READINGfor Bright Minds

K I N DERG A RT EN

READING for Bright MindsKindergartenTextbook

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AuthorsWilhelmina Alba-Contreras is currently taking up Early Childhood Education at the De La Salle University Graduate School. She has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, major in Interior Design, from the University of Santo Tomas and a Certificate for Teaching from the St. Bernadette College of Alabang. Ms. Contreras is the Program Directress and Nursery teacher of the Kennedy International School of Business and Language in Alabang. She is also actively working for the SIBOL schools of the Gawad Kalinga villages in Muntinlupa, Parañaque, and Las Piñas. Her background in teaching preschool and elementary Reading and Language includes stints at the Blessed Scubilion Learning Center and STI Prep School.

ReviewerMona R. Alagar has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Paul College, Quezon City. Ms. Alagar is the preschool area coordinator at the Poveda Learning Center.

To the Learner

READING for Bright Minds has been written

especially for you. May the activities in this book give

you an exciting adventure as you learn the sounds of

all the letters and read words on your own. Welcome

to the world of reading!

The Author

To the Teacher

Readingisanimportantlifeskill.Youngchildrenwhoareexposedtoreadingmaterials,seereadingasanact,andarereadtoareoftenthosewhoaremoreequippedtoacquiretheotherskillsnecessaryforlearning.Theabilitytoreadopensupanindividual’shorizonsandmakestheenjoymentoflearningpossible.

Agoodstrategyforteachingreadingisthewhole-part-wholeprocess.Inthisstrategy,readinginstructionstartswiththereadingorsharingofawhole,meaningfultext.Thisisfollowedbytheteachingofareadingskillorstrategywithinthecontextofthetext.Then,inthefinalstagesofthelesson,thechildrenapplytheskillastheygobacktothetext.

Thisbookisintendedforteachingreadinginawhole-part-wholestrategy.Itissuggestedthattheteacherorparentbeginsalessonwithastory,poem,oranytypeofliteraturethechildwillunderstand.Wholelanguagestrategiesandsubskills,suchasletteridentification,phonemicawareness,anddecoding,areincorporatedintothethemeofeachlesson.Masteryofthewholelanguagestrategiesandsubskillsisreinforcedthroughtheactivitiesinthisbook.

IhopethatREADING for Bright Mindswillhelpyouprovidemeaningfullearningexperiencesforthechildrenyouteach.

TheAuthor

Table of ContentsUNIT 1 Here I Am .................................................................................................................. 1

Lesson1 AllaboutMe............................................................................................................................................. 2 (Recallingthealphabet)Lesson2 HowIFeel................................................................................................................................................... 15 (Beginninglettersounds)Lesson3 DescribingMyself................................................................................................................................32 (Endinglettersounds)Lesson4 ThingsILike............................................................................................................................................. 39 (Medialshortăsounds:-atand-an)Lesson5 ThingsILiketoDo..............................................................................................................................47 (Medialshortăsounds:-ag,-ad,and-ap)Lesson6 TakingCareofMyself.......................................................................................................................54 (Medialshortĕsounds:-etand-en)Lesson7 MyFamily..................................................................................................................................................61 (Medialshortĕsounds:-edand-ell)Lesson8 OtherMembersofMyFamily...................................................................................................69 (Medialshortĭsounds:-ip, -in, and-it)Lesson9 MyHouse.................................................................................................................................................... 81

(Medialshortĭsounds:-illand-ig)

UNIT 2 This Is My Community .................................................................................... 91

Lesson10 KindsofHouses.....................................................................................................................................92 (Medialshortŏsounds:-otand-op)Lesson11 MyFriends..................................................................................................................................................100 (Medialshortŭsounds:-ugand-un)Lesson12 MySchool....................................................................................................................................................108 (Theconsonantblend fr)Lesson13 PlacesinMyCommunity...............................................................................................................118 (Theconsonantblendgr)Lesson14 GoingAroundtheCommunity.................................................................................................123 (Theconsonantblendtr)

Lesson15 HelpingOneAnother........................................................................................................................128 (Theconsonantblendbr)Lesson16 WorkingintheCommunity....................................................................................................... 133 (Theconsonantblend cr)

Lesson17 WhenIGrowUp................................................................................................................................... 139

(Theconsonantblenddr)

UNIT 3 My Beautiful Country ......................................................................................143

Lesson18 IAmaFilipino......................................................................................................................................... 144 (Theconsonantblendfl)Lesson19 PlacesinMyCountry........................................................................................................................ 149 (Theconsonantblendgl)Lesson20 OurWildlife ............................................................................................................................................ 156 (Theconsonantblendsl)Lesson21 OurRichForests................................................................................................................................... 161 (Theconsonantblendpl)Lesson22 Luzon........................................................................................................................................................... 166 (Theconsonantblendcl)Lesson23 Visayas.......................................................................................................................................................... 172 (Theconsonantblend bl)Lesson24 Mindanao................................................................................................................................................... 178

(Theconsonantblendst)

UNIT 4 Going Around the World ............................................................................. 183

Lesson25 GoingtoAnotherCountry.........................................................................................................184 (Theconsonantblend sm)Lesson26 HowtoTraveltheWorld.............................................................................................................189 (Theconsonantblendsw)Lesson27 WondersofChina..............................................................................................................................193 (Theconsonantblend sp)Lesson28 FlavorsofItaly......................................................................................................................................198 (Theconsonantblendsc)Lesson29 RidingtoEgypt....................................................................................................................................204 (Theconsonantblendsn)Lesson30 TouroftheUSA...................................................................................................................................210 (Theconsonantblendsh)Lesson31 DiscoveringBrazil.............................................................................................................................216 (Theconsonantblendch)Lesson32 TrekkinginAustralia..................................................................................................................... 221 (Theconsonantblendth)

Illustration Guide .....................................................................................................................................229

A Child’s Second 100 Words ..................................................................................................................234

Unit1 Here I Am

� READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten

All about Me

My name is

Trace the missing letter to complete the word. Then, check () the box that best describes you.

I am a

boy girl

�Here I Am

How old are you? Draw the same number of candles as your age on the cake below. Trace the missing letter to complete the word.

cake

I am years old.

4 READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten

Trace the missing letter to complete the word. Then, color the pictures of animals that you like.

I like animals.

�Here I Am

Trace the missing letter to complete the word. Then, color the pictures of toys that you like.

I like toys.

� READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten

Trace the missing letter to complete the word. Then, color the pictures of fruits and vegetables that you like.

I like fruits.

I like vegetables.

�Here I Am

Paste your picture on the picture frame. Trace the missing letter to complete the word below.

This is me.

picture

� READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten

Say the name of each picture. Color the pictures.

Dear Parents: Emphasizethebeginningsoundwhensayingthenameofeachpicture.Youmayplayagameofnamingasmanythingsasyoucanforeachletterofthealphabet.

Aa Bb

Cc

Dd Ee

�Here I Am

Ff Gg

Hh Ii Jj

Kk Ll

10 READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten

Mm Nn

Oo Pp Qq

Rr Ss

11Here I Am

Tt Uu

Vv Ww Xx

Yy Zz

1� READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten

Write the missing letters.

A B

H J

S T

1�Here I Am

Write the missing letters.

l n

g h

r s

w y

14 READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten

Draw lines to match the uppercase letters with their lowercase letters.

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