SHENALYN M.

FERNANDEZ
MALIBONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
URBIZTONDO, PANGASINAN
 PEPE AND THE GUAVAS
Pepe climbed the guava tree near his house.
It had many ripe fruits. He picked as many as he
could and put them in his pocket. Then he sat on
a branch and began eating them.
While he was eating, he felt the branch break.
He did not know it was a dead branch.
Down, down he fell!
After that, he did not know what happened.
When he woke up, he was in a hospital bed. His
two arms were in cast.
 PEPE AND THE GUAVAS
Answer the questions:
Who climbed the guava
.

tree?
2. Where was the guava tree?
3. What were on the tree?
4. Where did Pepe put the fruits he picked?
5. Where did he sit?
6. What did he do next?
7. What began to break?
8. What happened to him?
9. Did Pepe know what happened to him?
10. When he woke up,where was he?
 HOW DAN LEARNED TO RIDE A HORSE
One day, Lito invited his cousin, Dan, to his father’s
farm in the barrio. Dan lived in the town.
“Let’s ride on my horse,” Lito said.
“I don’t know how to ride a horse,” said Dan.
“It’s easy! I’m going to teach you.”
Lito got his horse and rode easily on its back. “Come
on! Hold my hand and place one foot on mine while I pull
you up,” he said.
At first Dan was afraid, but when he tried, he found it
easy. He did not feel afraid anymore.
Together they rode far across the field. It was already
dark when they reached home.
 HOW DAN LEARNED TO RIDE A HORSE
Answer the questions:
1.How were Dan and Lito related?
2. Where did Dan live?
3. Where did Lito invite Dan
4. Where would they ride?
5. How did Lito ride on the horse?
6. Did Dan learn about riding a horse?
7. What did Dan learn about riding a horse?
8. Did they ride together in the same horse?
9. Where did they go riding?
10. When did they go home?
 AT THE PUBLIC PLAYGROUND
The public playground was full of children. They
were shouting with joy. The smaller children were
playing in the sand boxes. They were digging the
sand and filling their pails. The bigger boys and girls
were having fun riding on swings.
Some big boys were chinning the bar. Others
were climbing the big tower and were sliding down.
Some of them were busy playing on the seesaws,
going up and going down. Some girls in bathing suits
were swimming in the pool.
 AT THE PUBLIC PLAYGROUND
Answer the questions:
1.Where were the children?
2. How did they show they were happy?
3. Who played in the sand boxes?
4. What did they do?
5. How did the bigger boys and girls have fun?
6. Who chinned the bar?
7. How did the children go down the tower?
8. What went up and down?
9. Who were swimming in the pool?
10. What were they wearing?
 AUNT DANDING
Last December, Aunt Danding, a nurse, came home
from America to visit her family. She stayed for a month
in Manila.
Before she left for America last January, she had a
picnic with the family. They went to Los Baños, Laguna
in a big car. They saw all the interesting places there.
They went swimming in the hot springs. Aunt Danding
enjoyed every minute of it. She enjoyed seeing the
children watch the animals in the little zoo. They were
all happy. When they got hungry, they ate all the food
they brought.
 AUNT DANDING
Answer the questions:
. 1. Where does Aunt Danding live now?
2. When did she come to Manila?
3. Whom did she visit?
4. How long did she stay in Manila?
5. Why do you think did she come to visit?
6. Why is Aunt Danding in America?
7. When did she have a picnic with her family?
8. Where did they go for a picnic?
9. Where did they go swimming?
10. How did Aunt Danding enjoy her visit?
 ANA’S PET
Mother bought two piglets. She had a pigpen ready
for them.
“These pigs should be given a good care,” she told Ana.
“Can you help me take care of them?” “Of course,
Mother,” answered Ana. “I’ll help you take care of them.”
So Ana became the caretaker of the piglets. She
cleaned the pen early in the morning and gave them
baths. She fed them swill which she got from their
neighbors.
Soon the piglets grew big and fat. When they were
ready for sale, Ana felt sad. She knew mother would get a
good price for them but she would lose her pets.
 ANA’S PET
Answer the questions:
1.What dis Ana’s mother buy?
2. Where did she keep them?
3. Whom did she ask to help her take care of them?
4. Did Ana like to take care of the pigs?
5. What new job did Ana have?
6. At what time of the day did Ana clean the pigpen?
7. Who gave baths to the pigs?
8. Where did Ana get the swill for the pigs?
9. What happened with the pigs?
10. How did Ana felt when the pigs were sold?
 A SIGN OF GROWTH
One morning little Jun could not walk well with his
shoes on.“What’s wrong with your feet, Jun?” asked
Mother. “Do your shoes hurt?”“Yes, Mother,” replied
Jun. “My shoes do not fit me anymore.”
Father made Jun take off his shoes and wear his
old rubber shoes.
“You are growing, Jun,” Father explained. “When
your shoes get too tight for you, you need bigger
ones. Your feet are growing. It’s a sign that your body
is growing, too. Soon you’ll be a big boy.
 A SIGN OF GROWTH
Answer the questions:
. 1.When did the story happen?
2. What could Jun not do well?
3. What hurt his feet?
4. Who made Jun take off his shoes?
5. What would Jun wear?
6. Why did his shoes be come tight?
7. What did Jun need in place of his tight shoes?
8. What was happening to Jun?
9. What is the sign of growing feet?
10. What will Jun soon become?
 THE FIRST CAIMITO HARVEST
Doming’s father planted a caimito tree some years ago.
Last October it began to bear its first flowers. The fruits were
very slow in growing. Doming could hardly wait to see them
ripen.
One day Doming saw a big, dark violet fruit.
“Father, Father!” he shouted. “There is a ripe caimito now.”
Doming looked up at the other branches.
“Oh! There are some more. They are hidden behind the
leaves. Come, Father, let’s get them all.”
There were about twenty fruits which Doming’s father
picked from the tee. They were the first harvest. They were all
sweet and delicious.
THE FIRST CAIMITO HARVEST
Answer the questions:
1. Who planted a caimito tree?
2. When did he plant it?
3. When did it bear its first flower?
4. How fast did the fruits grow?
5. What did Doming see one day?
6. Whom did he call?
7. What did he see on the other branches?
8. Where were they hidden?
9. How many fruits did Doming’s father pick?
10. How did they taste?
 HOW OUR FOREFATHERS KEEP THEMSELVES CLEAN
Our forefathers were clean and neat. They
kept themselves clean by bathing often and
wearing clean clothes.To keep their black hair
clean, they used the suds of gugo bark and
boiled in water for their soap. Their hair smelled
sweet with their perfumed oil. To keep their teeth
even, they filed them with iron or stones while
they were young. Their teeth looked red because
of the betelnut they chewed to preserve them.
HOW OUR FOREFATHERS KEEP THEMSELVES CLEAN
Answer the questions:
1. What is the story about?
2. What words describe our forefathers?
3. How did they keep themselves clean?
4. What was the color of their hair?
5. What did they use as soap to keep their hair clean?
6. Did they use soap in those days?
7. What made their hair smell sweet?
8. What did they do with the gogo bark?
9. How were their teeth kept even?
10. What made their teeth look ugly?
 A FAMILY OF MUSIC LOVERS
The Santos family are fond of music. All of them
have good singing voices and all can play the piano.
Mr. Santos is their teacher and Mrs. Santos is their
pianist.
People enjoy listening to them when they are
practicing, more so when they sing Filipino songs. The
songs make the listeners happy.
Lita, Raul, Emil, Nila and Anita sing with feeling.
While singing they watch Mr. Santos’s hand, so they
know when to sing louder or softer.
 A FAMILY OF MUSIC LOVERS
Answer the questions:
How many children are in the family?
.

2. What do all of them have?

3. What kind of family are the Santoses?
4.What instrument can they play?5. Who is their teacher?
6. Who is their pianist?
7. How do people feel while they are listening to the Santoses?
8. How do the children sing?
9. What kind of songs make the listeners feel happier?
10.What is the children’s sign in singing louder or softer?
 FLOWERS FOR MOTHER
This is a story about Apolinario Mabini.

One day Pule’ mother was waiting for her children to

come home from school. After a while she heard some voices
from the yard. She was glad her sons were already home.
“Mother! Mother!” called one of her son. “Pule will be a little
late. He said he has something to get for you.”
A little later Pule came. He had some flowering plants
with him. “These are for you, Mother,” Pule said. I got them
for you along the way. I know you love flowers.”
How thoughtful Pule was! Instead of getting angry, his
mother felt very happy.
 FLOWERS FOR MOTHER
Answer the questions:
1. About whom is the story?
2. Who was waiting for the children?
3. Where did the boys come from?
4. What did Pule tell his brothers?
5. When did Pule come home?
6. What did he bring with him?
7. Where did he get them?
8. What did Pule know about his mother?
9. What kind of a boy was Pule?
10. How did his mother feel when he gave her the flowers?
 THE ARTESIAN WELL
Nonoy lived in a little barrio far from
the town. He had to wake up early every morning
to fetch water from a well. He had to make
several trips before he could fill a big jar.
One day, men came to the barrio to drill an
artesian well. In ten days the artesian well was
ready. It was like there was a fiesta. Barrio
people lined up to get water. When Nonoy turn
came, he took a long drink. How cool and
satisfying the water tasted.
 THE ARTESIAN WELL
Answer the questions:
1. Where did Nonoy live?
2. What did he do every morning?
3. How long did it take him to get water?
4. Where did he put the water?
5. What did the men do in the barrio?
6. How did the barrio people feel about it?
7. What would the well give them?
8. How long did the men finish the work?
9. What did the barrio people do when it was ready?
10. How did the water taste to Nonoy?
 FEEDING A BIG FAMILY
Aling Narda called her six children for breakfast. She
served them all the fried fish and rice he cooked. When the
children sat at the table and began to eat, the food was finished
in a short time.
“Mother, is there some more rice?” asked Pedro. He had
eaten slowly and had taken only a small amount of rice.
Mother brought the scorched rice from the pot.
“This is the only rice left, Pedro,” she said. “Eat it.”
“But Mother, you will have neon to eat,” Pedro said.
Mother could not speak. There was little food to cook and she
had six children. It was hard to feed a big family.
 FEEDING A BIG FAMILY
Answer the questions:
.1 How many children did Aling Narda have?
2. What meal did they eat?
3. How did Pedro eat his food?
4. What did Mother bring for Pedro?
5. What were served on the table?
6. How much rice did Pedro get?
7. For how long did they eat the food?
8. Why did the children finish their food at once?
9. What did Aling Narda find about feeding a big family?
10. Why did Pedro ask for more rice?
 A BIG FIRE
A big fire hit the Tondo area near the sea. Hundreds
of houses were burned and many families were left
homeless. After the fire, the place became a big, open
space. Only burned woods, stones and twisted galvanized
iron sheets were left.
Many of the families who had no place to go were sadly
grouped together. Their few belongings were piled near
them.
Not long, after, the Red Cross people arrived to help
the fire victims. They brought canvas tents, clothing, mats,
food and medicines.
 A BIG FIRE
Answer the questions:
.1.What hit Tondo area?
.2.What did the families who had no place to go do?
3. What did the burned areas be come?
4. How did the galvanized iron sheets look?
5. Had all of the families no place to go?
6. How many houses were burned?7. Who arrived to help
the fire victims?
8. What happened to many of the families?
9. Where did the fire in Tondo occur?
10. What were given to the fire victims?
 A WAY TO HELP MOTHER
Ludy was playing with her friends in their front
yard when she saw her mother coming from the
market. She excused herself politely from her
playmates and ran to meet her mother. She took the
basket and carried it to the house.
“Thank you, Ludy,” her mother said when they
reached the house. “You can go back to your friends
and play again.”
“No, Mother,” Ludy answered. “I have already told
them, I am going to help you prepare our food.”
 A WAY TO HELP MOTHER
Answer the questions:
.1.With whom was Ludy playing?
.2.Where were they playing?
.3.Whom did Lucy see coming?
.4.What did Ludy do when she saw her coming?
5. What did Ludy do upon meeting her?
6. What did Ludy’s mother do when they reach home?
7. Did her mother want her continue playing?
8. Why did Ludy not go back to play again?
9. Where did mother come from?
10. What kind of a child is Ludy?
 A WET AFTERNOON
It was cloudy that afternoon. It looked like it would
rain. Tonio and Lucio were walking home. They had visited
their grandmother who lived on the other side of the
ricefield.
“Let’s walk fast, Tonio,” Lucio told his brother. “We
might be caught in the rain. Mother would be waiting for
us.”
“It’s beginning to rain!” Tonio said as he ran under a tree
to take shelter. Lucio followed him.
Soon the rain stooped and they went on walking. They
were already home when it rained again.
 A WET AFTERNOON
Answer the questions:
How were Tonio and Lucio related?
2. Why did it look like it would rain?
3. Where did Tonio and Lucio come from?
4. What did they do there?
5. What might happen to the boys?
6. What did they do?
7. Where did they run when it rained?
8. Who would be waiting for them at home?
9. What did they do when the rain stopped?
10. What happened when they reached home?
 FREE CANDIES
Vic and Jicky were walking to school. Near a store they
saw a man giving free candies to children.
“Hurry, Jicky, let’s ask for some candies,” shouted Vic as he ran
towards the man. “There may not be any candy left for us.”
“No, vic, stop!” called Jicky. “those candies might be drugged.”
Vic stopped at once. He remembered that Miss Reyes told
them not to accept candies or anything to eat or drink from
strangers. They might be drugged.”
“Quick, Jicky,” Vic said in a frightened voice. “Those
children might eat those candies. Let’s report them to the
principal.”
 FREE CANDIES
Answer the questions:
. 1.Where were the two boys going?
2. Where did they see the man and the children?
3. What was the man doing?
4. Why did Vic run towards the man?
5. What did Jicky think about the candies?
6. Why did Vic stop running?
7. From whom should children not accept anything to eat or
drink?
8. How did Vic feel?
9. To whom did Vic want to ?
10. What must the children do?
 FLORA’S GODMOTHER
One Sunday Flora went to her godmother’s house. She did
not see her Ninang Marta but someone was there who looked like
her. When she was about to leave, the woman laughed.
“Why, Flora,” she asked, “don’t you remember your own
godmother?”
Flora was surprised. The woman was her godmother but she
looked different. She wore a black wig that made her look younger
and prettier.
“I did not recognize you at once, Ninang,” Flora said. “You
look different with a wig.”
“Is that so?”, aling Marta asked. “A friend sold me her long
hair and I had it made into a wig. A hairdresser made it for me.”
 FLORA’S GODMOTHER
Answer the questions:
. When did Flora go to her godmother’s house?
2. Whom did she see in the house?
3. Did she know the woman?
4. What did the woman do when she was about to
leave?
5. How did Flora feel?
6. Who was the woman?
7. What made her look different?
8. How did it make her look different?
9. Was the wig given to her god mother?
10. Who made the wig?
 CARLITO’S HOBBY
Carlito has a hobby. He loves birds so he collects them.
His father bought him different kinds of birds which he
keeps in clean cages. He takes good care of them. He has
lovebirds, mayas, doves and a parrot. He gives them food
and drinking water everyday.
Once he was able to catch some mayas. How? He kept
the door of a big cage open with a string that he held from
a distance. He put some rice inside the cage to attract the
birds. Soon some birds flew down and entered the cage.
Carlito let go of the string and the door shut. The mayas
were caught inside the cage. These birds soon became pets,
too.
 CARLITO’S HOBBY
Answer the questions:
. 1.What is Carlito’s hobby?
. 2.Who gave him different kinds of birds?
3.Where does he kept his birds?
4.How often does he give food and drink to his pets?
5.Does Carlito take good care of his pets?
6.What birds was he able to catch once?
7.What did he use in catching them?
8.What did he use to attract the birds?
9.How many birds were attracted?
10.What did Carlito do with the birds he caught?
 IN BED WITH INFLUENZA
Lola Luchi was in bed with a cold. She sneezed and coughed.
In the evening she had a fever.
When a doctor was called, he gave her some medicines to
take.
“Lola, you have influenza,” Dr. Paras said. Drink plenty of fruit juice
and stay in bed. Take this medicine and you will get well.” Then he
told Aunt Celia to follow all directions in giving Lola Luchi her
medicines.
Lola Luchi was very careful. She used her own spoon, cup
and plate. She did not allow the children to go near her. She
covered her mouth with a handkerchief when she sneezed or
coughed.
In a few days Lola was well again.
 IN BED WITH INFLUENZA
Answer the questions:
1. What kept Lola in bed?
2. What did she have in the morning?
3. Who said she had influenza?
4. Who gave her some medicine to take?
5. What should she drink?
6. What did the doctor tell Aunt Celia to do?
7. Whose things did Lola use?
8. Where did she sneeze and cough?
9. Who were not allowed to go near her?
10. How soon did Lola Luchi get well?
 MARITES LOVES DAISIES
Marites is fond of daisies. One day, she bought five daisy
plants with flowers from a plant vendor. They were planted in
small plastic bags. The floweres were of different colors – red,
orange, pink, white and yellow.Marites was very happy when she
reached home. She watered the plants and put them in the
shade.
After two days she saw that their leaves were turning
yellow. The flowers were wilting, too. She thought that she had
been cheated. She pulled out a plant and saw that it had no
roots. The leaves were tied together to make them appear like a
plant.Marites was very angry. She learned a lesson and said she
would not be cheated again.
 MARITES LOVES DAISIES
Answer the questions:
1.Who is fond of daisies?2.From whom did she buy the
daisies?
3. Where were they planted?
4. How many daisy plants did she buy?
5. How did Marites feel when she reached home?
6. Where did she put the plants?
7. What did she see after two days?
8. What did she think was done to her?
9. What did she find out when she pulled out a plant?
10. What did Marites say?
 ORCHIDS
There are many kinds of orchids in the Philippines. They
grow wild in the forests. Some grow on the ground and others
on trees.
Orchids have beautiful flowers. Some stay fresh for sometime.
The cattleya and waling-waling stay fresh for as long as two
weeks.
Orchids are made into corsage. They are worn by women
on their dresses. Of all the orchids. Women pay more for the
cattleya. It is the most beautiful and stays fresh longer than
others.
Some people make money from orchids by raising them and
selling their flowers.
 ORCHIDS
Answer the questions:
.1.How many kinds of orchids are there in the Philippines?
2. Where do they grow wild?
3. What can you say about the orchids?
4. Can they grow on trees?
5. How long can some orchids stay fresh?
6. For how long can a waling-waling stay fresh?
7. Into what orchids are made?
8. Where do women wear them?
9. Which is the most beautiful orchid?
10. How do some people make money for orchids?
 THE TELEGRAM
It was late at night. Someone knocked hard at the door.
Dado’s father looked out of the window to see who was there.
“Telegram, Sir!” the man outside said.
Dado opened the door quickly. His father and mother followed
him.
“I hope it’s nothing bad,” Aling Loleng said.
Mang Poldo opened the telegram at once. Then he read it silently.
He was very quiet. Aling Loleng looked at her husband. – She
thought something was wrong.
Soon Mang Poldo began to laugh. He shouted with joy. He
handed the telegram to Aling Loleng. She read it: LEOPOLDO
CRUZ – won ten thousand pesos – Contest. Collect Monday. –
Kleen Soap company.
 THE TELEGRAM
Answer the questions:
Who knocked at the door?
.

Who looked out of the window to see who was there?

.

What did the man outside say?

.

4.Who opened the door?

5.What did Aling Loleng say?
6.Who opened the telegram?
7.How did he read it?
8.What did Aling Loleng think about the telegram?
9.Who shouted with joy?
10.What was the telegram about?
 PLANTS NEED WATER
Jose’s father has a vegetable garden in their backyard. He has egg-
plants, pechay, radishes and cabbages. He has also cucumbers, patola, upo, and
other vegetable vines.
One day, Jose came home from school ahead of his fathers who
works in a factory in the town. He saw his father’s garden. The soil was very dry
and the leaves of the plants were wilting due to the heat of the sun. After chang-
ing his clothes, he took the sprinkle and began watering the plants. He was almost
through with his work when his father arrived.
“Good boy!” his father said. “The plants are surely happy now. They
are also like people. When it is very hot, they also want to drink.”
“I know it, Father,” Jose said. “That's why I'm watering them now.
1. Where was the vegetable garden?
2. Who owned the garden?
3. Which is a vine?
4. Where does Jose’s father work?
5. Why did Jose water the plants?
6. What did he use for watering?
7. What made soil dry?
8. Who arrived when Jose was watering the plants?
9. In what ways are plants like people?
10. How do plants feel after being watered?
 HOW DYSENTERY WAS SPREAD
Some years ago, the people of Barrio San Antonio did not
have safe water for their daily needs. They got their water from a well
near the schoolhouse
One day, it was reported in school that someone was sick
of dysentery. Mr. Castro, the principal, told the pupils and the barrio
people to boil all their drinking water. Many of the people could not
understand why they had to boil water from the well. They thought
that clear water was already safe from germs.
Soon many many pupils and their parents got sick. Only Mr.
Castro's family and those who boiled their water and not get sick.
 1. What barrio did not have safe water?
2. Where did the people get their water?
3. Where was it located?
4. What sickness was reported in school?
5. Who was the principal of the school?
6. What did he tell the barrio people to do?
7. What did the people think about the water from the
well?
8. Did all the barrio people boil their drinking water?
9. Why did some pupils and their parents get sick?
10. Who did not become sick?
 DAMA DE NOCHE
Most plants have bright-colored flowers. They
open during the day. There are also plants with flowers that
bloom at night. Their flowers are either white or light-col-
ored. They smell very sweet. Some of these are the dama de
noche, sampaguita and camia.
Dama de noche means”lady of the right.” Its little
star-like flowers open at night. They give out a sweet odor
that can be smelled from a distance. By its fragrance, you
can tell that there is a dama de noche plant nearby. In the
morning the flowers lose their fragrance.
 1. When do most flowers open?
2. What kind of flowers bloom at night?
3. Which if these flowers smell sweet?
4. Which of these flowers open at night?
5. What does dama de noche mean?
6. What is the shape of its flowers?
7. When do its flower bloom?
9. How does one know that there is a dama de noche plant
nearby?
10. What happens to its odor in the morning?
 FLAG CEREMONY AT THE RIZAL PARK
It was Rizal Day. Mr. Santos and his two son, Victor and
Luis, rode in a taxi to the Rizal Park. They would attend the flag rais-
ing ceremony at the Luneta day. It would be held in front of the Rizal
monument at seven o'clock in the morning.
It was still early but the crowd was already getting big.
There were many small children with there parents. They would
play in the park after the ceremony.
The three took their places near the monument. When the
band played the National Anthem, everybody stood at attention. The
flag went up quickly till it reached the top of the pole. Soon the an-
them was over and the people began to move away.
 1. Where did Mr. Santos and his two sons go?
2. Where did Mr. Santos and the boys stay?
3. At what time did the ceremony begin?
4. What would Mr. Santos and his sons attend?
5. Where did they ride?
6. What did they see in front of the monument?
7. When did they visit the place?
8. What would the small children do after the
ceremony?
9. Why did the people move away?
10. What was played by the band?
 THE WALKATHON
Lina’s father wanted to grow strong and healthy. One
day he started a walkathon with a group of friends. Every morning
they walked fast from their places to the schoolhouse. Then they
turned around a wide circle along the park and back to their own
places. They did this every morning when other people were still
asleep.
After sometime their small group became big when other
neighbors joined them. Their little group of six became a big group
of forty members.
Lina's father was not the only one who grew strong and
healthy, but his neighbors as well.
1. What fid Lina's father want to become?
2. With whom did he start a walkathon?
3. When did they have their walkathons?
4. How much exercise did he have after they started
walkathon?
5. From where did they start their walk?
6. What place did they reach first?
7. Where did they turn around?
8. What happened to their group?
9. Who joined their group?
10. How many in all became members of their group?
 TRAVELING IN SPACE
Years and years ago man never thought he could
travel in space. They have orbited Earth and
landed on the moon.
Men who travel in space are called astronauts or
cosmonauts . They are very brave men. The first
man to orbit our Earth in a spaceship was a Russian
cosmonaut. The first man to land on the moon was
an American astronaut. These men have become
international by heroes.
1. In what place did man think he could not travel?
2. When were rocketships only for comic books?
3. Where have rocketships orbited?
4. Where do rocketship travel?
5. Who are astronauts?
6. What kind of men are astronauts?
7. Who was the first to orbit the earth in a spaceship?
8. Who was the first to land on the moon?
9. What have these men become?
10. What is the Russian name for astronaut?
 THE LIGHTNING
Lydia saw a flash of bright light. Clap! Br-r-r-m-m! The sound of
thunder rolled on. Lydia covered ger ears with her hands and ran to
her mother.
”What’s wrong, Lydia?” asked Mother. “You’re safe n the house.
The lightning won’t hurt you here.”
“Mother, why won’t the lightning hurt me?”
“First of all you are in the house,” explained Mother. “More often
lightning strikes people in an open space. It finds the highest place
to strike. Farmers walking alone in the field or riding on carabaos are
often struck by lightning. If a farmer is caught in a thunderstorm, he
should lie down on the ground and wait until it is over. He should
stay away from his carabao and avoid staying under a tree.
 1. What did Lydia see?
2. What followed it?
3. What did Lydia do?
4. Where was Lydia?
5. Was Lydia safe there?
6. Where does lightning open strike people?
7. Is a field a closed placed?
8. What place does lightning strike?
9. What should a farmer on the field do whn lightning
occurs?
10. What should a person avoid when there is lightning?
 WHITE ANTS
Ants are interesting insects. They live in groups. White
ants, for example, have their own queen that lays eggs. The
worker ants take care of the eggs. They look for food and feed the
queen and the baby ants that hatch from the eggs. Soon these
baby ants grow into worker and soldier ants.
Some white ants know how to grow mushroom inside
their anthills. They use mushrooms for food. Other white ants
eat dead trees and even growing ones.
White ants destroy books, furniture and even houses.
To destroy white ants, the quuen should be found and killed.
1. What kind of insect are ants?
2. How do ants live?
3. Which of the white ants lays eggs?
4. Who take care of the eggs?
5. What hatch from eggs?
6. What do the baby ants become?
7. What do some white ants grow in their anthills?
8. Why do they grow them?
9. Which of these is not food for white ants?
10. What should be done to destroy white ants?
 THE BIGGEST LAPULAPU
This is a true story about a very big fish.
Sometime in 1968, some fishermen were fishing in
the sea not far from Sorsogon in the Bicol Peninsula. They
caught a very big fish. It measured six feet long and 65
inches around its body. Its weight was 200 kilos. The fish
was a kalatang which is the largest kind of lapulapu.
When it was being taken down from a ship at the pier
in Manila, people could not believe it was a real fish. It is be-
lieved to be the largest of its kind in Philippine waters.
1. When was the fish caught?
2. Where did the fishermen catch it?
3. Where is Sorsogon?
4. How long was the fish?
5. How big was it round the body?
6. How heavy was it in kilos?
7. What was the fish called?
8. Is this fish a kind of lapulapu?
9. What is the belief about the fish?
10. Where was the fish brought?
 MOTHER OF THE KATIPUNAN
Melchora Aquino was known as Tandang Sora. She
was called the “Mother of Katipunan”. The Katipuneros
knew her as a friend and helper. They chose her house as
their meeting place. They were in that house when the
secret society was found out by the Spaniards. Many
house was like a hospital, too. There, Tandang Sora
treated the soldiers’ wounds.
She was not afraid to help the men who were fight-
ing for freedom. She was eighty-four years old then, but
her age did not stop her from helping her countrymen.
1. How was Melchora Aquino called?
2. Was she very old that time?
3. Where was the meeting place of the Katipuneros?
4. What was Tandang Sora to the Katipuneros?
5. Was the Katipunan a secret society?
6. What did many of the men do in her house?
7. What did Tandang Sora treat?
8. Was her house like a hospital?
9. What were the men fighting for?
10. How old was Tandang Sora at that time?
 FRANCISCO BALAGTAS
Francisco Balagtas was a writer of poems. He wrote the long
poem “Florante at Laura”. This made him to be known as the Prince of Tagalog
Poets”
It is said that he was put in prison by someone who disliked him.
It was there that he wrote his well-known poem.
He also wrote Moro-moro plays which were shown in barrio and
town fiestas. People liked many of his awits and corridos. He also wrote a
Spanish novel to earn money for his family.
Many of his fine works were kept in a trunk in Orion, Bataan, but
they were all burned when a big fire broke out in that place.
1. Which poem was written by Balagtas?
2. How is Balagtas known?
3. What is “Florante at Laura”
4. Where did he write his Florante at Laura?
5. Who had him put in prison?
6. Where were his Moro-moro plays shown?
7. What novel did he write to earn money for his family?
8. Did the people like his awit and corridos?
9. Where were many of his fine works kept?
10. What happened to them?
 STUDYING ABOUT BIRDS
One day in 1968 a man was hunting in the mountain area
of Ibahay, Aklan. He caught a giant bird. It had a metal band on its
left leg which showed the name of the place where it came from.
Other people saw the band and believed that the bird and some other
birds of its kind might have been set free in Hongkong by a group of
scientists. They were studying the habits of these birds. They wanted
to know how far and where the birds would fly.
The capture of this giant bird in the Philippines, in the prov-
ince of Aklan, proved that birds can fly thousands of miles across the
sea.
1. Where was the man hunting?
2. In what province is the town located?
3. When did this happen?
4. What was caught by the man?
5. What kind of a band was found in its leg?
6. Was it found on the right leg?
7. Where did the bird come from?
8. Who set the birds free?
9. What were they studying?
10. What were they able to prove?
 A REWARD FOR CLEANLINESS
The residents of Naranghita Street were proud and
happy. They worked hard together to keep their place clean and
attractive. For their good work, they were awarded first prize in
the cleanliness contest in their district.
Everyone cooperated with the barrio captain when he
asked for their help to make their place beautiful and clean. Each
house was provided with a covered garbage can. Everyone
avoided throwing anything on the streets and on the sidewalks.
Each one made it his duty to remove from the street in front of his
house anything scattered there.
The people also planted ornamental and flowering
plants in their garden and along the sidewalks.
1. Who were proud and happy?
2. How did they keep their place clean and attractive?
3. Why were they awarded a prize?
4. What prize did they get?
5. With whom did they work to make their places clean?
6. What was provided for each house?
7.What did everyone avoid doing?
8. Who had the duty of removing scatted things on the street?
9. What were planted in the gardens and along sidewalks.
10. Who planted them?
 MILK
Milk is almost complete food. It is good for everybody.
Mother's milk is the best food for babies. The best animal milk that can
take the place of mother's milk is goat milk.
In the Philippines, there is not enough fresh milk for every-
one. Fresh cow and carabao milk in bottles and cartons can be bought
now in cities and other big towns. Imported canned milk are sold every-
where. They are mostly evaporated and condwnsed milk. Powdered milk,
too, can be bought in cans as well as in cartons. There are factories now in
the Philippines that make evaporated and condensed milk out of pow-
dered milk.
 1. What kind of food is milk?
2. Which is the best milk for babies?
3. Which milk can best take the place of Mother’s milk?
4. Do we have enough fresh milk in the Philippines?
5. What milk is sold everywhere?
6. What kind of milk are most of these?
7. How can powdered milk be bought?
8. Where can fresh milk in bottles and cartons be bought?
9. What kind of milkbis used in producing evaporated and condensed
milk in the Philippines?
10. Are there factories now in the Philippines that produce evaporated and
condensed milk?
 WEARING GLASSES
Many people wear glasses to help them see things clearly.
Some wear glasses only for reading. Other people need them all the time.
Still others use them to protect their eyes from dust and strong light.
A nearsighted person can see only things that are near. Far objects
look blurred to him. He can read a book he cannot see clearly a
tree across the street. He needs glasses so he can see far objects.
A farsighted person can see far object very well. Things that are
near him look blurred. He can see the tree across the street but he
cannot read the book he is holding. He, too, need glasses.
 1. Why do many people need glasses?
2. Should all people wear glasses?
3. Can a farsighted person read a book?
4. What looks blurred to a nearsighted person?
5. Why does he need glasses?
6. What can a farsighted person see with glasses on?
7. What things look blurred yo a farsighted person?
8. What can a nearsighted person see well?
9. How do things that are near look to a farsighted person?
10. Can a farsighted person use the glasses of a nearsighted
person?
 THE FIRST PHILIPPINE NATIONAL FLAG
Do you know who made the first Philippine flag? It was
made by Marcela Agoncillo and Delfina Natividad. At that time Mrs.
Agoncillo was in Hong Kong where her husband, Felipe Agoncillo, was
in Hong Kong where her husband, Felipe Agoncillo, was in exile.
It took the two women five days to finish the flag. The
colors used were red, white and blue. A right triangle was sewed at
the
left side. At the right side, then upper half was blue and the lower half
was red. A sun with 8 rays was sewn in the middle of the triangle.
There was also a star in each corner of the triangle.
This was the flag used when Philippine Independence
was proclaimed in Kawit, Cavite on June BC 13,1898.
 1,Marcela Agoncillo was the _________ of Felipe Agoncillo.
2. Marcela and Delfina made the __________Philippine National
Flag.
3. .At that time they were in __________.
4. Felipe Agoncillo was there________.
5. It took the women ____________ days to finish the flag.
6. The flag had ________ colors.
7. On the left side of the flag was a __________.
8. The upper half of the flag was _____________.
9. In the middle of the triangle was a__________.
10. In each corner of the triangle was a __________.
 THE FIRST FILIPINO PHARMACIST
Leon Ma. Guerrero finished his studies in pharmacy in 1875 and
became the first Filipino pharmacist.
While working for the Spanish government, he made the plan
for the Spanish government, he made the plan for the Manila Botanical and
Zoological Garden. This later became known as the Mehan Garden.
It was beautiful, People living in Manila as well as those from
other places used to visit it. It was destroyed, however, during the last war.
Recently, the garden was redeveloped and once more, it has its past beauty.
Guerrero's studies on plants and birds made him known all over the world.
As a scientist, he was able to make tikitiki, a vitamin food, from rice bran for
babies.
1. Who was Leon Ma. Guerrero?
2. What studies did he finish in 1875?
3. What plan did he make?
4. What was used in making tikitiki?
5. Which of these became known as the Mehan Garden?
6. What was the Mehan Garden visited by many people?
7. When was it destroyed?
8. What made Guerrero known all over the world?
9. What is tikitiki?
10. For whom was he working during that time?