. “A short
hair will look neat.”

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We Can Do It
Listen to my questions and try to answer them.
1. What did Moses do to get ready for school?
2. Did you do the same?
3. What did Mother say about the hair of Moses?
4. Did Moses want a haircut? Why not?
5. What did Miss Lara tell the children?
6. What did Miss Lara tell Moses?
7. Did Moses tell Miss Lara that he wanted long
hair?
8. Where did Moses and his father go
that Saturday?
9. What did Moses tell Mr. Cortes?
10. What did Mr. Cortes say?
11. What do you think will Mother feel when he sees
the new haircut of Moses?
12. What do you think will Miss Lara tell Moses?

I Can Do It
1. One girl will pretend to be Mother. A boy will
pretend to be Moses. Dramatize what Mother
told Moses and the answer of Moses.
2. One girl will pretend to be Miss Lara. A boy will
pretend to be Moses. Dramatize what Miss Lara
told Moses and the answer of Moses.

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 Lesson 12
Let’s Try

Remembering the Details

Let’s answer some questions about the story I read
to you yesterday.
1. Who was getting ready for school?
2. What is Moses’ grade level?
3. Who was his teacher?
4. What did Miss Lara tell Moses?
5. Where did Moses and his father go
that Saturday?
6. Who was the barber?

We Can Do It

Proper Names
Listen as I read the sentences about yesterday’s
story.
1. Moses is a Grade 1 pupil.
2. His teacher is Miss Lara.
3. He studies in Mabini Elementary School.
4. The barber shop is Peter’s Barber Shop.
5. Mr. Cortes is a kind barber.

I Can Do It
Write in your notebook the answers to these
questions.
1. In sentence 1, who is a Grade 1 pupil?
2. In sentence 2, who is the teacher?
3. In sentence 3, where does Moses study?
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 4. In sentence 4, what is the name of the barber
shop?
5. In sentence 5, who is the barber?

Read your answers. What do we call these words?

What kind of naming words are they?

We Can Do This

More Letters to Review

Let’s name these animals.

Read these letters: Gg Pp Dd

1. Can we sound them?
2. What is the beginning sound of dog? goat?
goose? pig? duck?

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Name these pictures.

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Read these letters. Then sound them.

Gg Pp Jj Dd Ww

Can you give the letter that begins the name

of each picture?

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I Can Do It
Sound each letter. Name the pictures.
Choose the picture whose name begins with the
letter on the left.

Pp

Gg

Jj

Ww

Dd

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 Lesson 13
Let’s Recall
I will read the sentences that happened in our story
last Monday.

Moses went to the barber shop.

Mother told Moses that his hair is long.
Miss Lara told Moses to go to the barber shop.

Let’s Aim
Today we will learn to arrange the events in a story
from the first to the last that happened.
Events tell what happened in the story.
Are the events arranged from the first to the last
that happened? Which is first? Number it 1.
Which is second? Which is third?

We Can Do It
Read this short story.
First, Dan took a bath.
Next, he wore his pajama.
Then he went to bed.

The events in this short story follow an order.

The words first, next, and then tell us
the correct order.

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I Can Do It
Read the short story.

Then it laid an egg.

First the bird made its nest.
Next it sat on the nest.

Copy these sentences in your notebook.

Number these events 1, 2, and 3 to show
the correct order.
____ Then it laid an egg.
____ First the bird made its nest.
____ Next it sat on the nest.

Let’s Aim
Write in your notebook the proper name
in each sentence.
1. My grandfather is from Marikina.
2. Mr. Pascual is the principal.
3. I drink Milo every morning.
4. My sister has a Barbie doll.
5. I named my kitten Dana.

Copy the sentences in your notebook.

Write the proper names correctly.
1. My sister is fiona.
2. My uncle lives in cotabato.
3. My doctor is dr. mendoza.

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We Can Do These

More Letters to Sound

Sound these letters.
Copy these letters. Do this in your notebook.

Pp Gg Jj Dd Ww

Write the letter that begins the name of each

picture. Do this in your notebook.

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I Can Do It
Name the pictures. Write the letter that begins
their name. Do this in your notebook.

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 Lesson 14
Let’s Recall
Do you remember how we arranged three events
in the order that they happened? What words
do we use to tell about these events?

The words first, second, third, then, last, and

finally help in arranging the events in order.

We Can Do It
Tell about the three pictures. Use first, second,
and third.

I Can Do It
Number the events 1, 2, and 3. Then tell about
these sentences. Do this in your notebook.

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Try It
What do you do in the morning before going
to school? Tell about it. Use the words first, second,
then, and last to help you in telling them in order.

Let’s Aim

Common and Proper Names

Let us give a proper name for the following
common names.
1. town 6. street
2. father 7. girl
3. mayor 8. soap
4. volcano 9. biscuit
5. singer 10. classmate

We Can Do It
Let’s have a contest. I will say a common name;
the players will give a proper name. The first to give
a correct answer wins.
1. actress 6. school
2. president 7. principal
3. river 8. province
4. city 9. mountain
5. book 10. hospital

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Let’s Try

Beginning Letter and Its Sound

I will give a word. Write its beginning sound
in your notebook.
1. ball 6. gift
2. wand 7. candle
3. ring 8. window
4. doctor 9. pillow
5. jet 10. hammer

We Can Do It
Name the pictures. Write in your notebook the word
with its beginning sound to complete the names.

____en ____at ____et

____oll ____un ____op

____eb ____op ____en

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 Lesson 15
Let’s Try
Arrange the pictures in the correct order.

We Can Do It
Form a group of three. Think of three things that you
do before leaving school. Each pupil in the group
will say a sentence about it.

We Learned This
Listen as your teacher reads the sentences.
Number them 1, 2, and 3 according to the order
that they happened. Do this in your notebook.

I wear my I go to school. I take a bath.

uniform.

I Learned These
Write P if the underlined word or words
is a proper name. Write C if the underlined word
or words is a common name.
1. I have a red bag.

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 2. My teacher is Miss Tan.
3. Grandma gave me a doll.
4. My father is in Cebu.
5. The children are in the park.

Write the proper names correctly.

1. mrs. cadiz
2. national supermarket
3. dr. maceda
4. davao city
5. blackie

Write in your notebook the beginning letter

for the pictures.

1. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

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 Week 4: My Things

Lesson 16

Learning New Words

Listen as your teacher reads the words.
Look at the pictures for them.

a pair of shoes

a small boy and a grown man

a fitting shoe

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Let’s Aim
Have you tried wearing your father’s
or your mother’s shoes? What did you feel?

In the poem that I will read, find out:

What did the boy say about his father’s shoes?

Listen as I read the poem.

Shoes
by Tom Robinson

My father has a pair of shoes

So beautiful to see!
I want to wear my father’s shoes,
They are too big for me.
My baby brother has a pair
As pretty as can be!
My feet won’t go into that pair –
They are too small for me.
There’s only one thing I can do
Till I get small and grown.
If I want to have a fitting shoe,
I’ll have to wear my own.

We Can Do It
Try to answer my questions about the poem.
1. Who is talking in the poem?
2. What did he say about his father’s shoes?
3. Why can’t he wear his father’s shoes?
4. What do you think did he feel when he couldn’t
wear his father’s shoes?

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 5. Would you feel the same?
6. Which shoes did he try wearing next?
7. Why can’t he use his brother’s shoes?
8. What must he do if he wants a shoe that fits
him?

I will read the poem again. Read it with me.

Let’s Try

Stanzas, Lines, and Rhyming Words

The poem has 3 stanzas. Each stanza has 4 lines.
I will read the first stanza again. Then let’s read
the words at the end of each line.

shoes
see See and me sound the same.
shoes We call them rhyming words.
me

We Can Do It
Listen as I read the second stanza. The words
at the end of the lines are:

pair
be
pair Which word rhymes with be?
me

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Listen to the third stanza. The words at the end
of the lines are:

do
grown Which word rhymes with do?
shoe Yes, do and shoe rhyme.
own Which word rhymes with grown?

More Letters to Sound

Zz Yy Vv

Let’s try to name the pictures.

Read and sound the letters.

Zz Yy Vv

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We Can Do It
Name each picture. Write in your notebook
the beginning letter of its name.

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I Can Do It
Draw something whose name starts with the letter
below the box. Do this in your notebook.

Yy Zz Vv

Lesson 17
Let’s Review
Let’s read together the poem Shoes.
Let’s do some action as we recite the poem.

Let’s Try
Do you remember our lesson on rhyming words?
Listen as I recite some rhymes.
Tell me the rhyming words that you hear.

Twinkle, twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond in the sky.

What rhymes with star?

What rhymes with high?

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We Can Do It
Read with me the words in each line.
Write in your notebook the word that rhymes
with the word in the left box.
food foot nod hood
try night high tray
rain ran train ray
line slide pin mine
pen pan pin hen

I Can Do It
Read with me each pair of words. Put a  after the
number if the two words rhyme; X if they don’t.
Do this in your notebook.
1. bat, hat 4. road, rode
2. pen, pet 5. smile, spin
3. line, shine 6. town, brown

Let’s Review
Write in your notebook these words with the
beginning sound of the name of each picture.

___an ___op ___en

___ot ___ar ___ug

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 ___ell ___up ___uck

___ix ___un ___in

Lesson 18
Get Set
Choose the girl who wears a uniform.

A pet is not allowed in school.

a. A pet may be in school.
b. A pet should not go to school.
c. A pet should attend class.

Let’s Aim
1. What does your pet do when you are leaving for
school? In the story that I will read, let’s find out.
2. What did Lida’s pet do when she was leaving for
school?

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Listen to the story that I will read.
Where Is Mingming?
“Mingming, I will go to school tomorrow,”
Lida said to her pet cat. “Be good while I’m
in school.”
“Meow,” answered Mingming.
“Look at my bag. I have three pencils
and two erasers. I have six notebooks. And
look, I have one long ruler and one book.”
“You better sleep early, Lida,” Mother said.
“The bus will come early tomorrow.”
“Let’s sleep, Mingming,” said Lida.
The next day, Lida woke up early. “Wow,
my uniform looks good,” she said.
“Yes, you are a big girl now,” Mama said.
“Come, eat your breakfast.”
She ate her breakfast: two eggs, two slices
of bread, and a glass of milk.
Poot, poot!
“Lida, the school bus is here,” Papa said.
“Goodbye.”
“Where is Mingming?” asked Lida. “I will say
goodbye to her.”
But Mingming was not in the room.
She was not in the kitchen. She was not
on the sofa.
When Lida reached the classroom,
she opened her bag to get her notebook
and pencil.

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 “Meow.”
“Oh, Mingming,” Lida said softly. “Why did
you come with me? Pets are not allowed
in school.”

We Can Do It
Answer my questions about the story.
1. Who is getting ready for school?
2. Who is Mingming?
3. What did Lida put in her bag?
4. Why should Lida sleep early?
5. What did she eat for breakfast?
6. How will Lida go to school?
7. Who did Lida look for before going to school?
8. What do you think did she feel when she did not
see Mingming?
9. Where did she find Mingming?
10. What do you think did she feel when she found
Mingming in her bag?
11. What do you think will she do with Mingming?

I Can Do It
Choose the word that answers each question.
Write them in your notebook.
1. Who? Lida book bus
2. What? mother eraser school
3. Where? bedroom uniform driver
4. Who? father eggs milk
5. Where? book Ming sofa

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 Lesson 19
Let’s Try
I will begin part of the story that we had yesterday.
Add a sentence or two to complete the story.
Do this in your notebook.
Lida placed her things in the bag.
She placed ______, _______, _______,
______, and ______.

We Can Do It
Add words to complete the story. Do this
in your notebook.
Lida ate her breakfast. She ate ______
and ______ and she drank _____.

Lida could not find Mingming. She was not

in the _______. She was not in the _______.
And she was not on the _______.

Let’s Aim
Names That Mean More Than One
Read these sentences from the story.
1. Lida has three pencils.
2. She has six notebooks.
3. She has two erasers.
4. She has one ruler.
5. She has one book.
What school thing does Lida have in number 1?
In number 2? In number 3?

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Let’s read the words that you wrote: pencils,
notebooks, erasers.
What school thing does Lida have in number 4?
In number 5?

Let’s read the words that you wrote: ruler and book.
What do you notice at the end of pencil, notebook,
and eraser? Why?
Is there an s at the end of ruler and book? Why?

Remember This
We add –s to the naming word if there is
more than one. We don’t add an –s to the
naming word if there is only one.

We Can Do It
Let’s have a game. I will show objects / pictures.
Tell me if you will add –s or not to their names.
(Teacher may show objects / pictures of marbles,
pins, erasers, pupils, . . .)

I Can Do It
Look at the picture in each box.
Write the correct name for it. Do this in your
notebook.

flower flowers cup cups dog dogs

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 bag bags hen hens pig pigs

Let’s Try

Ending Sounds of Words

Listen as I say each word. Tell me the sound
that you hear at the end.
1. bus 6. red 11. buzz
2. rat 7. web 12. boy
3. ham 8. leaf 13. cow
4. car 9. bell 14. map
5. van 10. tag 15. pad

We Can Do It
Listen as I say each word. Complete its name
by adding the ending letter. Do this in your
notebook.
1. (big) bi___ 6. (mop) mo___
2. (cob) co___ 7. (rod) ro___
3. (men) me___ 8. (ram) ra___
4. (pet) pe___ 9. (toy) to___
5. (bow) bo___ 10. (mug) mu___

I Can Do It
Complete the name of each picture by adding
the ending letter. Do this in your notebook.

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 ca___ bu___ tu___

gu___ ba___ bi___

fa___ ca___ be___

Lesson 20
Let’s Aim
Do you remember the story of Lida and her pet cat?
Let’s retell it using these questions as your guide.

We Can Do It
Who will go to
______ will go to school.
school?
What did she She placed ______, ______,
place in her bag? _____, and ____ in her bag.

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How did she go to
school the next She went to school by _____.
day?
Where did she She looked for Mingming in the
look for _______, in the ______, and on
Mingming? the ______.
Where did she find
She found Mingming in _____.
Mingming?

I Can Do It
Now I will call some pupils to retell the story.
The questions that I will ask will be your guide.

I Learned

Beginning and Ending Sounds

Name each picture. Write its beginning letter.
Do this in your notebook.

___op ___at ___et

____en ____up ___eg

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Name each picture. Write its ending letter.
Do this in your notebook.

ca____ ha____ bu____

bi___ pa____ to____

Week 5: I Have Wishes

Lesson 21
Learning New Words
Listen as I read the sentences. Look at the picture
for each sentence.

My bag has a tag.

My skirt and blouse

match.

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My mother hugs me.

Let’s Aim
I wish that I will have many friends.
What is your wish?
In the poem, what is the speaker’s wish?

Listen as I read the poem.

Wishes
What is your wish?
I wish to have a bag with
a pretty pink tag.

What is your wish?

I wish to have a watch
with a gold ring to match.
What is your wish?
I wish to have two dresses.
I will pay you with hugs
and kisses.
What is your wish?
I wish that you will be my
friend and our friendship
won’t end.

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We Can Do It
Listen to my questions and try to answer them.
1. What was the first wish of the speaker?
2. What should be on the bag?
3. What was her second wish?
4. What should match the watch?
5. What was her third wish?
6. What will she give if she gets two dresses?
7. What was her last wish?
8. Who do you think is making the wish?
9. Why did you say so?
10. Which among her wishes do you like best? Why?

We Can Do It
Listen as I read the poem again. You may follow
reading what I read.

Let’s Try

Rhyming Words
I listed down the pair of words at the end of the lines
of the poem. Let’s read them.

bag watch dresses friend

tag match kisses end

1. What do we call each pair of words?

2. Can you give another pair of rhyming words?

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 Lesson 22
We Can Do It
Read the poem again by groups.
Do some actions as you read the lines.

Let’s Try
One and More Than One
Read each pair of sentences.
1. The girl has one wish.
I have two wishes.
2. She wants one watch.
I will wish for two watches.
3. I want a dress.
She wants two dresses.
4. I will pay mother with a kiss.
She will pay with many kisses.
In pair 1, what did the girl have?
what did the “I” have?
In pair 2, what did she want?
what did the “I” wish for?
In pair 3, what did the “I” want?
what did she want?
In pair 4, what will the “I” pay mother?
what will she pay mother?
Read the pair of answers in the box.
wish wishes
watch watches
dress dresses
kiss kisses

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 1. Which column has words that mean one?
2. Which column has words that mean many?
3. What are the letters that end the first word?
The second word? The third word?
The fourth word?
4. If the naming words end in -sh, -ch, and -ss,
what letters do we add to make them mean
more than one?

Remember This
For the naming words that end in -ss, -sh, and
-ch, add -es if they mean more than one.

We Can Do It
Let’s have a game. I will say a word. Make it mean
more than one.
1. glass 4. patch
2. match 5. bench
3. dish

I Can Do It
Make each word mean more than one.
1. match 4. wish
2. kiss 5. bench
3. dress

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Reading Words
Name the pictures.

net
Sound the first letter of jet
each word. pet
vet
Sound the ending –et. met
get
Read the words. yet
wet

We Can Do It
I will point a picture. Get the word card that
names it.

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I Can Do It
Draw a line to connect the picture to its name.

wet

pet

met

jet

net

Lesson 23
Let’s Try
Look at the copy of the poem in the chart.
Let’s try to read it.
Each group will recite one stanza.

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We Can Do It
Can I call for a pair of children who will recite
the poem?

Let’s Try

Words That Mean More Than One

Listen as I read the sentence for each picture.

1. There are six boxes

on the table.

2. The farmer saw two

foxes in his farm.

What is the ending letter of box? fox?

What was added to the words to make them mean
more than one?

Remember This
For the naming words that end in x, add -es if it
means more than one.

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Listen as I read the sentences for the pictures.

1. There is a fly on the food.

There are many flies in the trash can.

2. My teacher reads a story to us.

My mother reads two stories every night.

3. I ate a strawberry.
My sister ate several strawberries.

What is the ending letter of the words fly, story,

and strawberry?
How did these words change when there was
more than one?

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 Remember This
For the naming words that end in y, change y
to i and add -es.

We Can Do It
Write in your notebook the name of each picture.

box, boxes

fly, flies

strawberry, strawberries

lady, ladies

Let’s Try
Reading Words
Name these pictures.

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We Can Do It
Read the names by sounding the beginning letter
and the ending –en.
hen
men
pen
ten

I Can Do It
I will point a picture. Get the word card that
names it.

Lesson 24
We Can Do It
Recite the poem with me.
Talk about your wish. Draw it in your notebook.

One or More Than One

Listen to my sentences. Tell me the correct
naming word.
1. I gave my mother three (kiss, kisses).
2. Myrna washed one (glass, glasses).
3. There were six (lady, ladies) in the room.
4. There is a (fox, foxes) in the zoo.
5. Father bought a (watch, watches) for my
brother.
6. I know three (story, stories).
7. There are many (butterfly, butterflies)
in the garden.
8. I will make three (wish, wishes) on my birthday.

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 9. There are many (bus, buses) on the road.
10. There is one (bench, benches) in the park.

Reading Words
Draw a line from the picture to the word.

net

1.

wet

2.

jet

3.

pen

4.

ten
5.

hen
6.

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 Lesson 25
We Can Do It

More Rhyming Words

I will read three words. Write in your notebook
two words that rhyme.
1. ball bat fall
2. fine shine bright
3. best bend west
4. dry fly stay
5. bike bind alike

See What I Have Learned

Choose the pair of words that rhyme.
1. rain – again 6. seen – been
2. sun – fun 7. led – let
3. fat – hat 8. bug – rug
4. sky – by
5. book – look

We Can Do It

Naming Words That Mean More Than One

Give the word that means more than one.
1. candy 6. bench
2. fly 7. match
3. story 8. wish
4. butterfly 9. lady
5. sky 10. fox

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See What I Learned
Write the word that means more than one. Do this
in your notebook.
1. kiss
2. box
3. dish
4. baby
5. watch

I Can Do It

Reading Words
Read each word. Draw what it says. Do this
in your notebook.
pen net hen
jet ten men

Let’s Try
Read these words.

in on the has

Look at each picture. Read the group of words

about it.

in the net

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 the ten men

a wet net

has a pen

Week 6: I’m Growing!

Lesson 26
Let’s Try

Learning New Words

Look at the pictures. Listen as your teacher reads
their names.

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Let’s Aim
What do you do with old dresses or pants that don’t
fit you anymore?
What did mother do with the old pants that did not
fit the boy anymore?
My Pair of Shorts

Jed wants to play in the park. He got

his bat and ball. He wore his rubber shoes.
He got his cap.
Mother gave him two shirts. “You may wear
the red one. Put the other shirt in your bag.
Change your shirt to this yellow one
after playing. And I prepared five sandwiches.
Share them with your friends.”
He was starting to wear his pants, but there
was a problem.
“Look Mama. My pants are short for me,”
said Jed.
“Oh, yes. You are growing taller. We can
give the pants to your brother Tom.”
“But I love my pants Mama. Can’t I still
use them?”
“Hmmm, let’s see. I need a pair of scissors,
thread, and needle.”
Rip, rip, rip. Cut, cut, cut.
“Look, Jed, you have a pair of shorts!”
“Oh. It looks good on me. Thank you
Mama. I will use this now while I play with
David, Benny, Ric, and Dan.”

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Let’s Try
Listen to my questions about the story.
Try to answer them.
1. What will Jed do?
2. Where will he play?
3. What things did he prepare?
4. Why did Mother ask him to bring two shirts?
5. What was his problem with his pants?
6. What was Mother’s first solution to his problem?
7. Why didn’t Jed want to give it to his brother?
8. What was Mother’s second solution?
9. What happened to Jed’s pants?
10. What did he tell his mother?
11. What did Jed feel when he wore the shorts?

We Can Do It
What I will do with my old clothes:
1. Make two boxes in your notebook.
2. In the first box, draw a dress, pants, or shirt
that you don’t use anymore.
3. In the second box, draw what you will do with it.

Lesson 27

Let’s Try

Words That Mean One or Many

Try reading the sentences with your teacher.
1. Jed has two shirts.
2. He has a cap.
3. Mother made five sandwiches.
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 4. He has a bat and a ball.
5. He has four playmates.

We Can Do It
Write in your notebook the answer to each question.
1. How many shirts did Jed bring?
2. How many caps did he use?
3. How many sandwiches did his mother make?
4. How many bat and ball did he have?
5. How many playmates did he have?

Remember This
The words two, four, five, and many are
called counters. They tell us that there is more
than one naming word.

The words a and one are also called counters.

They tell us that there is only one naming
word.

I Can Do It
Listen as I read each sentence. Write in your
notebook the counter. Beside each word, write O if
it means one and M if it means many.
1. Grandma has ten grandchildren.
2. I have many cousins.
3. I have one sister.
4. Uncle Vic gave me a doll.
5. He gave my brother two puppies.

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Let’s Try

Reading New Words

Study the pictures. Read their names.

bed wed

fed led

Sound the beginning letter and the ending –ed

to read the words.
bed Med
fed Ned
led Jed
red Ted
wed

Lesson 28
Let’s Try

Thanking Mama
Jed wants to thank his Mama for fixing his shorts.
Let us help him. Do this in your notebook.
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 Dear Mama,
Thank you for fixing my _______________.
I like wearing it.
Love,

__________

We Can Do It

One or Many Naming Words

Listen to my sentences. Take note of the counters.
Tell if the counters mean one or many.
1. There are forty pupils in class.
2. There is a table in the room.
3. The janitor placed many desks.
4. There are three blackboards.
5. We have one teacher.

I Can Do It
Listen as I read the sentences. Write the counters
in your notebook. Beside each counter, write
the correct naming word.
1. Nan has two (flower, flowers).
2. Jed has a (bat, bats).
3. I have one (pencil, pencils).
4. Mother has many (dress, dresses).
5. There are six (glass, glasses) on the table.

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I Can Do It

Reading Words
Name each picture. Write in your notebook
the correct name.

bed wed men

red led pen
fed red ten

met hen pet

jet men yet
net pen wet

Let’s Try
Read the sentences.
1. Ben has a net.
2. Jed has a pen.
3. Den fed the hen.
4. Pet is in the den.
5. The men are in the jet.

Read and answer the questions that start with Who.

1. Who has a net?
2. Who has a pen?
3. Who fed the hen?
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 4. Who is in the den?
5. Who are in the jet?

I Can Do It
Read each sentence. Draw what it says. Do this
in your notebook.
1. Jen has a net.
2. Ben has a net.
3. Pet is on the bed.

Lesson 29
We Can Do It

More Naming Words That Mean One or Many

I will group you into four. Each group will choose
a picture and make a sentence about it.

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I Can Do It
I will read each sentence.
Write in your notebook the correct naming word.
1. I have a pet (cat, cats).
2. Pat makes three (wish, wishes).
3. Mama has a (baby, babies).
4. Five (lady, ladies) are in the car.
5. There are ten (bug, bugs) in the jar.

Let’s Try

I Can Read
Read each sentence. Answer the What question.

The hen is on the bed.

What is on the bed?

The net is wet.

What is wet?

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I Can Do It
Read each sentence. Answer the questions.

Ben has a pet hen.

Who has a pet hen?
What is Ben’s pet?

Den has a wet net.

Who has a net?
What is wet?

Ted has a red pen.

Who has a pen?
What is red?

Lesson 30
Measure My Learning

One or Many
Read each word with your teacher.
Write in your notebook the word that means many.
1. bag 5. bed 9. watch
2. box 6. dish 10. bus
3. baby 7. animal
4. hen 8. fly
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Read each sentence. Write in your notebook
the correct counter for the naming word.
1. I have (one, two) dolls.
2. Father gave me (a, many) kiss.
3. There are (six, one) boxes in the cabinet.
4. Miss Tina tells us (a, many) stories.
5. Nena has (a, two) brother.

We Can Do It

I Can Read
Read each sentence and answer the Where
question.
1. The pen is on the bed.
Where is the pen?
2. The men are in the jet.
Where are the men?
3. The hen is in the net.
Where is the hen?

I Can Do It
Look at each picture. Answer the Where question.

Where is Ted?
Ted is _____.

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 Where are the men?
The men are _____.

Where are the hens?

The hens are _____.

Week 7: I Have a Grandmother

Lesson 31
Let’s Try
Look at each picture as your teacher reads words
about it.
I love pancakes.
I spread butter
and put syrup on it.

I pour the flour in a cup.

Eggs, flour, sugar, and

milk are ingredients
in cooking pancakes.

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Let’s Aim
Do you like pancakes?
Do you know how to cook pancakes?
In the story that I will read, find out:
1. Who likes pancakes?
2. How are pancakes cooked?
Cooking Pancakes with Grandma

Grandma visits us once a month. When she

comes, she cooks many things.
One Saturday, I said “Lola, I like pancakes
for breakfast.”
“Okay, I will cook pancakes,” she said.
“May I help, Lola?” I asked.
“Yes you may, Jana. Let’s prepare the
things that we need.”
“I need a can of milk and a cup of flour,”
she said.
“Here, I got them from the grocery
cabinet,” I said.
“Do we have eggs?” she asked.
“There are ten eggs in the ref,” I answered
as I got six of them.

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 “I need several teaspoons of sugar.”
I got the jar of sugar.
Grandma showed me how to mix
the ingredients in a bowl. Then she heated
the pan and poured the mixture.
“Oh, I can see the round pancakes.
They smell good,” I said.
“Now, we need butter and syrup.”
My brother came to the kitchen.
“Something smells good!” And he ate
the pancake on my plate.
“Nick, that’s my pancake,” I said.
“Nick, you should have waited
for this other pancake,” said Grandma.
“Oh, I’m sorry. May I help in cooking
the other pancake?” said my brother.

We Can Do It
Listen to my questions and try to answer them.
1. Who loves pancakes?
2. Who cooked pancakes?
3. Who helped Grandma cook pancakes?
4. What ingredients did Grandma use in cooking
pancakes?
5. What do you think did Jana feel when she saw
the cooked pancake?
6. Who came to the kitchen?
7. What did Nick do with the cooked pancake?
8. What did Jana feel when her brother ate
the pancake?
9. What did Grandma tell Nick?
10. What did Nick do at the end of the story?
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 Lesson 32
Let’s Try

Writing a Thank You Letter

Jana would like to thank Grandma for cooking
pancakes for her. Continue her Thank You letter.
Do this in your notebook.
Dear Lola,
Thank you for _____________________.
Next time, let’s cook _________.
Love,
_______________

Learning Mass Nouns

Here is a list of ingredients for making pancakes.
Let’s read them.

a cup of flour
a jar of sugar
a can of milk
three eggs

1. What words were used before flour, sugar,

and milk?
2. Why do you think did we use a can of, a cup of,
and a jar of? Can we count flour, sugar,
and milk?
3. What word was used before eggs? Can we
count eggs?

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 Remember This
Naming words that cannot be counted
are called mass nouns. Naming words
that can be counted are called count nouns.

Reading Words
Let’s name these pictures.

Read the names of the pictures.

beg eggs legs peg

Write in your notebook the correct name

of each picture.

bed pen led

beg peg legs

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hens wed peg

Lesson 33
I Can Do It
Listen as your teacher reads the sentences.
Put number 1 on the sentence that tells
what happened first, 2 on the sentence
that happened next, and 3 on the sentence
that happened last. Do this in your notebook.
Jana got the flour, milk, eggs, and sugar.
A. Grandma gave Jana a cooked pancake.
Grandma poured the mixture in the pan.
Nick helped Grandma cook the pancake.
B. Nick ate the pancake on the plate.
Nick said “I’m sorry” to Jana.

Let’s Recall

Naming Words: Count or Mass

1. What do we call the naming words that can
be counted?
2. What do we call the naming words that cannot
be counted?
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We Can Do It
I will say a group of words. Tell me if it is a mass
or count noun.
1. juice 6. books
2. bottles 7. chicks
3. girls 8. oil
4. water 9. rice
5. coffee 10. meat
Read each sentence. Draw a line to connect it
to the picture.

1. Pem has pegs.

2. My pet begs.

3. Ted weds Meg.

4. Den has wet legs.

5. Ben has ten eggs.

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 Lesson 34
We Can Do It
Give an example of a mass noun.
Give an example of a count noun.

I Can Do It
Make two boxes in your notebook. In Box A, draw 5
count nouns; in Box B, draw 5 mass nouns.

I Can Do It

Reading Sentences and Answering Questions

Read each sentence. Write the answer
to each question.
1. The pegs are on the bed.
Where are the pegs?
2. Ben led the men.
Who led the men?
3. Meg is in the jet.
Who is in the jet?
4. The hen has eggs.
What does the hen have?
5. Jed and Den met.
Who met?

We Can Do It

Reading a Short Story

Read the following short story by groups.
Then answer my questions about them.

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 Ben and His Hen
Ben has a hen.
His hen is red.
His hen sits in a basket.
“Oh, there is an egg in the basket.
Pet Hen, thank you for this egg.”

1. Who has a hen?

2. What is red?
3. Where did the hen sit?
4. What is in the basket?
5. What did Ben tell the hen?

Lesson 35
I Have Learned Them
I will read the words in the big box. Copy the
following table. List in the first column the count
nouns. List in the second column the mass nouns.
eggs sugar
boys father
milk flower
bed gasoline
sand salt

Count Nouns Mass Nouns

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I Can Draw Them
Read each sentence. Draw what it says. Do this
in your notebook.
1. The pet hen is wet. 4. Jen has a red pen.
2. Pem met Den. 5. Ken has a net.
3. The peg is on the bed.

Week 8: I Get Gifts

Lesson 36
Let’s Try
Look at the pictures. I will read their names.
Point the picture for the name that I will read.

a bag two books

a belt two bars of chocolates
a bag of nuts a pack of gums

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Let’s Aim
1. Who is your uncle?
2. What gifts does he give you?
3. In the story, what did the uncle send
the children?

Listen as I read the story.

Uncle Ed’s Gifts

Uncle Ed sent a big box. The box said

“For Timmy and Tina.”
What could be in this box?
“There are two bars of chocolates,”
says Tina. “I love chocolates.”
“There’s a bag and a belt,” says Timmy.
“I think the belt is for me. And look, the bag
has a tag. It says Tina.”
“There is a bag of nuts and a big pack
of gums,” says Mother.

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 “And there are two storybooks,” says Tina.
“I can read the first one, while you read
the other one. Then let’s exchange.”
“Good idea,” says Mother. “Both of you
will read the books.”
“Meow! Meow!”
“Oh, Muning is inside the box. She can’t
get out,” laughed Timmy.
“Oh Muning,” says Tina. “This box is not
your bed.”
“Let’s send a card to Uncle Ed. Let’s thank
him for all the goodies.”

We Can Do It
Answer my questions about the story.
1. Who sent a big box?
2. For whom did he send the box?
3. What were inside the box?
4. What do you think did Tina and Timmy feel
when they saw the things in the box?
5. Would you feel the same?
6. What did they hear as they were getting
the goodies in the box?
7. How do you think did Muning get inside the box?
8. What will Tina and Timmy send Uncle Ed?
9. What do you think will they tell Uncle Ed?
10. If you were Tina and Timmy, what would you tell
Uncle Ed?

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 Lesson 37
We Can Do It
Pretend that you are Tina and Timmy. What will you
write in the card for Uncle Ed?

I Can Do It
Make a card for Uncle Ed. On a sheet of paper,
draw something on the left side. Write your
Thank You letter on the right side.

We Can Do It

Count and Mass Nouns

Here are the things that Uncle Ed sent.
Which are count nouns? Which are mass nouns?
Make a list in your notebook similar to the one below.

a bag two books

a belt two bars of chocolates
a bag of nuts a pack of gums

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Let’s Try

Reading Words
Name the pictures in the box.

bell
fell
sell
Read the words.
tell
well
yell

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Read each sentence. Draw what it says. Do this
in your notebook.
1. Nell fell into the well. 4. The pen is on the bed.
2. Del sells pens. 5. I yell at Sel.
3. The bell is on the bed.

Lesson 38
Let’s Try

What Did They Feel?

Sometimes you are happy. Sometimes you are sad.
I will read what happened in the story. Tell me what
the character felt.
1. Tina got a bag from Uncle Ed.
2. The children got books.
3. Muning cannot get out of the box.
4. Uncle Ed got a card from Tina and Timmy.
5. Muning got out of the box.

We Can Do It
Tell me: When do you feel sad?
When do you feel happy?

Let’s Recall
What do we add to a naming word when it means
many?
Sometimes we add -s; sometimes we add -es.
For example, we say eggs, bags, wishes, boxes,
benches.

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Let’s Aim

Counters for Mass Nouns

Mass nouns cannot be counted. Instead of adding
-s or -es at the end, we use counters.

Read the following mass nouns found in our stories.

a bag of flour
a can of milk
a jar of sugar
a bar of chocolate
a pack of nuts
a teaspoon of syrup

We Can Do It
Write in your notebook the counters in the following
mass nouns.
1. a glass of juice
2. a teaspoon of sugar
3. a box of soap
4. a sack of rice
5. a liter of oil

To tell if the mass noun means many we add –s

to the counters. Read these mass nouns.
1. a gallon of water – two gallons of water
2. a kilo of meat – seven kilos of meat
3. a slice of cheese – two slices of cheese
4. a bottle of perfume – two bottles of perfume
5. a jar of cream – three jars of cream

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We Can Do It
Listen as I read the following mass nouns.
Make them mean many. Do this in your notebook.
1. a can of sardines
2. a kilo of sugar
3. a slice of meat
4. a pot of kare-kare
5. a bowl of soup

We Can Do It

More Words That I Can Read

Read these words.

pen ten men hen den

net wet set get jet
bed red fed wed led
leg beg leg peg Meg

I Can Do It
Write in your notebook the name of each picture.

pen bed
pet beg
peg bell
led wet
leg wed
let web

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bed ten
beg tell
bet Ted

wet pet
wed pen
well peg

Lesson 39
We Can Do It
Listen to the sentences that I will read.
In your notebook, draw a happy () or a sad ()
face after the number of each sentence.
1. My dog bit the pages of my book.
2. Mother made a sandwich for me.
3. My friend and I played.
4. Grandma cooked hotdog for me.
5. My brother got my toy.

Let’s Aim
The counter of the mass noun should be correct.
For example, it is not correct to say:

a bottle of meat a sack of water

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I Can Do It
Listen as I read the mass nouns.
Write in your notebook the correct counter.
1. (a glass of, a sack of) juice
2. (a bar of, a bottle of) chocolate
3. (a kilo of, a liter of) gasoline
4. (a cup of, a box of) hot milk
5. (a can of, gallon of) water

I Can Read
Read the two sentences in each box.
Answer the questions about them.

Ben has a pet hen.

The hen fell into the well.
1. Who has a pet?
2. What is his pet?
3. Where is his pet?

Del has a red bell.

Her bell is on the bed.
1. Who has a bell?
2. What is red?
3. Where is the bell?

Ned has a wet net.

The net is in the well.
1. Who has the net?
2. What is wet?
3. Where is the net?

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 Lesson 40
Let’s Try
Make two boxes in your notebook.
In the first box, draw when you feel sad.
In the second box, draw when you feel happy.

I am happy. I am sad.

I Can Do It
Write One if the underlined mass noun means one;
Many if it means many. Do this in your notebook.
1. She bought a kilo of rice.
2. We ate two bars of chocolates.
3. Mother served six bottles of water.
4. I drank a cup of hot tea.
5. The visitors ordered two glasses of juice.
6. Mother cooked a bowl of soup.
7. She ate two slices of cake.
8. He drank a bottle of softdrinks.

I Learned These
Read the words in the box.

ten leg bed bell jet

pen egg fed well net

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Write the name of each picture in your notebook.
Choose from the words in the box.

10

Write a sentence for each picture. Do this

in your notebook.

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Read the story.
Ted’s Pet
Ted has a pet.
His pet is a hen.
He feeds his pet hen.
“Red Hen, don’t go
to the well.”
But Red Hen runs.
“Red Hen,” Ted yells.
“Oh, Red Hen falls into the
well!”
Ted gets a net.
He gets Red Hen out of the
well.

Write the correct answer in your notebook.

1. Who has a pet?
a. Jed
b. Ted
2. Who is his pet?
a. Red Pet
b. Red Hen
3. Where did Red Hen go?
a. to the pen
b. to the well
4. What did Ted get?
a. a pen
b. a net
5. Did Ted get Red Hen out of the well?
a. Yes
b. No
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