Ni Rose ken ni Alma

Week 1.

Author: Angeli Ludovico

The night before the first day of school, a little boy excitedly prepares his things with his father. Then, he starts to imagine all kinds of things that make him anxious about school and tells his father about them. The next morning, his anxiety continues as his parents take him to school. When they arrive in school, he sees many children playing. He goes to his classroom and is greeted by the friendly teacher. The other children begin to arrive and they all look friendly. This makes the boy feel better. He then sees a classmate who looks just as afraid as he was. He approached her and they become friends. The Kinder class begins - they sing songs, work on blocks, color some pictures and listen to stories. The little boy enjoyed his first day of school and begins to look forward to school everyday.

2017 by U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) Produced for the Department of Education under the USAID Basa Pilipinas Activity Basa Pilipinas is USAID/Philippines’ flagship basic education activity in support of the Philippine Government’s early grade reading program. Implemented in close collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), Basa Pilipinas aims to improve the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English and two mother tongue languages (Ilokano and Sinugbuanong Binisaya).This will be achieved by improving reading instruction, reading delivery systems, and access to quality reading materials. Adapted works (e.g., stories, poems, songs, illustrations, photographs, etc.) included in this storybook were used with permission from the copyright owners. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher does not represent nor claim ownership over them.

Week 22.

Author: Mark Dairyll Alunday

Jun-jun and Kaloy discover their school’s library. With the help of the good-natured librarian, they are able to journey to different parts of the world, and even beyond.

2017 by U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) Produced for the Department of Education under the USAID Basa Pilipinas Activity Basa Pilipinas is USAID/Philippines’ flagship basic education activity in support of the Philippine Government’s early grade reading program. Implemented in close collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), Basa Pilipinas aims to improve the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English and two mother tongue languages (Ilokano and Sinugbuanong Binisaya).This will be achieved by improving reading instruction, reading delivery systems, and access to quality reading materials. Adapted works (e.g., stories, poems, songs, illustrations, photographs, etc.) included in this storybook were used with permission from the copyright owners. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher does not represent nor claim ownership over them.

Week 4.

Author: Ariana Santoalla

A Kinder class is working on a group activity. They must create a banner for their classroom. The teacher brainstorms ideas with the class. The children begin to draw on their banner and decorate it. One boy starts to draw flowers on the banner. When the other boys see this, they begin to tease him and laugh at him. The boy explains that flowers remind him of his father and of his family and that this makes him happy. The teacher talks to the class and explains that everybody is unique and that different people may have different likes and dislikes.

2017 by U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) Produced for the Department of Education under the USAID Basa Pilipinas Activity Basa Pilipinas is USAID/Philippines’ flagship basic education activity in support of the Philippine Government’s early grade reading program. Implemented in close collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), Basa Pilipinas aims to improve the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English and two mother tongue languages (Ilokano and Sinugbuanong Binisaya).This will be achieved by improving reading instruction, reading delivery systems, and access to quality reading materials. Adapted works (e.g., stories, poems, songs, illustrations, photographs, etc.) included in this storybook were used with permission from the copyright owners. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher does not represent nor claim ownership over them.

Week 5.

Author: Yayi Espenilla-Fua

The book shows the many faces of children when they feel different emotions in different situations. Children feel happy when they play with playmates, when they read a book with a parent, when they watch a funny show with the family, or even when they are just by themselves. Children may feel sad when a parent leaves, a pet dies, when they are scolded, when they have no one to play with, when they are sick, when their parents are too busy, or when they are fighting with a sibling. They may also feel angry when they do not get what they want, when they fight with each other or with a parent, or when somebody takes away their toy. There are times when children also feel frightened - when it is dark, when there is lightning and thunder, when they imagine monsters or ghosts, when they have a bad dream, or when they break something in the house and their parents get mad. Often, children also feel shy especially when entering the classroom for the first time, when meeting another adult, when being befriended by another child, when performing, or being given something. But, they can also be brave when they defend each other from bullies, when they go to the doctor, or when they go inside the school or the classroom on their own.

2017 by U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) Produced for the Department of Education under the USAID Basa Pilipinas Activity Basa Pilipinas is USAID/Philippines’ flagship basic education activity in support of the Philippine Government’s early grade reading program. Implemented in close collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), Basa Pilipinas aims to improve the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English and two mother tongue languages (Ilokano and Sinugbuanong Binisaya).This will be achieved by improving reading instruction, reading delivery systems, and access to quality reading materials. Adapted works (e.g., stories, poems, songs, illustrations, photographs, etc.) included in this storybook were used with permission from the copyright owners. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher does not represent nor claim ownership over them.

Week 7.

Author: May-Ann Grace Samputon

Five friends - Eyes, Ears, Nose, Tongue and Skin - live in a place called Face Town. They are playing happily when Nose trips. He thinks that Eye pushed him so he gets angry and tells everybody that he is the most important among all of them. They all get into an argument, each one thinking that he or she is the most important. Skin, who was just listening, tells them that they should not be fighting about who is the most important because all of them are equally important.

2017 by U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) Produced for the Department of Education under the USAID Basa Pilipinas Activity Basa Pilipinas is USAID/Philippines’ flagship basic education activity in support of the Philippine Government’s early grade reading program. Implemented in close collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), Basa Pilipinas aims to improve the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English and two mother tongue languages (Ilokano and Sinugbuanong Binisaya).This will be achieved by improving reading instruction, reading delivery systems, and access to quality reading materials. Adapted works (e.g., stories, poems, songs, illustrations, photographs, etc.) included in this storybook were used with permission from the copyright owners. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher does not represent nor claim ownership over them.

Week 8.

Author: Angeli Ludovico

Roy’s parents take him to the beach for his 5th birthday. Roy smells the breeze of the beach, walks barefoot on the hot sand, swims in the cool sea, builds a sand castle with the rough sand and plays catch with his mother with a smooth beach ball. While playing, Roy trips on a hard rock and is bruised. Roy’s father lays him down on a soft blanket and nurses his wound. Then, Roy’s parents bring out his birthday cake and he eats the sweet cake happily.

2017 by U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) Produced for the Department of Education under the USAID Basa Pilipinas Activity Basa Pilipinas is USAID/Philippines’ flagship basic education activity in support of the Philippine Government’s early grade reading program. Implemented in close collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), Basa Pilipinas aims to improve the reading skills for at least one million early grade students in Filipino, English and two mother tongue languages (Ilokano and Sinugbuanong Binisaya).This will be achieved by improving reading instruction, reading delivery systems, and access to quality reading materials. Adapted works (e.g., stories, poems, songs, illustrations, photographs, etc.) included in this storybook were used with permission from the copyright owners. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher does not represent nor claim ownership over them.