Nouns can be concrete (tahas) or abstract (basal). This depends on whether you can touch them, see them, feel them, hear them, or smell them. Other types of nouns can be learned, understood, believed, thought of, felt emotionally, or remembered. In Filipino, we call these two other concepts of nouns as tahas (concrete) or basal …
Filipino Book Feature: Ang Mga Lambing ni Lolo Ding Ano ang lambing? In English, it is translated as tenderness, but it goes deeper than that in Filipino. Lambing simply can not be translated simply as tenderness. You’ll see its simplicity yet immeasurable acts in this Filipino book. In this Adarna House book, Ang Mga Lambing ni …
Rounding numbers is probably one of the most confusing topics. The way the rules are presented are so abstract that students just can’t grasp what it really is and how it is significant. What is rounding? Rounding a number means that you have an approximate amount closer to the number given. It is not exactly …
One way to help understand place value is by writing numbers in standard form, word form, and expanded form. For example, 9 in 129 has a different value than the 9 in 192. Knowing how to represent numbers in these three different ways will help build place value concepts. What are these three forms of …
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Ten frame is a useful tool when counting. It helps with a child’s number sense. You usually start with a 5-frame and move on to a ten frame. Ten frames help student model numbers and therefore help understand counting, place value, and their whole number operations. As you can see, a ten frame is made …
One of the key math skills for grade school students is to add numbers. They need to have a good grasp of their addition facts. A very helpful tool when adding is a number line. A number line is a great model to use specially when adding. It visualises the movement of the numbers forwards …
This activity will help kids identify if the pangngalan is a pangngalang pantangi or a pangngalang pambalana. What’s a pangngalang pantangi at pangngalang pambalana? Below is a definition of pangngalan. Ang mga pangngalan ay mga salitang tumutukoy sa ngalan ng tao, hayop, bagay, lugar, o pangyayari. Ito ay maaaring pantangi (proper) o pambalana (common). 1. …
