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Ek and On

Friends

This is Ek.He is in Grade Two.

This is On.On is also in Grade Two.

On is a big girl. Ek is a small boy.Ek and On sit together in their class room.Ek and On are friends.

It is good to have a friend.

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On and Ek like each other.

On and Ek are good friends.

Friends don't always get along. Sometimes,

On and Ek don't get along. Sometimesthey are angry with each other.

Friends can be angry sometimes,but they still love each other.Ek and On still love each other,even when they're angry.

Ek tells On, "I'm sorry."On says to Ek, "I'm sorry."

Exercise:

Do you have friends? ________________

Who is your best friend? _________________ If you have many friends, who are they?

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Ek and On

What Friends are For

Ek and On help eachother in many ways.

Ek is small. He canonly eat a little bit.

One day, Ek had toomuch food on his plate.

On is big.She caneat a lot.

She likes toeat.

That day,On helpedEk. She atesome of his

food.

But On ate too much.She had a tummy-ache.

Ek was a good friend to On.He helped On. He wentwith her to see the nurse.

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Ek is the smallest student in the class.

Thom is also a student in Ek's class.Thom is not Ek's friend. Thom is bigger than Ek.Thom likes to be mean to Ek.

Ek is smaller than Thom.It is not good to be mean to smaller children.

On is the biggest student in the class.On is bigger than Thom.On helps Ek.

On is Ek's friend.Sometimes Ek needs a friend.On is a good friend to Ek.

Sometimes, On also needs a friend.Ek is also a good friend to On.Good friends need each other.

Exercise:

Thom is ______________________ than Ek. Thom is ______________________ then On.

Ek is the ___________________ student in the class. On is the ___________________ student in the class.

What do you do for your friends? __________________________________________________

What do your friends do for you? __________________________________________________

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Ek and On

Helping

Ek is a very good student.

He makes high marks on his exams.

On wants to make high marks on her exams too, but she can not.

Ek tried to help On.

Ek told On what todo in her workbook.

On wrote what Ek toldher to write, but On wasstill not a good student.

Ek saw that On was stillnot a good student, so

Ek tried to help her some more.

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The teacher saw Ek trying to help On.

He asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm helping On," said Ek.

"No," said the teacher."You are not helping On.This will not help her be a good student.Don't tell her what to do, show her how todo it, and let her do it herself.Then, she will be a good student."

Now, Ek shows On how to do her work.He doesn't tell her what to write.He doesn't do itfor her, he helpsher do it.

Now, On makes higher marks on her exam.She is a good student.

Exercise:

Ek told On what to write. Did that help On? _________________

How did Ek help On? ____________________________________________________________

Is What the same as How ? ____________________

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Ek and On

Remembering

When we were in KG1,we were babies.

We played all day.Some children cried a lot.

I can't remember very

much about KG1.

In KG2, we wore our pyjamasfor part of the day. We took

a nap. The teacher put powder on our faces. On liked toplay with the powder.

In KG3, I learned to swim.We changed our clothes for

swimming right in the classroom.I learned the ABCsand how to count.

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In Grade One, it was harder.I learned more numbers, andhow to read. In Grade One,

we lost our front teeth.

But now, we are big...

...well – On is big, anyway.

Exercise:

Do you remember KG1? __________________

Do you remember the other KG grades? ____________________

What are some of the things you remember? ______________________________________

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