Week 10. Author: Angeli Ludovico Maria comes home from school excited to show her parents the star that her teacher gave her. But, she sees that her parents are busy with her new baby sister and hardly noticed her. Maria feels sad because she thinks that her parents have forgotten about her and only like to play with the new baby. Maria’s father talks to Maria and shows her photos of when she was still younger. They think about the times when Maria could not yet feed herself, walk or reach things that are put on high shelves. Her father explains that, like her, the new baby also needs help since she is still very little. Maria, on the other hand, has grown and could now do many things by herself. Maria begins to understand and helps her mother and father take care of her baby sister. 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.
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