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Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 6

Unit 7

Unit 8

Unit 9

Unit 10

Apple .................................................... 3

Goldfish ................................................ 7

Wind ..................................................... 11

The Hungry Mouse .............................. 15

Where Do Animals Live? ..................... 19

Playground ........................................... 23

After School ......................................... 27

Mom’s Hair ........................................... 31

Knock! Knock! ...................................... 35

Letter .................................................... 39

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Unit 13

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Unit 17

Unit 18

Unit 19

Unit 20

Dance Party .......................................... 43

Scary Movie .......................................... 47

Can, Can’t ............................................. 51

Twenty-one Sheep ............................... 55

Traffic Lights ......................................... 59

Jerry the Painter ................................... 63

Glasses .................................................. 67

Christmas Gift ....................................... 71

Car Wash ............................................... 75

Hotel Restaurant .................................. 79

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EExxpplloorriinngg RReeaaddiinngg -- Very Easy is a three-level reading series for children who are takingtheir first step in English reading. The best way to improve reading skills is to enjoyreading and to read a lot. Through extensive reading, the children not only improve theirreading skills, but also expand their knowledge of the world. This means that they bothlearn to read and read to learn while reading.It is very important for reading material for children to provide an enjoyable experiencewhere children can feel that they are part of the stories they read.

EExxpplloorriinngg RReeaaddiinngg -- Very Easy includes topics that children encounter in their everydaylife. This makes it easy for the teacher to relate the stories in EExxpplloorriinngg RReeaaddiinngg -- VVeerryy EEaassyyto children's experience. 'Here and Now' is very important to make children get fullyinvolved in reading.

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It is essential to talk about the picture before reading the story. At this stage, the teacherasks a reasonable number of questions to achieve the following:

❶ To motivate children. Provoke children’s curiosity about the story they will be reading.❷ To help children bring out their knowledge of the world.❸ To help children to become familiarized with the new words and phrases in the story.

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The teacher should read every sentence as clearly as possible so that children can recognizethe pronunciation and the form of every word or phrase. Ask questions requiring differentlevels of thinking. For example, some questions may focus on the literal understanding of thetext whereas others can focus on the hidden meaning. Also, ask questions that encouragechildren to come up with their own opinions.

The teacher should make sure that children have an overall understanding of the story . Itis necessary to give them the opportunity to ask questions to clarify the part that they arenot sure of.

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Matching the four words with the pictures help children with better understanding of thewords and the story. Children can learn and build up their vocabulary list. The teacher canuse real objects or make actions instead of the pictures. The teacher can introduce otherwords from the story if necessary.

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Work with children to draw a mind map to show what part of the story is the main ideaand in what way other parts are related to the main idea. Help children to see the textstructure and see how sentences are related to one another.

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Help children to pay attention to accuracy when they try to find answers in this section. Itwill help children to improve their skills in accurate understanding of details and retainingthe information.

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Ask children to find the right word for the context given. Set a time limit to encourage childrento improve their speed in doing the task. This helps to reinforce children's vocabulary learningin context. This section also provides practice in using the new words in appropriate contexts.

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Help children not to be anxious before listening to the tape and let them know that theaudio is about the story they have read. This section allows for students to get practice incomprehending spoken forms of the expressions they have learned.

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Try to do one of the sentences together with children. It will help them feel confident. Helpchildren with the rest and check the answer. This section gives children the opportunity to usethe language items in the unit in appropriate contexts. Through this writing task, children willhave the opportunity to recall the language items in the unit and use them spontaneouslyand creatively to express their ideas and feelings. Higher levels of writing tasks can be foundin Exploring Reading-Easy & Exploring Reading and Writing.

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Use these as a review for each unit. Variety of games & activities help reinforce the meaningand spelling of the words from the story. Children can relate the words with the pictures andsentences. Set a time limit or create a competitive atmosphere by rewarding the individual orgroup with most points.

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Exploring Reading- very easy

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Apple

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It is round.

It is red.

It is yummy.

It's a fruit.

I always have it after lunch.

Do you know what it is?

It's an apple!

ReadingTrack 1

Word Match

Main Idea

1. What is this story about?

a. An appleb. Lunch

Details

1. When does he/she always eat an apple?

a. Before lunchb. After lunch

2. An apple is _____________.

a. roundb. triangle

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Word Practice

lunch apple round fruit

1. A ball is ____________.

2. I always have sandwiches for __________.

3. Apples, bananas and pineapples are ___________.

4. An __________ is red and round.

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Listening Practice

1. It is __________.

2. It's a ___________.

3. I always have it after ____________.

4. Do you know ___________ it is?

5. It's an __________.

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Writing Practice

It ________ _________________.

apple an

It’s ________ _________________.

Track 2

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apple

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