Week 39. Author: Maria Corazon Odtohan Niño is afraid to move up to Grade 1. He says he is afraid of who will be his new teacher and classmates. His teacher assures Niño that he is ready by looking back at the things they did in Kindergarten during the past year, how much fun they had and how well he did in the activities and with his classmates. Niño realizes that he is prepared for Grade 1 and looks forward to having as much fun as he did when he was in Kindergarten. 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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