Si Diwayen

In my endeavor to help my daughter learn about Philippine history, I came across the Seryeng Batang Historyador, a set of five books published by Adarna House.  I bought all the books of the series from National Book Store (each book costs PhP 75).

For the first book Si Diwayen, Noong Bago Dumating ang mga Espanyol, I’ve prepared a set of questions about the story, a list of vocabulary words, and a worksheet on these words.  Although the story has an English translation, you may want to keep the vocabulary list handy as you read the story with your child.
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Worksheets on “Si Ninoy”

I've written a short essay on the life of Ninoy Aquino and made worksheets based on the essay.  The worksheets are appropriate for fifth grade students. 1.  This pdf file is the 2-page essay on Ninoy: Si Ninoy 2.  Si Ninoy Worksheets :  This first two pages of this pdf file is the same essay with several numbered sentences intended for the second of three worksheets. The first worksheet (15 items) asks the student to answer whether a given statement about Ninoy is tama (correct) or mali (incorrect). The second worksheet (15 items) refers to the underlined portions of the numbered sentences in the essay. The student is asked to determine whether the underlined portion is a parirala (phrase), sugnay (clause), or pangungusap (sentence). The third worksheet (10 items) asks the student to underline the simuno/paksa (subject) or panaguri (predicate) of a sentence. 3.  Si Ninoy Worksheets Answer Keys

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Simili o Metapora Worksheets (Part 1)

Happy Mother's Day to all nanays, inays, inas, mamas, moms, and mommies! Each of the three 15-item worksheets below asks the student to write the letter S on the blank before the number if the sentence contains a simili (simile) or the letter M if the sentence contains a metapora (metaphor).  The second page of each pdf file is the answer key. I made these worksheets for my daughter who is in sixth grade. You may print and distribute these worksheets to your children or students, but please do not do so for profit. 1.  Simili o Metapora_1 2.  Simili o Metapora_2 3.  Simili o Metapora_3      

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Bantas Worksheets (Part 1)

The two pdf worksheets below are about writing Filipino sentences with the correct punctuation.  The following are the punctuation marks included in these worksheets: tuldok (period) kuwit (comma) tandang pananong (question mark) tandang pandamdam (exclamation point) gitling (hyphen) kudlit (apostrophe) panipi (quotation marks) tutuldok (colon) The answer keys are in the same file as the worksheets. You may print and distribute these worksheets to your students or children, but please do not do so for profit. Paggamit ng Wastong Bantas_1:  This 2-page worksheet has 20 items.  The student is asked to rewrite the sentence on the blank with the appropriate punctuation marks. Paggamit ng Wastong Bantas_2:  The 2-page worksheet is a letter (by a grandmother to her granddaughter) with blanks where the punctuation marks should be.  The student is asked to fill in the blanks with the appropriate punctuation marks to complete the letter.    

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Mga Prutas (Part 2)

In a previous post (Mga Prutas), I posted lesson sheets and mini-flashcards about several fruits.  I added six more fruits to these lesson sheets and mini-flashcards.  The thumbnails of the new pages are shown below. All illustrations are by samutsamot_mom. You may print and distribute the sheets of the pdf files in this post to your children or students, but you may not do so for profit. Here are the two pdf files with the additional pages: Mga Prutas , Mga Prutas_flashcards.  In addition, I made three matching worksheets (Itambal ang mga Prutas).    

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