Lesson Read aloud grade level

appropriate text with an

28 accuracy rate of 95-100%

What’s In

I. Directions: With a partner, practice reading these words. Note the words you find
difficulty in reading. Read them aloud at least twice. Then, read aloud the entire
list until you attain automaticity in reading.
farther toothpaste sensation
flour dinosaurs peppermint
expensive business advertise
hobbies thought formula
ordinary queen figure

What’s New
Look at the picture. Get a partner and talk about it.

1. What do you see in the picture?

2. What can you say about the attitude of the girl in the picture?
3. Have you heard about the story of Princess Polite?
Princess Polite (Short Story)
by Jasmine Logan, Grade pr, QLD

Once, there was a girl called Princess Polite but people in her castle called her Polly
or Polly Polite. One day, a super star came to her castle. Polly said, “Why have you
come here? And what is your name?” The super star said, “My name is Sarah Jones.
I‟m here to rock out on your castle‟s stage!” Polly said, “I don‟t have a stage in my
castle!” “Ooooh dear!” Sarah cried. Polly said, “I will make a grand stage just for you
and I will name it Stage Sarah,” Sarah said
“You don‟t have to call it stage Sarah.” Polly called for the best builders in the land to
come build the stage. The building started. It took them two years to build it! Polly
called Sarah on the phone.
“It‟s finished come see!” Polly said. “Sure, I‟ll be there as soon as possible!” Super
star Sarah said. Sarah brought a prince with her. Polly asked, “Where did you find
him and what‟s his name?” 1
 “James Sammy and I met him at a wedding,” Sarah said.
“Oh how sweet!” Polly said.
“Nice to meet you Polly Polite,” the handsome prince said.
“You smell like tuna!‟ Polly said.
“Oh.” He said.
“We are here to get married!” Sarah said.
“Wait, I thought we were here to see you rock out. I don‟t want to marry you!” James
said, “I want to marry Polly!”
Polly married the prince. The rock star rocked out on the stage but was crying the
whole time. She stopped crying for a moment then she cried into a bucket it had a
thousand drips in it and it went all the way up to the top. She had to tip it out and start
all over again. The prince and the princess lived happily ever after. The rock star
spent the rest of her life crying a million tears into a bucket and starting all over again
and again and again and again and again.

1. What was the story about?

2. Who is the main character in the story?
3. How would you describe her?
4. Why did Sarah want a castles stage?
5. How can you describe Sarah? Polly?
6. Why do you think the handsome prince married Polly instead of marrying Sarah?
7. What have you learned in the story?
8. Is it good to be polite to other people especially to the elders? Why?

What Is It

FLUENCY
 Accuracy – ability to decode single words without making an
error

 Automaticity - ability to accurate and effortless word

identification

 Rate – the speed maintained while reading accurately and

automatically

Have you read passages or selections about butterflies? Where do we usually see them?
This time you, you will read a selection about butterflies with a partner.

What’s More

Directions: Read the selection below loudly and accurately. Have a partner and time your
reading in two minutes. Fill in the box below to monitor your level. Read the text for two
more times, increasing each time the number of words you read correctly. Do this with your
partner.

Name: _______________________________Score: _________________

Yesterday I was in the yard and I saw a butterfly. It was very pretty. The 16
butterfly was on a flower. It was flapping its wings up and down. It looked 31
like the butterfly was taking a sun bath. The wings of the butterfly were 45
colorful. The wings had blue, green, yellow and red. There was even a little 59
bit of purple and pink near the center of the wing. After a little while 74
another butterfly came and landed on a flower next to the first butterfly. It 88
looked like they were talking. All of a sudden both butterflies flew into the 102
air. They flew right at me. I didn‟t move at all. I froze like a statue. The 119
butterflies came over to me and one landed on my head. The other 132
butterfly landed on my nose. I was looking at the butterfly and it was 146
looking at me. The butterfly then flapped its wings and flew off into the sky. 161
The butterfly that landed on my head followed its butterfly friend into the air 175
The butterflies flew all around the backyard. I grabbed a chair and just watched 182
them dance and flutter about; it was like a butterfly ballet. 193

Total words read minus errors equal correct words

__________ - _____________ = ___________ correct words read

Number of Words in 2 minutes

First Reading
Second Reading
Third Reading

What I Have Learned

Directions: Read the selection below loudly and accurately. Time your reading in one minute
and thirty seconds. Fill in the box below to monitor your level. Read the text for two more
times, increasing each time the number of words you read correctly.

NAME: _____________________________________ Score: ____________

Ants

What do you know about ants? Did you say that ants are small? 13
You are right. Are there different kinds of ants? Yes. 23
You might know about red and black ants. 31
There are thousands of other types of ants all over the world. 43

Ants have large have large heads and six legs. Ants are very strong. 56
Ants can carry things that are much heavier than they are. 67
An ant can carry a leaf, a crumb of food, a small piece of wood, 82
Or another ant. Together, many ants can lift a dead insect that is 95
much larger than they are. Later, they can eat it. 105

Ants live in groups called colonies. Like bees, the leader of the 117
colony is the Queen Ant. Ants can live in lots of different places. 130
They can live under the ground, in what is call an ant hill. 143
They can live in tree stumps, in cracks, in the sidewalk, 154
under large stones, or in a garden. 161

Total words read minus errors equal correct words

__________ - _____________ = ___________ correct words read

Number of Words Read in 1:30 minute

First Reading
Second Reading
Third Reading

What I Can Do

Directions: Read the selection below loudly and accurately. Have a partner and time
your reading in one minute. Fill in the box below to monitor your level. Read the text for two
more times, increasing each time the number of words you read correctly. Do this with your
partner.

NAME: _____________________________________ Score: ____________

The development of toothpaste began as early as 300-500 BCE in the ancient

countries of China and India. According to Chinese history, a learned man named
Huang-Ti discovered pain felt in the mouth could be cured by sticking gold and silver
needles into the different parts of the jaw and gum. His theory led to the development
of dental cream.
Later, the Egyptians made toothpaste from ashes of hooves of oxen, myrrh,
powdered and burn eggshells, and pumice. They may have used their fingers to rub
the mixture onto the teeth for the toothbrush had not been invented yet at that time.
Much later, the Greeks and Romans improved the toothpaste.
These days, researches done by some toothpaste manufacturers show that
fluoride, when added to toothpaste, strengthens the enamel of the teeth. Fluoride also
helps reduce tooth decay.

Total words read minus errors equal correct words

__________ - _____________ = ___________ correct words read
 Number of Words Read in 1 minute
First Reading
Second Reading
Third Reading

Lesson

27 Self-Correcting when Reading,

and
Accuracy with 95-100% and
Reading with Automaticity (Art)
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What’s In

Directions: Rearrange the letters to form the word defined in each number.
1. It is the speed maintained while reading accurately and automatically.
- trea
2. It is the ability to decode single words without making an error.
- acucaryc
3. It is the ability to accurate and effortless word identification.
- amuotaictiyt

What I Need to Know

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

 Self-correct when reading (EN5F-Ia.2.9)

 Read aloud grade level text with an accuracy rate of 95-
100% ( EN5F-Ib.1.6)
 read with automaticity grade level frequently occurring
content area words (Art); EN5F-Id-1.8.1.1

1.

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 What’s New

Vocabulary:
Directions: Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B.
Column A Column B
___1. artist a. a style of modern art in which an object or
person is shown as a set of geometric shapes and
as if seen from many different angles at the same
time
___2. masterpiece b. someone who paints, draws, or makes
sculptures
___3. cubism c. a quality which you are born with, or which is
present naturally
___4. modern d. a work of art such as painting, film, or book
that is made with great skill
___5. innate e. someone who writes poems
f. existing in the present or recent time, or using
or based on recently developed ideas, methods,
or styles

Read the selection and answer the comprehension questions. Take note of the words you find
difficult to read. You can Self-correct when reading.

The Most Famous Artists

Art has existed for centuries. Many exceptional artists have existed in history who have
inspired the artists of today. Here are the most famous artists of all time.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci is considered one of the best artists that the world has ever seen. His
painting Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. He has created many other
masterpieces as well such as "the last supper". His paintings were considered rare but perfect.
He was not only an artist but also a great thinker. He is known as the greatest thinker of all
time. Da Vinci studied many other subjects as well. He had a diverse knowledge of
mathematics, astronomy, and anatomy.

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh is considered as an exceptional talent in the field of art. Vincent Van
Gogh was very impressed by the painters of his time. This impression led to the inspiration to
paint and create wonderful art. He developed his own unique, spontaneous style of painting.
With his skills and talents, he became the most exceptional artist of the twentieth century. He
is known to have played an integral part in the development of modern art. He started
painting in the last two years of life. His style of painting consisted of quick movements of
the brush. Some bad news affected the mental health that made him shoot himself while
painting. Two days later, he died.

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Pablo Picasso

Born in Malaga, Spain in 1881, Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous and exceptional
artists of all time. Most of his family members were also artists. This innate skill of art led
him to create masterpieces for the world to see. He was also a poet and the founder of
cubism. According to Pablo Picasso "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday
life."

Comprehension Questions
1. Who are the famous artists mentioned in the selection?
2. What did Pablo Picasso‟s innate skill lead him to?
3. What is the most famous painting in the world?
4. Explain the style of Vincent Van Gogh.
5. If you were to paint, what would you like to paint? Why?

What Is It

Let‟s go back to the selection.

Read the sentences.

1. Leonardo da Vinci is considered one of the best artists that the world has ever seen.
2. This innate skill of art led him to create masterpieces for the world to see.
3. He is known to have played an integral part in the development of modern art.
4. He was also a poet and the founder of cubism.

Read the sentences and the selection above until you read each word with automaticity.

REMEMBER

Automaticity is the fast, effortless word recognition that comes with a

great deal of reading practice. It also refers to accurate, speedy word
recognition, not to reading with expression.

Self-correcting
- the reader‟s ability to notice errors, search for more information,
and make another attempt that fixes the error
Note:
Continued reading practice helps word recognition become more
automatic, rapid, and effortless.

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 What’s More
Exercise 1. Read the words with automaticity.
exhibition museum mixed media gallery
pattern imagery symbolism passion
texture canvas luminosity landscape
contrast sketch contour interpretation
critique fascinate sculpt interpret

Exercise 2. Read the selection with automaticity.

Art Vocabulary

1. sculpture – the art of forming solid objects that represents a thing, person, idea, etc.
out of a material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or an object made in this way
2. classical – tradition in style and form, or based on methods developed over a long
period of time, and considered to be of lasting value
3. backdrop – a large piece of cloth with buildings, countryside, etc. painted on it, hung
at the back of a stage during a performance
4. Beaux Arts - an opulent subset of the Neoclassical and Greek Revival architectural
styles
5. portrait – a painting, photograph, drawing, etc. of a person, or less commonly, of a
group of people

The Amorsolo School

In the 1920s, the Amorsolo School of painting, with its head Fernando Amorsolo,
and its members, Irineo Miranda, Dominador Castaneda, and some others, asserted its
dominance, especially since it was ensconced in the School of Fine Arts of the state
university. Its predominant influence would continue to grow into the decades of the Thirties
and Forties, during which their work became widely known, not only as paintings, although
these were widely reproduced in calendars and cards, but also as illustrations for books,
publications, and corporate advertisements. In sculpture, Guillermo Tolentino who had
trained in the academy in Rome, was the proponent of classical sculpture, as seen in his
public monuments and statues. What modernism would be up against in the following decade
was primarily this prolific school, which turned out hundreds of genre paintings and lands
capes. It amply satisfied the needs and tastes of the American patrons, the colonial
authorities, and tourists in search of "exotic images" from their new colony in the East to
display in the United States. Perpetuating the myth of the "beautiful land," Amorsolo was
best known for his rice-planting scenes in which the arduous occupation of peasants working
in the green paddies seemed to be gracefully choreographed against a backdrop of huge
mango trees, mountains, and a nipa hut or two. To enhance the romantic undertones, he used
the technique of backlighting with golden-hued sunlight to soften and gild the laboring
figures. Also, part of the Amorsolo imagery were folk observing the pieties of going to
Sunday Mass in picturesque settings of stone churches graced by flame trees. Then, too, there
were the cornucopia paintings of rosy young women and men carrying baskets of fruit from
the harvest. Doubtless, these superbly executed paintings contributed much in stimulating the
art market and it was Amorsolo as the leading artist who systematized certain of its aspects.
Moreover, these images constituted a seductive form of orientalist myth-making, which lent a
bright tone to the colonial endeavor and assuaged all
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sense of social responsibility on the part of the landlord art patrons. In fact, such images
continued to be urban fare in the years of the Thirties marked by peasant uprisings in the
countryside. In the Philippines, modernism was also a reaction against the local surrogate of
the European beaux-arts academy. The Academia de Dibujoy Pintura was the official
purveyor of the ideals of classical academism. It fell under the management of the Sociedad
Economica de Amigos del Pais, which brought over Spanish art instructors and imported
copies of European paintings to serve as models. The products of the Academia were mainly
dark-toned monochromatic landscapes, genre and character studies that had an air of
detachment. Forming a separate category were the ilustrado or elite portraits of the nineteenth
century, which came in fashion with the opening of the country to international trade and
cash crop agriculture, resulting in the unprecedented prosperity of the new merchant class.
These were characterized by the miniaturist style, which painstakingly brought out the details
of costume, primarily the embroidery and accessories, to give evidence of social refinement.
Art patronage in the nineteenth century was thus directly linked to 2 the ambitions and
presuppositions of the emergent bourgeoisie.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words from the box to complete the sentence.
1. ___________ is the _______, _________ word __________ that comes with a
great deal of reading ________. It also refers to ________, _________ word
recognition, not to reading with _________.
2. ____________ is the reader‟s ____________ to notice ___________, search for
more _____________, and make another attempt that fixes the error.

automaticity recognition accurate self-correcting

fast effortless speedy errors
practice expression ability information

What I Can Do
Directions: Read a story/selection/passage available at home. List down the
words you have read with automaticity.

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Lesson

Reading with Automaticity

30 (Math)

What’s In

Directions: Complete the crossword puzzle.

Down
1. a polygon with six sides
2. result or answer we get in adding
3. result or answer we get in multiplying

Across
2. an object shaped like a round ball
4. a mathematical unit used count, measure or label

2 1

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 What I need to know

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

read with automaticity grade level frequently occurring content area

words (Math); EN5F-Ie-1.8.1.2

What’s New
Read the selection and answer the comprehension questions.
Where can I see Rounded Solids?
by Andrew Frinkle

Jane was given a final assignment by her math teacher.

She had to look This time she to find 3D shapes, or solids.
for rounded solids.
She had to find cones, hemispheres, spheres, cylinders, an avoid, and a torus.

She had the cones, first.

They were the orange cones they had to run between in gym class.

Spheres were easy to find, too.

She found those in gym class also: basketballs, tennis balls, soccer balls…

At lunch, she had a can of juice.

That was a cylinder.
So was the recycling bin she put it in!

An ovoid was a 3D oval.

That was her hardboiled egg.

A torus was a 3D donut shape.

Mom packed a sprinkle donut in her lunch.
She usually didn‟t get dessert for lunch, but it was a leftover from Sunday.

That left the hemisphere, which was sphere cut in half.

This was the hardest to find, or so the thought.
Her friend handed her half of her orange, because she didn‟t want it all.
She traded for half of her donut, and her job was complete!

Comprehension Questions
1. What is the poem all about?
2. What are the solids mentioned in the poem?
3. How did she find a torus?
4. How did she find the hemisphere?
5. Draw the solids mentioned in the poem.
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 What Is It

Read the words found in the poem with automaticity.

shape solid cone hemisphere

sphere cylinder ovoid torus

Math Vocabulary
1. shape – the form of an object
2. solid figure – three-dimensional figure that has length, width and height
3. cone – a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a
flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the
apex or vertex
4. sphere – a nearly perfectly round three-dimensional shape
5. hemisphere – a three-dimensional shape that's half of a sphere with one
flat, circular side
6. cylinder – a three-dimensional shape with two round shapes at either end
and two parallel lines connecting the round ends
7. ovoid – egg-shaped three-dimensional figure
8. torus – donut-shaped three-dimensional figure

What’s More
Exercise 1. Read the words below aloud with automaticity.
equation approximate percentage discount
exponent factor quotient difference
arithmetic angle average polygon
congruent decimal numerator diameter
fraction circumference remainder exact

Exercise 2. Read the selection with automaticity and answer the questions.
Henry’s Pet Business
Henry wants to buy a new video game. It costs ₱37.00. To earn money, he starts
walking dogs in his neighborhood. He makes business cards to pass out to each house in the
neighborhood. Henry‟s neighborhood has 5 streets, and each street has 12 houses on it. Only
half of the homes in the neighborhood own dogs. Henry charges ₱1.00 for each dog he
walks.

On Sunday, he walks Major and Lucy. He earns ₱2.00 on Sunday. On Monday, he

walks Major, Lucy, Holly, and Janie. He earns ₱4.00 on Monday. On Tuesday, he walks
Major, Lucy, Holly, Janie, Rover, and Spot. He earns ₱6.00 on Tuesday.

He also walks dogs on Wednesday and Thursday. The last day Henry walks dogs is
on Friday. As a special treat, he brings 48 dog biscuits to give to the dogs. He is almost
finished walking all the dogs, when Lucy wiggles out of her collar and runs away. It takes an
hour and a half to catch her. Lucy is a small brown and white dog. Six of the dogs Henry
walks on Friday are smaller than Lucy.

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 Henry finally has enough money to buy the video game. He arrives at GameStop at
2:35pm and leaves 30 minutes later. When he gets home, Mrs. Horn calls and asks Henry if
he would walk Bear and Shiloh 3 days a week. She says she will pay him ₱10 each week.
Henry walks Bear and Shiloh 3 times a week for 24 weeks. Henry‟s small pet business is a
huge success!

Comprehension Questions
1. What is the selection all about?
2. How many houses are in Henry‟s neighborhood?
3. What was henry‟s business?
4. Why do you think Henry‟s business is a huge success?
5. If you were Henry, would you do the same? Why?

What I Have Learned

Directions: Identify whether the statements are true or false.

1. Continued reading practice doesn‟t help individual‟s reading skill improve.
2. Automaticity is the reader‟s ability to recognize words automatically.
3. Practicing reading helps word recognition becomes more automatic, rapid and
effortless.
4. Frequent reading can improve individual‟s reading skill.
5. Reading is not important.

What I Can Do
Directions: Read a selection from your Math module or book aloud to yourself
or someone with you, with automaticity. List the words you find difficult to
read. Read them again as many times as you can until you read them with
automaticity.

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Lesson

Reading with Automaticity

31 (Science)
What’s in

Directions: Arrange the jumbled words and read them aloud with automaticity.
1. amethamtisc 6. msu
2. losid 7. prduoct
3. yclndrei 8. avregea
4. eqatiuon 9. pecetnr
5. dscunoti 10. hspae

What I need to know

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

read with automaticity grade level frequently occurring content

area words (Science); EN5F-If-1.8.1.3

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 What’s New
Read the selection.

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

The Earth's crust is constantly moving throughout the world. It moves in some places
more often than in other places. The Earth's crust moves when blocks of the earth abruptly
slip past one another. This results in an Earthquake. Earthquakes are related to cracks in the
crust called faults.
Faults may have formed from an earlier earthquake or while an earthquake is occurring.
During an earthquake the crust is in motion on either side or both sides of the fault.
The earthquake vibrations travel through the crust and the farther people are away from
the earthquake the harder it is to feel the vibrations. The location below where the earthquake
starts is called the hypocenter, and the area directly above it on the surface of the earth it is
called the epicenter.
A seismograph is a device that records the motion at locations all around the crust. The
size of an earthquake is called its magnitude. There is one magnitude for each earthquake
that takes place. The lower the magnitude of an earthquake the less damage is done to a town
or city. Large earthquakes can destroy entire towns and cities. Earthquakes in the United
States are more likely to occur along the West Coast, but they can also occur in the Midwest
and along the East Coast.
An underwater earthquake can cause a tsunami. A tsunami is a large ocean wave which
can reach the coastlines and cause major damage and flooding. Earthquakes may also be the
cause of some volcanoes to become active and erupt.
A volcano is a rupture on the crust of the Earth that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and
gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. The hot molten rock deep below
Earth's surface is called magma and it rises upward. If the magma reaches the surface of the
Earth it may flow out as lava, or it is hurled out when the volcano erupts. Magma is liquid
rock inside the volcano; lava is liquid rock on the outside of the volcano.
Scientists have classified volcanoes into three main categories: active, dormant, and
extinct. With an active volcano there is the possibility the volcano will erupt, and most likely
recently erupted. A dormant volcano is a volcano is one that has not erupted in a very long
time but there is possibility that it may erupt sometime in the future. The third type,
the extinct volcano, is one that erupted thousands of years ago and there is no possibility of
another eruption.
The Earth is home to approximately 1500 volcanoes which are considered active, and
about 100 of those are under the oceans. Many active volcanoes in the United States are
found in Hawaii, California, Alaska, Oregon, and Washington. Erupting volcanos have been
known to wipe out entire forests, trigger tsunamis, flash floods, earthquakes, mudflows,
avalanches, mudslides, and rock falls. However, volcanos that erupt can also create new
islands once the hot lava cools off, especially those near the coast or below the ocean's
surface.
In summary, an earthquake caused by a fault in the earth's crust, and a volcano, caused by
a rupture on the crust of the Earth, are related to each other and both can cause major damage
and destruction. An earthquake can also cause a tsunami, which is a giant ocean wave. There
are three types of volcanos: active, dormant, and extinct. Earthquakes and volcanos are both
considered natural disasters.

Read again the selection aloud to yourself or someone with you with automaticity.
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What Is It?

Answer the comprehension questions.

1. What is the cause of an earthquake?
2. What do you call the crack of the Earth‟s crust?
3. What is a seismograph?
4. Have you experienced earthquake? What did you do?
5. Do you think earthquakes and volcanic eruption are natural disasters? Why or why
not?

Read the words found in the selection with automaticity.

earthquake hypocenter epicenter seismograph

magnitude volcano active dormant
extinct magma

Science Vocabulary
1. earthquake – shaking or trembling of the earth
2. hypocenter – the location below where the earthquake starts
3. epicenter – the area directly above it on the surface of the earth
4. seismograph – a device that records the motion at locations all around the crust
5. magnitude – the size of an earthquake
6. volcano – a rupture on the crust of the Earth that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and
gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface
7. active volcano – there is the possibility the volcano will erupt, and most likely
recently erupted
8. dormant volcano – a volcano is one that has not erupted in a very long time but there
is possibility that it may erupt sometime in the future
9. extinct volcano – one that erupted thousands of years ago and there is no possibility of
another eruption
10. magma – liquid rock inside the volcano

What’s More
Exercise 1. Read aloud the entire list of words until you attain automaticity in
reading.

scientist environment digestion galaxy

microscope habitat respiratory planetary
experiment organisms meteoroids disease
substances symbiosis minerals gravity
thermometer parasites carbohydrates satellite
temperature mammals proteins weather
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Exercise 2. Read the selection aloud with automaticity.

Weathering

The different surfaces of the Earth are often changed through a process called
weathering. Weathering is the breaking down of the materials of the Earth's crust into
smaller pieces or particles.
There are two types of weathering, physical and chemical. Physical weathering is when
the Earth's crust is exposed to water, air, and temperature changes. This can occur
immediately or over a long time period. There are many examples of physical weathering
including streams cutting through rock to form canyons, rocks splitting when water seeps in
and freezes, windblown sand breaking down rock, roots from plants breaking apart the rocks
in soil, and even animals.
Water from streams or rivers dissolves the minerals from the Earth's crust, and the moving
water acts as a force breaking down the pieces of rock into smaller and smaller pieces. A
small stream can cut through softer rock, forming canyons. A canyon is a deep valley with
steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it. The flowing water can also smooth and
sculpt the harder rock. The physical weathering takes place over millions of years resulting in
the formation of a canyon.
If the temperature drops low enough, rainwater can freeze and expand, causing cracks in
rocks, splitting the rocks apart. Following a rain, the water enters the cracks of rock, then
freezes due to the low temperatures. The ice expands and takes up more space, causing the
physical weathering to take place.
Winds may cause much damage to the Earth along with rain and extreme temperature
changes. The wind acts as a force and blows sand and other bits of rock over the Earth's
surface and can also wear away other rocks.
Plants and their roots can also cause rocks to weather and erode. The roots or parts of a
plant can make its way into a crack in a rock and as it grows it can break apart the rock.
Earthworms and groundhogs, and other burrowing animals, can also contribute to physical
weathering. The Earthworms and other burrowing animals loosen the soil and can break apart
the rocks in the soil. Moles, rabbits, gophers, and even ants can also cause physical
weathering to occur in soil.
The second type of weathering is called chemical weathering. Chemical
weathering occurs when chemicals affect the Earth's crust, whether found in the air or in the
water. One example includes rain mixing with chemicals in the air causing rust. Rust is
formed when the oxygen in the air reacts with iron. This is an example of chemical
weathering and can affect metal objects.
Another example of chemical weathering occurs when the chemicals in the air such as
oxygen, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and others cause acids to eat away at rocks. Salt can
also cause chemical weathering as it can damage many objects and affect surfaces of the
Earth.
In summary, there are two types of weathering that affect the Earth's surface and other
objects. Physical weathering is when the Earth's crust is exposed to water, air, and
temperature changes. Chemical weathering occurs when chemicals affect the Earth's crust,
whether found in the air or in the water. Physical weathering takes place over millions of
years resulting in the formation of deep valley with steep sides called a canyon. Chemical
weather can cause rust to destroy metal objects. Weather causes many changes take place on
the Earth's surface.

Exercise 3. List the words you find difficulty in reading. Read them aloud again until you
attain automaticity in reading them.
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What I Have Learned

Write 10 sensible words found in the puzzle.

P W E A T H E R M A
A A A R I E N E Y L
R O R U M A E S R D
A R T U E T R O B I
S O H V E L G U A R
I D E P A B Y R A T
T A N S O U R C E G
E O N P R O T E I N
Z A G A L L O S Y D
C H E M I C A L E A

1. ________________ 6. _______________
2. ________________ 7. _______________
3. ________________ 8. _______________
4. ________________ 9. _______________
5. ________________ 10. ______________

What I Can Do

Directions: Read the selection aloud with automaticity.

Bones support the human body. They are the structure on which the skin hangs. Without
bones the body would collapse. A person could not walk or run. Bones provide both support
and protection for parts of the body.
In the front of the body the bony rib cage covers the chest. Underneath are the heart and
lungs. The ribs are bones which protect the heart, lungs and stomach in case of injury.
The skull protects the brain. The bones in the back (or spine) protect the nerves of the
spinal column.
The bones store minerals needed by other parts of the body. When the minerals are
needed, they will be released into the blood. They also form new red and white blood cells
each day. New bone is still made until a person reaches the age of thirty-five. When a person
gets much older, the bones start to weaken. The minerals begin to disappear from the bones.
Besides storing minerals and forming blood cells, the bones work with muscles and joints.
They allow movement in the body. The place where two bones come together is called
a joint. The knee joint is the biggest and strongest joint in the body. Ligaments link bones
together at the joints. They are very strong and can stretch. Muscles are attached to bones by
tendons. The muscles and tendons together allow the bones move.
 The whole bone structure of the body is called the skeleton. The skull protects the brain,
eyes, face, jaw and ears. Vertebrae make up the column of bones running down the back.
Between each vertebra is a small cushion called a disk. The vertebrae are hollow. Nerves run
down through the hollow parts to the whole body.
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Knees, hands, feet and legs all have different kinds of bones. Some of these bones can
move freely. Some are bound tightly together. Arm bones are connected at the top to the
collarbone and shoulder bone. They are connected at the bottom to the hand. Leg bones are
attached to the spine at the top by the group of bones called the pelvis. The upper part of the
leg is the thigh bone. It forms part of the knee. The lower part of the leg is made up of two
bones. They are attached to the foot at the bottom.
Bones are actually living cells. The bones grow and change over time. A person is born
with three hundred bones. Some of these bones can join together. By the time a person
becomes an adult, he will have only about two hundred and six bones.
In summary, bones are a necessary part of the body. They provide protection and support
for the vital organs, like the heart, brain and lungs. The bones are strong and can handle
heavy weights. They allow a person to walk. They work with muscles to help the body move
and stretch. The 206 bones of the body include the ribs, skull, spine, vertebrae, thigh bone,
and many more.
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Lesson

Reading with Automaticity

32 (Health)

What’s in
Directions: List the frequently occurring words in Science and read them with
automaticity.

What I need to know

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

a. read with automaticity grade level frequently occurring content

area words (Health); EN5F-Ig-1.8.1.4
b. read grade level text with 118 words correct per minute; EN5F-
Ih-1.13

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 What’s New

Vocabulary:
Directions: Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B. Write letters only.
Column A Column B
___1. microscopic a. an extremely small piece of organic
material that causes disease in humans,
animals, and plants
___2. virus b. a successful way of curing an illness
or dealing with a problem or difficulty
___3. contagious c. the act of putting a liquid, especially a
drug, into a person's body using a needle
and a syringe (= small tube)
___4. vaccine d. moving easily from one person to
another
___5. injection e. a substance containing a virus or
bacterium in a form that is not harmful,
given to a person or animal to prevent
them from getting the disease that the
virus or bacterium causes
___6. remedy f. very small and only able to be seen
with microscope
g. something produced as a copy

Read the short story with automaticity and answer the comprehension questions that follow.

The Life-wasting Potion

Many, many years ago everyone was strong and healthy. They ate a very varied diet,
and especially loved fruit, vegetables, and fish. Everyone took daily exercise, and they
enjoyed themselves playing and leaping about. The Earth was the healthiest place you could
imagine, and it was clear that both adults and children were full of joy and good moods.

All that made the dark witches furious. They only ever wanted to do harm and make
problems for people. The worst of all of these witches was Sourface; she was evil and could
be relied on to come up with the nastiest ideas. She suggested that all the witches combine
their energies to invent a potion which would take away people's desire to live happily. So,
one night, all the witches gathered down in the swampy forest and worked together on that
evil spell. The spell was so powerful, and would need so much energy to cast, that when one
of the witches got one of the words wrong, there was a huge explosion. So big was the
explosion, that it completely destroyed the forest.

It turned all those evil witches into tiny little creatures, like germs, and left them
trapped in a green liquid inside a small glass bottle, which lay lost in the swamp. There they
were trapped for centuries, until one day a little boy found the bottle. Thinking it contained
some kind of soft drink, he drank the lot. The evil, microscopic witches took advantage of
this situation, and even though they were tiny and couldn't hurt anyone, they soon learned to
change the little boy's likes and dislikes in order to get him to do what they wanted.
In a few days, a funny feeling in his mouth and tongue meant the boy no longer
wanted to eat vegetables, fruit, or fish. All he wanted to do was eat ice cream, pizza, burgers,
and candy. Then a nibbling feeling all over his body meant he no longer enjoyed playing and
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running about with his friends. All that stuff tired him out; he now just wanted to stay in the
house, sitting or lying about. So, his life got more and more boring, he started feeling ill, and
before long he had no desire to do anything. The evil potion had worked! And the worst thing
of all was that the witches learned to jump from one person to another, like a virus. They
managed to turn the influence of the potion into the most contagious of diseases: the disease
of wasting your life.

It was a long while before, with the help of his microscope, Doctor Fitton-Helthie
discovered that the little witches were causing all this disease. There was no vaccine or cough
mixture to get rid of them, but the good doctor discovered that the witches could not stand joy
and good humor. It turned out that the best cure was to make a strong effort to live a healthy,
joyful, and happy life. When a person became healthy, the little witches would leave that
body as soon as they could, riding off on a sneeze.

From then on, the best remedy was not pills or injections, but just a little bit of effort
to eat some fruit, vegetables, and fish, and to do some exercise. And whoever came to see
Doctor Fitton-Helthie, and took his advice, ended up totally well, being cured of the waste-
of-life disease.

Comprehension Questions:

1. What did the dark witches ever want?

2. What made the little boy changed his likes and dislikes to food?
3. How did Doctor Fitton-Helthie discover the cause of the disease?
4. Why were the people many years ago strong and healthy?
5. How will you avoid the waste-of-life disease?

Read the story again aloud, to yourself or to anybody with you, with a timer. Check how
many words you have read in a minute.

What Is It

Read the words found in the selection with automaticity.

microscopic virus contagious vaccine

injection remedy healthy diet
explosion potion disease ill
doctor sneeze pill cure

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 What’s More

Exercise 1. Read the selection with automaticity.

In the old city of Florence, a little girl was born to a loving couple. They named their
little daughter, Florence. As a young child, Florence was helpful and compassionate. She
loved the dumb animals around her. Once, a dog broke its leg, so its master thought of giving
it away. Florence stopped the master and offered to nurse the poor animal back to health. She
helped a doctor put a bandage to the dog‟s leg, and soon it could run proud on all fours again.
How the little dog loved to be with Florence since then!

Florence could have chosen to live a comfortable life, as she was the child of wealthy
parents. But she did not. She left home and took training as a nurse. She kept herself busy in
the hospitals. She was thirty-four years old when she asked permission to work as a nurse in
the English army. She then left for Crimea where the English helped the people of Turkey
fight the Russians.

Health Vocabulary:

 nurse – to care for a person or an animal while they are ill

 bandage – a long, narrow piece of cloth that is tied around an injury or a part of
someone‟s body that has been hurt

Exercise 2. Read the story again aloud, to yourself or to anybody with you, with a timer.
Check how many words you have read in a minute.

Exercise 3. Read the passage with automaticity.

Sleep is very important. Did you know that sleep is more important than
food? A person who does not sleep dies at a younger age than a person who does
not eat. Let‟s say you go to sleep 12 hours later than you usually do. It will take
your body about three weeks to return to normal. We spend about one-third (1/3) of
our lives in sleep. That‟s about 121 days a year! 1 2 Sleep! Ways to Health 49 How
much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every
day. Children 6 to 12 years old need an average of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. A
teenager needs 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a
night. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep. Others need 10 hours
of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.
We need less sleep as we get older. Most people have some nights when they
cannot sleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of
these people cannot fall asleep or stay asleep. The name of this problem is
insomnia. The word insomnia means “no sleep.” Some people say, “I didn‟t sleep
all night.” They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they
only remember the times they were awake, so they think they were awake all night.
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of
these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, the famous
statesman1 and inventor, had four beds. He moved from one to the other to fall
asleep. King Louis XIV of France had 413 beds and hoped to fall asleep in one of
them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his
side across the end of the bed!
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What I Have Learned

Practice reading will enhance the automaticity in reading and
increase the number words a person can read correctly.

What I Can Do

Directions: Read the selection with automaticity with timer. Record the number of words
read in a minute.
PH Solidarity Trial for COVID-19 Treatments Receives Green Light from Ethics Review
Body
22 April 2020
Joint News Release
The Department of Health (DOH) today announced that the participation of the Philippines to
the WHO Solidarity trial has been approved by the Single Joint Research Ethics Board
(SJREB) last April 17, in support of the COVID-19 global response.

This is in response to the World Health Organization‟s (WHO) launch of an international

randomized and adaptive clinical trial “Solidarity” to test the safety and effectiveness of four
possible therapies in treating COVID-19, compared to standard of care: the investigational
antiviral Remdesivir, antimalarial drug Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine, antiretroviral
drugs used to treat HIV Lopinavir with Ritonavir, and Lopinavir with Ritonavir plus
Interferon beta-1a, last March 13, 2020. More than 100 countries have joined the Solidarity
trial with more than 1,200 patients randomized from the first five countries, to evaluate the
safety and efficacy of four drugs and drug combinations.

The Philippine representatives to the WHO Solidarity clinical trial is led by Dr Marissa
Alejandria of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and President of the
Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, in close collaboration with the
DOH and the WHO. OIC-Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire will serve as the
Department‟s official liaison for the DOH. It will be conducted in at least 20 Level 3
hospitals nationwide. SJREB is a level 3 Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB)
accredited research ethics committee which conducts joint review of study protocols for at
least three (3) sites in the Philippines. Level 3 accreditation means that the SJREB can review
all types of research, including clinical drug trials. The board is composed of seven
permanent members and site representatives.

“There is currently no magic drug or known treatment for COVID-19 and there is an urgency
to find effective treatment,” explained the USec. Vergeire. The drugs included in this trial are
largely untested against SARS-COV 2 virus that causes COVID-19, and more robust data is
needed. “We are optimistic that this megatrial, with over 90 participating countries, will
promote the rapid generation of strong evidence for treating COVID-19, and ultimately stem
this pandemic,” the Health Spokesperson concluded.

“We are glad to partner with the Philippines and other countries around the world to help find
an effective treatment for COVID-19. The more countries that will be participating in the
Solidarity trial, the quicker we will see results,” said WHO acting representatives Dr. Socorro

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Escalante and Dr. Tauhid Islam. “We share the optimism of the DOH as we move forward
with the Solidarity trial. Let us continue to work together to beat COVID-19.”

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Lesson

33 Read Grade Level Text

What’s In

Directions: Complete the sentences by choosing the appropriate words from

the box.

porch unearth telepathy

postage amateur immense

1. It would be amazing to ________ a real book.

2. It They are digging to make a new ________ in the house.
3. Michael is an ________ singer until the age of 40.
4. Maybe there was some kind of __________ she held, where she was able
to secretly communicate with his parents.
5. He got his ________ refunded only after sending numerous letters and e-
mails.

What I Need to Know

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

read grade level text with 118 words correct per minute; EN5F-
Ih-1.13

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 What’s New

Vocabulary:
Directions: Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B.
Column A Column B
___1. porch a. someone who lacks skill in doing
something
___2. unearth b. the money that you pay for sending
letters and parcels through the post
___3. postage c. to discover something in the ground
___4. amateur d. the ability to know what is in someone
else‟s mind, or to communicate with
someone mentally, without using words
or other physical signals
___5. telepathy e. very small and only able to be seen
with microscope
f. a covered structure in front of the
entrance to a building

Read the selection.

The Good Old Days

Jada was helping Ms. Funes dig a space for a new porch. “Be careful,” Ms. Funes
said. “There used to be a library on this site, about 100 years ago, and we might discover
some books buried underground.” “It would be amazing to unearth real books!” Jada
exclaimed. She had learned about them in her twenty-first century culture class. Suddenly,
Jada felt a large object that had pages and seemed to be made of paper. “Is this what you call
a book?” Jada asked, and Ms. Funes nodded. The title of the book was A Guide to Collecting
Postage Stamps. Jada looked at the photographs and wondered what postage stamps were.
Ms. Funes explained that they were used on letters. Letters were an ancient form of writing
that people used to communicate. “Why didn‟t they just communicate by mental telepathy,
like we do?” Jada asked. “Their technology was very ancient,” Ms. Funes responded. An
instant later, Jada felt something much bigger than the book. The two amateur archaeologists
spent several minutes unearthing something that had a large viewing screen and a keyboard.
“It is one of the first computers ever created!” Ms. Funes cried. “But why,” Jada asked,
“would they make a computer so immense?” Ms. Funes tried to explain. “They must have
appreciated things that were massive and solid. It is hard to comprehend, isn‟t it?”

Read the story again aloud, to yourself or to anybody with you, with a timer. Check how
many words have you read in a minute.

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 What Is It

Answer the comprehension questions.

1. What is the story mostly about?

2. What did they find?
3. What did the ancient people use to communicate?
4. Why did the people before use letters to communicate?
5. If you were Jada, would you keep the things you found? Why or why not?

When you read “on grade level” it means that you have mastered the skills that you
need to read and understand words and sentences in books at the expected level of difficulty.

Practice reading until you can read at least a hundred and eighteen (118) words in a
minute.

What’s More

Exercise 1. Read the short story with a timer. Record the number of words you have
read in a minute.

The Coming of the King

By Laura E. Richards

Some children were at play in their play-ground one

day, when a herald rode through the town, blowing a trumpet, and crying aloud, “The King!
the King passes by this road to-day. Make ready for the King!”
The children stopped their play, and looked at one another.
“Did you hear that?” they said. “The King is coming. He may look over the wall and see our
playground; who knows? We must put it in order.”
The playground was sadly dirty, and in the corners were scraps of paper and broken toys, for
these were careless children. But now, one brought a hoe, and another a rake, and a third ran
to fetch the wheelbarrow from behind the garden gate. They labored hard, till at length all
was clean and tidy.
“Now it is clean!” they said; “but we must make it pretty, too, for kings are used to fine
things; maybe he would not notice mere cleanness, for he may have it all the time.”
Then one brought sweet rushes and strewed them on the ground; and others made garlands of
oak leaves and pine tassels and hung them on the walls; and the littlest one pulled marigold
buds and threw them all about the playground, “to look like gold,” he said.
When all was done the playground was so beautiful that the children stood and looked at it,
and clapped their hands with pleasure.
“Let us keep it always like this!” said the littlest one; and the others cried, “Yes! yes! that is
what we will do.”
They waited all day for the coming of the King, but he never came; only, towards sunset, a
man with travel-worn clothes, and a kind, tired face passed along the road, and stopped to
look over the wall.
“What a pleasant place!” said the man. “May I come in and rest, dear children?”
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The children brought him in gladly, and set him on the seat that they had made out of an old
cask. They had covered it with the old red cloak to make it look like a throne, and it made a
very good one.
“It is our playground!” they said. “We made it pretty for the King, but he did not come, and
now we mean to keep it so for ourselves.”
“That is good!” said the man.
“Because we think pretty and clean is nicer than ugly and dirty!” said another.
“That is better!” said the man.
“And for tired people to rest in!” said the littlest one.
“That is best of all!” said the man.
He sat and rested, and looked at the children with such kind eyes that they came about him,
and told him all they knew; about the five puppies in the barn, and the thrush‟s nest with four
blue eggs, and the shore where the gold shells grew; and the man nodded and understood all
about it.
By and by he asked for a cup of water, and they brought it to him in the best cup, with the
gold sprigs on it: then he[14] thanked the children, and rose and went on his way; but before
he went he laid his hand on their heads for a moment, and the touch went warm to their
hearts.
The children stood by the wall and watched the man as he went slowly along. The sun was
setting, and the light fell in long slanting rays across the road.
“He looks so tired!” said one of the children.
“But he was so kind!” said another.
“See!” said the littlest one. “How the sun shines on his hair! it looks like a crown of gold.”

Exercise 2. Read the story aloud again with a timer. Record the number of words you have
read in a minute. Check if the number of words you have read from your first reading to your
second reading increases.

Exercise 3. Read the story aloud with a timer. Read it for two more times, increasing each
time the number of words you read correctly.

A Lost Masterpiece
by A.A. Milne

The short essay on “The Improbability of the Infinite” which I was planning for you
yesterday will now never be written. Last night my brain was crammed with lofty thoughts on
the subject--and for that matter, on every other subject. My mind was never so fertile. Ten
thousand words on any theme from Tin-tacks to Tomatoes would have been easy to me. That
was last night. This morning I have only one word in my brain, and I cannot get rid of it. The
word is “Teralbay.”
Teralbay is not a word which one uses much in ordinary life. Rearrange the letters,
however, and it becomes such a word. A friend--no, I can call him a friend no longer--a
person gave me this collection of letters as I was going to bed and challenged me to make a
proper word of it. He added that Lord Melbourne--this, he alleged, is a well-known historical
fact--Lord Melbourne had given this word to Queen Victoria once, and it had kept her awake
the whole night. After this, one could not be so disloyal as to solve it at once. For two hours
or so, therefore, I merely toyed with it. Whenever I seemed to be getting warm I hurriedly
thought of something else. This quixotic loyalty has been the undoing of me; my chances of a
solution have slipped by, and I am beginning to fear that they will never return. While this is
the case, the only word I can write about is Teralbay.
Teralbay--what does it make? There are two ways of solving a problem of this sort.
The first is to waggle your eyes and see what you get. If you do this, words like “alterably”
and “laboratory” emerge, which a little thought shows you to be wrong. You may then
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waggle your eyes again, look at it upside down or sideways, or stalk it carefully from the
southwest and plunge upon it suddenly when it is not ready for you. In this way it may be
surprised into giving up its secret. But if you find that it cannot be captured by strategy or
assault, then there is only one way of taking it. It must be starved into surrender. This will
take a long time, but victory is certain.
There are eight letters in Teralbay and two of them are the same, so that there must be
181,440 ways of writing the letters out. This may not be obvious to you at once; you may
have thought that it was only 181,439; but you may take my word for it that I am right. (Wait
a moment while I work it out again.... Yes, that‟s it.) Well, now suppose that you put down a
new order of letters--such as “raytable”--every six seconds, which is very easy going, and
suppose that you can spare an hour a day for it; then by the 303rd day--a year hence, if you
rest on Sundays--you are bound to have reached a solution.
But perhaps this is not playing the game. This, I am sure, is not what Queen Victoria
did. And now I think of it, history does not tell us what she did do, beyond that she passed a
sleepless night. (And that she still liked Melbourne afterwards--which is surprising.) Did she
ever guess it? Or did Lord Melbourne have to tell her in the morning, and did she say, “Why,
of course!” I expect so. Or did Lord Melbourne say, “I‟m awfully sorry, madam, but I find I
put a „y‟ in too many?” But no--history could not have remained silent over such a tragedy as
that. Besides, she went on liking him.
When I die “Teralbay” will be written on my heart. While I live it shall be my
telegraphic address. I shall patent a breakfast food called “Teralbay”; I shall say “Teralbay!”
when I miss a 2-ft. putt; the Teralbay carnation will catch your eye at the Temple show. I
shall write anonymous letters over the name. “Fly at once; all is discovered--Teralbay.” Yes,
that would look rather well.
I wish I knew more about Lord Melbourne. What sort of words did he think of? The
thing couldn‟t he “aeroplane” or “telephone” or “googly,” because these weren‟t invented in
his time. That gives us three words less. Nor, probably, would it be anything to eat; a Prime
Minister would hardly discuss such subjects with his Sovereign. I have no doubt that after
hours of immense labour you will triumphantly suggest “rateably.” I suggested that myself,
but it is wrong. There is no such word in the dictionary. The same objection applies to “bat-
early”--it ought to mean something, but it doesn‟t.
So I hand the word over to you. Please do not send the solution to me, for by the time
you read this I shall either have found it out or else I shall be in a nursing home. In either case
it will be of no use to me. Send it to the Postmaster-General or one of the Geddeses or Mary
Pickford. You will want to get it off your mind.
As for myself I shall write to my fr----, to the person who first said “Teralbay” to me,
and ask him to make something of “sabet” and “donureb.” When he has worked out the
corrections--which, in case he gets the wrong ones, I may tell him here are “beast” and
“bounder”--I shall search the dictionary for some long word like “intellectual.” I shall alter
the order of the letters and throw in a couple of “g‟s” and a “k”. And then I shall tell them to
keep a spare bed for him in my nursing home.
Well, I have got “Teralbay” a little off my mind. I feel better able now to think of other
things. Indeed, I might almost begin my famous essay on “The Improbability of the Infinite.”
It would be a pity for the country to lose such a masterpiece--she has had quite enough
trouble already what with one thing and another. For my view of the Infinite is this: that
although beyond the Finite, or, as one might say, the Commensurate, there may or may not be
a----
Just a moment. I think I have it now. T--R--A----No....

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 What I Have Learned

 When reading “on grade level” it means that you have mastered
the skills that you need to read and understand words and
sentences in books at the expected level of difficulty.

What I Can Do

Directions: Read aloud any passages or selections available at home. Use a

timer to record your time.

Summary

Assessment

Post test
I. A. Write the letter of the misspelled word in each group on the blank. Then write
its correct spelling.
_________1. (a) niece (b) ratios (c) happyness
_________2. (a) intercede (b) foriegn (c) innumerable
_________3. (a) embarrass (b) sieze (c) engagement
_________4. (a) offered (b) criticize (c) atheletics
_________5. (a) conceit (b) branches (c ) niether
_________6. (a) accidentally (b) thinness (c) payed
_________7. (a) peaceful (b) immediately (c) mistep
_________8. (a) journies (b) rained (c) proceed
_________9. (a) caring (b) decieve (c) studying
_________10. (a) anonymous (b) likeness (c) dayly

B. Write the correct word in the blank.

1. The news said _________ going to rain tomorrow
a. its b. it‟s c. it
2. He always carries __________ of his family.
a. picture b. pictures c. picture‟s
3. Where did you leave __________ bike?
a. youre b. your c. you
4. _________ leaving in five minutes.
a. Were b. We‟re c.Wer‟e
5. I __________ see anything were I was sitting.
a. couldn‟t b. couldnt‟ c. couldn‟t
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C. Underline the correct transition word in the following sentences:
1. (Because, Before) it was raining, I didn't walk my dog this evening.
2. I love chocolate, (although, so) I eat chocolate candy whenever I can.
3. The test was really hard. (Therefore, Then), only five students passed it.
4. First, you have to answer the questions. (Next, So) you hand in your paper.
5. Ben needs to go to bed early. (Although, Otherwise), he will be late for
school.
6. You will see a big tree; (further on, however) you will see a
fork in the road.
7. He really loves reading. (Despite, In fact), he reads almost all the time.
8. That would not be smart. (Despite, In other words), that would be idiotic.
9. (Over, Among) the trees of the forest, the deer ran gracefully.
10. You are always late. (On the other hand, Like), you can be trusted.
II.
Note: Use a timer to record the time.

Directions: Read the selection aloud with a timer. Read it for two more times, increasing the
number of words read correctly.

'Health' is a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity. Health is thus a level of functional efficiency of living beings
and a general condition of a person‟s mind, body and spirit, meaning it is free from illness,
injury and pain. It is a resource of everyday life and a positive concept emphasizing physical
capabilities.

Good health is a secret of every happy man. There is an old saying, 'Health is Wealth'.
Staying healthy for children is vital for proper growth and development of mind and body as
they need to focus in the class and fully participate in the activities on the field. Parents must
take their children for medical check-up and learn from experts about their development in
terms of height and weight, as it has a huge impact on their overall performance and
efficiency. If you are strong and healthy, you can be a shining example to others and teach
them how to achieve vibrant health.

Good health is a matter of great concern, to maintain it, healthy living and a disciplined life is
a must. One of the best ways is to drink plenty of water as it reduces the risk of infection,
keeps your skin healthy, reduces the risk of heart attack, burns body fat and regulates our
body temperature. We should sleep well as it relaxes our body and reduces stress. We need to
have a balanced diet and go for long, brisk walks. Our motto should be to keep our body
clean in order to remain healthy. We must laugh more as laughing is a therapy and a secret of
good health. The government should include integrated health programs into their public
policies and control specific health problems.

III. Note: Write your answers on a separate paper.

A. Directions: Read the selections below with automaticity. List the words you find
difficulty in reading.
1. The Respiratory System

The respiratory system of the human body is responsible for the distribution of the
air inhaled and exhaled throughout a person's life. The respiratory system includes the nose,
throat, voice box, wind pipe, and lungs.
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Each time a person inhales, or breathes in air, several kinds of gases enter the body.
The most important is oxygen because it keeps a person alive, and the cells of the body need
it for energy and growth. The air enters through the nose and mouth and the lungs fill up and
then empty out. When the air is inhaled there are tiny hairs in the nose called cilia that filter
the air. The air is also warmed and moistened as it travels through the nose. Cilia also
protects other parts of the respiratory passages, filtering out dust and other particles.
The inhaled air travels through the windpipe, which is called the trachea. The human
body contains two lungs. The lungs are pink, mushy, and like a sponge. The lungs are
protected by the rib cage and keeps them protected and safe. The lung on the left side of the
body is smaller than the right lung, which allows room for a person's heart. Beneath the lungs
is a muscle called the diaphragm. It works with the lungs to allow a person to inhale and
exhale. When a person breathes in the diaphragm shrinks and levels out as the lungs fill up
with air.
The end of the trachea is located between the two lungs. At the bottom of the trachea
are a couple of large tubes called bronchi. The bronchi lead into the lungs. One tube sends
air into the left lung, and the other tube sends air into the right lung.
Once the air travels through the bronchi, it will branch off into smaller tubes called
bronchioles. The bronchioles are about the thickness of a hair, and there are about 30,000 in
each lung. From the bronchioles the air then continues its journey to tiny air sacs located
throughout the lungs. The tiny air sacs are called alveoli.
The 600 million alveoli are covered with very tiny blood vessels called capillaries. It
is in this area of the lungs between the alveoli and capillaries the exchange of air takes place.
Alveoli allow the air to pass into the blood cells of the body, first traveling through the heart
carried by red blood cells. The oxygen enters the blood through the tiny capillaries. The heart
then takes the blood filled with oxygen and sends it out to all the cells of the body.
When a person exhales or breathes out everything will happen in reverse. The
diaphragm relaxes and the lungs become smaller. The cells in the body have received the
oxygen it needs, but carbon dioxide must leave the body. This time, wastes enter the alveoli
through the capillaries, back through the bronchioles and bronchi, and then the trachea and
out through the nose and mouth. The air is warm because it heats up as it travels through the
body.
Finally, the lungs are also important for talking. The larynx is located above the
trachea, which is often called the voice box. Vocal cords across the larynx open and close,
and then vibrate, to create the sounds as air flows between them. The amount of air exhaled
determines the loudness of a sound.
In summary, there are many parts of the respiratory system working together to
distribute oxygen throughout the body, as well as the lungs being necessary for a person's
ability to talk. It is important to keep the lungs healthy and strong.

2. Recycling

Recycling is taking used materials and waste and then turning it into new, useful
products. Recycling waste into new products reduces the amount of materials that would have
been needed if the product had to be made all over again.
For example, most paper is made from trees, but if old paper is recycled, less trees
would be needed. Recycling uses less energy and helps with pollution control.
There are three important steps for recycling to be successful:
First, the items to be recycled must be collected. Many communities require residents
to recycle and collect the materials using large bins or cans. The recyclables are picked up
regularly, just like the other trash and waste products.
 Second, the recyclables must be sorted into the different materials. The most common
materials include paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum, which must be separated from each
other.
Third, the recycled items must be processed at a recycling plant. Since there are
different materials that need to be recycled, each has its own method of turning the old into
the renewed.
Paper, including newspapers, magazines, cardboard, books, and envelopes can all be
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recycled into reusable products. At a paper recycling plant, the old paper is chopped into tiny
pieces. Next, water is added, and the material is turned into pulp. The pulp is then cleaned to
remove the old ink. Finally, chemicals are added and the old paper is bleached white. It is
now ready to be turned into new paper and other paper products.
Plastic is also a common recyclable product, including water, soda, and other drink
bottles; plastic bags, wrappers, and many more items. To recycle old plastic, it is first divided
by type, and then ground into flakes or chips. The flakes and chips are cleaned thoroughly,
melted down and formed into pellets. The pellets are then used in a variety of ways by many
different manufacturers.
Glass recycling also includes soda and other drink bottles, as well as jars, broken
pieces of glass, and many other glass products. Before the glass is recycled, though, the
different plastic lids must first be separated from the bottles. All of the glass is then cleaned
thoroughly, and then crushed into tiny pieces. Next, it is melted and sent to manufacturers
who add other substances depending on their use. The glass is then heated again and made
into liquid glass.
Finally, aluminum is another material recycled quite often, which also includes soda
and juice cans, tomato cans, and all other products made from aluminum. At a metal
recycling plant, a giant magnet is used to separate the steel cans from the aluminum cans. A
magnet will not attract aluminum, so it is easy to separate the steel from the aluminum cans.
The cans are then washed, crushed, and condensed. A hot furnace is used to remove the
labeling, melted, made into bars, and finally flattened into sheets.
Two more things must take place for recycling to be successful. First, people must
choose to recycle the things they use, and second, when buying things, it is helpful that
people purchase items made using recycled materials like paper, plastic, glass, or aluminum.
In summary, three steps for recycling include collecting, sorting, and processing. Each
material also has several more steps that must occur in order for each it to be reused gain as a
useful product.

2. Read the selections above aloud again to yourself or to someone with you with a
timer. Record the time you finish reading each selection.

3. Answer the questions.

1. What is automaticity?
2. As a Grade 5 pupil, what should you do to read passages or selections with
automaticity?
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Answer Key

Lesson 29
What’s In
1. rate
2. accuracy
3. automaticity

What’s New
Vocabulary:
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. f
5. c

Comprehension Questions:
1. The famous artists mentioned in the selection are Leonardo da Vinci,
Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso.
2. Pablo Picasso‟s innate skill of art led him to create masterpiece for the
world to see.
3. Leonardo da Vinci‟s Mona Lisa painting is the most famous in the world.
4. Vincent Van Gogh‟s painting style is consisted of quick movements of the
brush.
5. Answers may vary

What I Have Learned

1. Automaticity is the fast, effortless word recognition that comes with a
great deal of reading practice. It also refers to accurate, speedy word
recognition, not to reading with expression.
2. Self-correcting is the reader‟s ability to notice errors, search for more
information, and make another attempt that fixes the error.

Lesson 30
What’s In
Down
1. hexagon
2. sum
3. product
Across
2.sphere
4.number
What’s New
Comprehension Questions
1. The poem is all about solid figures.
2. Cones, hemispheres, spheres, cylinders, ovoid and torus are the solid
figures mentioned in the poem.
3. She found a torus through the sprinkle donut packed by her mom.
4. She found a hemisphere through her friend who handed her half of the
orange.

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What’s More
Exercise 2
1. The selection is all about Henry‟s pet business.
2. There are 60 houses in his neighborhood.
3. Henry‟s business is walking the pets in their neighborhood.
4. Answers may vary.
5. Answers may vary.
What I Have Learned
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False

Lesson 31
What’s In
1. Mathematics 6. sum
2. solid 7. product
3. cylinder 8. average
4. equation 9. percent
5. discount 10. shape
What Is It
Comprehension Questions
1. An earthquake is caused by a fault in the Earth‟s crust.
2. Faults are the cracks in the Earth‟s crust.
3. Seismograph is a device that records the motion at locations all around the
crust.
4. Answers may vary.
5. Answers may vary.
What I Have Learned
1. weather 6. heat
2. parasite 7. resources
3. chemical 8. energy
4. earth 9. protein
5. time 10. source

Lesson 32
What’s New
1. f
2. a
3. d
4. e
5. c
6. b

Comprehension Questions
1. They only ever wanted to do harm and make problems for people.
2. The microscopic witches made the little boy changed his likes and
dislikes to food.
3. Doctor Filton-Helthie discovered the cause of the disease with the help
of his microscope.

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 4. They were strong and healthy because they ate a very varied diet, and
especially loved fruit, vegetables, and fish, took daily exercise, and
they enjoyed themselves playing and leaping about.
5. Answers may vary

Lesson 33
What’s In
1.unearth
2. porch
3. amateur
4. telepathy
5. postage

What’s New
Vocabulary:
6. f
7. c
8. b
9. a
10. d

Comprehension Questions:
6. The story is mostly about the life of the ancient.
7. They found things such as book, postage stamps and technology used by
the ancient during their time.
8. They used letters to communicate.
9. They used letters to communicate because letters were their form of
writing to communicate and their technology was ancient.
10. Answers may vary
Key to Answers
Post test
1.c- happiness 14.b
2. b- foreign 15. a
3. b- seize 16.because
4. c – athletics 17. so
5. c – neither 18. therefore
6. c- paid 19. next
7. c- misstep 20. otherwise
8. b- reigned 21. further
9. b – deceive 22. in fact
10. c- daily 23. in other words
11. a. 24. among
12. b 25. on the other hand.
13.b

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