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 Hide and Seek

Marla, Jen Kevin, Richard, and Kc play hide

and seek in the park. Jen covers her eyes and
counts up to thirty.
The other children hide in different places.
Marla goes behind a tree. Kevin and Kc hide
behind a bench.
Richard runs to the slide and hides behind
it. Jen opens her eyes and walks around. She
spots Richard. “Tag, you’re it!” she tells him.

1. What does Jen do first?

2. Where does Marla go?
3. Where does Kevin and KC hide?
4. Where does Jen find Richard?
 Balikbayan Box
Last night, a big package was delivered to our
house. It’s a balikbayan box! It came from
Kuya Caloy who works in Canada. It contained
lots of things that Kuya Caloy sent us. Mother
slowly opened the big box to find out what
were inside. Each object inside the box had a
tag with a name. mother slowly looked at the
things inside and read the names one by one”
School bag: Peter perfume: Nanay
Belt: Tatay Lotion: Tita Puring
Chocolates: Timmy Wallet: Ate Nena

1. What was delivered to the house?

2. From whom was the box?
3. Where did it come from?
4. Who opened the box?
5. What were inside the box?
 Family Dinner
Mother prepared dinner.
She is cooking adobo, pinakbet, and rice.
Mary helped her mother in the kitchen.
Michael helped set the table.
When mother finished cooking, mother told
Mary to call her father.
Father, Mother, Mary and Michael sat at the
table to eat dinner.
When dinner was over, Mary cleaned up the
table and Michael did the dishes.

1. Who cooked dinner?

2. What did she cook?
3. Who helped her in the kitchen?
4. Who ate dinner together?
5. What did Mary do after dinner?
6. How about Michael?
7. What can you say about their family?
 Birds for Pets
Kids are often happy to see birds that they
would like to have one as a pet.
The three kinds of birds that are good for
pets are the finches, parakeets, and
cockatiels.
The finches make good pets because they
are beautiful and they make beautiful sounds.
The parakeets are colorful, small easy to
care for, and can learn to talk.
And the cockatiels can also learn to talk,
whistle, and do cute tricks.

1. What do kids like to have as pets?

2. What are the three birds that are good
for pets?
3. Why do pinches make good pets?
4. Why do parakeets make good pets?
5. Why do cockatiels make good pets?
 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?

W 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.

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?
 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 friend. “I will see you
later, Dindo,” he said.
Lola Ela is in bed. Dindo gave her Sky flakes and a can
of Milo.
“Thank you Dindo,” she said weakly. “These are my
favorites biscuits.” He met uncle Ernie and Aunt Betty.
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 is 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.”

1. Where did Dindo and his mother go?

2. Why did they go to Laguna?
3. What was Dindo worried about?
4. Who was his cousin?
5. Who were his aunt and uncle?
6. Who did he see when he went to the yard?
7. What did they play with?
 Shoes
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.

Answer the following Questions:

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?
 Moses gets a Haircut

“Moses, school start 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 barbers 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.”

1.What did Moses do to get ready for school?

2.What did mother say about the hair of Moses?
3.Did Moses want a haircut? Why not?
4.Where did Moses and his father go that Saturday?
5.What di Mr. Cortes say?
 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 read 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?”
“Hmmmm, 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.”

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?
 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.
“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.

1.Who loves pancakes?

2.Who cooked pancakes?
3.Who helped Grandma cook pancakes?
4.What ingredients did Grandma use in cooking
pancakes?
5.Who came to the kitchen?
6.What did Nick do with the cooked pancake?
7.What did Nick do at the end of the story?
 The Picnic surprise

I am Ben. I like to go out on picnic trips with my family.

Nanay asked me, “What do you want me to cook for the
picnic tomorrow?” I answered, “well, Nanay, you know
what our favorite picnic foods are. I like spaghetti, kuya
Ramon likes chicken sandwich, and Raya likes hotdog
on a stick.”
“Okay then, Nanay answered, “that’s what I am going to
prepare for the picnic.”
The next day, everybody was excited. I saw Kuya
Ramon help Nany prepare the food basket. I saw my
little sister, Raya folding the table napkins. I hope Tatay
is here. Tatay needs to work in the farm in the barrio. He
has to live there most of the time. He only comes home
every end of the month. Today is not the end of the
month, so I know that he is not coming.
Just before we were about to leave for the picnic, I
heard a loud voice call, “Be! Can I join you?”
I ran out to find who it was. It was Tatay! I was so
happiest to see him! I know this is my happiest family
picnic!

1.What does Ben like doing with his family?

2.What did Ben ask his mother to prepare for the
picnic?
3.What was kuya Ramon doing?
4.Where does Tatay work?
5.What was everybody feeling about the picnic?
6.What was the picnic surprise?
 Anton’s spider Lesson

Anton loves to play with spiders.

He wants to catch one to play with his sister, Ericka.
One Saturday morning, while Ericka was playing in the
garden, she saw a spider spinning its web.
She stayed there until the spider finished its web.
Ericka was so amazed when she saw how the spider laid
its eggs in the spider egg sac.
Suddenly, Anton tried to catch the spider.
Ericka stopped him.
“Do you know, Kuya, that spiders spend a ling time
spinning their web? The mother spider made it for her
eggs and for her foods, “Ericka said seriously.
“they are like our parents. They make our home, “Ericka
added.
Anton learned a lesson from the spiders.

1.Who loves to play with spiders?

2.What did Ericka see in the garden?
3. How did Ericka feel when she saw that?
4.What did Ericka do when Anton was about to
catch the spider?
 The Birthday Surprise
Today is Ms. Amor’s birthday. All of us in Grade 2- Santol
are excited because we have a surprise for her. When she
entered the room, our classmate Ana gave her a set of cards
numbered 1 to 3.
“Ms. Amor, we have a surprise for you,” Ana said.
“Please read and follow the clues on the cards so you can find
the surprise,” Gabriel continued.
All of us in the classroom sat on our seats quietly. “Okay, here
goes,” Ms. Amor said as she read first clue. “Walked forward
five steps,” Ms. Amor said as she started to move forward. She
stopped in the middle of the room. Then she looked at the next
clue. “Sing a few lines from your favorite song,”
All of us waited happily to find out what Ms. Amor’s favorite
song was. When she sang “Moon River,” we were amazed at
her beautiful voice. We clapped our hands after her song.
“Thank you, class. Now let’s move on to the final clue,” Ms.
Amor said, reading the next card. “Close your eyes and make a
wish,” She closed her eyes for a while.
She she opened them, we all shouted, “Surprise!”
She looked at the framed class picture we held in front of her
and said, “how did you know what I wished for?”
1. Whose birthday, was it?
2. Who were the pupils of the birthday celebrant?
3. What did they do for their teacher on her birthday?
4. What did Ms. Amor have to do first in order to find her surprise?
5. What did Ms. Amor have to do next in order to find her surprise?
6. What was the last thing Ms. Amor have to do in order to find her
surprise?
7. What did the pupils of Grade2 Santol give Ms. Amor for her
birthday?
8.
 Guess who Do I see in school
Gues who do I see in school?
They’re the people who help me.
They make school a place like home.
Come and listen to this poem.
They are always at the gate. Our safety is their duty.
They check who gets in and out.
And keep the bad people out.
The canteen is their station.
Our food is what they care for.
Recess is their busy time
Because it’s our meal time.
They are always dressed in white. Our good health is their
delight.
We call them if we are sick.
And they answer fast and quick.
She is in the library.
She lends books to you and me.
When you see her don’t forget
Loud noises make her upset.
The school is clean; thanks to them.
They keep the garden pretty.
They keep the playground clean.
Throw your litter in the bin.