ILAW Lesson Plan Grade 3 Term 1 Week 9

English 3 — Term 1 Week 9

Focus: Exploring Philippine Legends and Regional Themes: Inference, Text-to-Self Connections, VCV Words, and Compound Sentences

Week 9 English lessons are built around Philippine legends and regional stories, giving learners both literary and cultural context. Key competencies this week include:

• Making inferences from a text based on story clues and prior knowledge
• Forming text-to-self connections — bridging story content to personal experience
• Identifying and reading VCV (Vowel-Consonant-Vowel) pattern words for decoding fluency
• Writing and identifying compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or)

ILAW Teaching Tip: In your Learning Experience section, scaffold inference skills by starting with guided questioning during shared reading before moving learners to independent inference tasks. The text-to-self connection activity works particularly well as a journaling prompt in the Assessing Learning section.

Mathematics 3 — Term 1 Week 9

Focus: Number Sense and Problem Solving Progression

By Week 9, Grade 3 Math learners under MATATAG are working through increasingly complex applications of the number concepts introduced in earlier weeks. Expect this week’s sessions to involve:

• Continued work with numbers up to 10,000 (comparing, ordering, rounding)
• Introduction or deepening of basic multiplication concepts using arrays and equal groups
• Word problem solving using the four-step problem-solving process
• Mental math strategies and number pattern recognition

ILAW Teaching Tip: Use your Ways Forward section to note which learners struggled with the word problem format and which multiplication strategies clicked. This feeds directly into Week 10 planning.

Science 3 — Term 1 Week 9

Focus: Scientific Thinking and Environmental Responsibility

Grade 3 Science this week continues building scientific inquiry habits — observing, questioning, and drawing conclusions — while reinforcing environmental themes appropriate to the MATATAG curriculum.

Key lesson themes include:

• Observing and recording properties of materials
• Understanding how materials can be sorted and classified
• Discussing responsible use of natural resources and simple conservation practices
• Conducting or describing a simple investigation with a prediction, procedure, and result

ILAW Teaching Tip: Hands-on activities — even simple ones using classroom objects — work best in the Learning Experience block for Science. Document the investigation results in the Assessing Learning section using a simple observation checklist.

Araling Panlipunan (AP) 3 — Term 1 Week 9

Focus: Community, Local History, and Civic Responsibility

AP lessons this week help Grade 3 learners develop a stronger understanding of their community’s history and identity. Specific topics typically include:

• Identifying important community landmarks and symbols
• Understanding how local history shapes community identity
• Discussing the roles of community leaders and helpers
• Exploring how communities celebrate culture through festivals, traditions, and practices

ILAW Teaching Tip: The Intentions section should clearly link competencies to MATATAG’s focus on Filipino identity and civic values. Use local examples in your Learning Experience to make the content more meaningful and relatable to your learners.

Filipino 3 — Term 1 Week 9

Focus: Pagbasa, Bokabularyo, at Pagsulat

Filipino 3 lessons this week deepen reading fluency and vocabulary work, with writing activities that build on what learners have been practicing since Week 1:

• Pagbasa ng maikling kuwento na may pag-unawa at pagninilay
• Pag-aaral ng bagong bokabularyo mula sa teksto
• Pagsagot sa mga tanong tungkol sa kwento (sino, ano, saan, kailan, bakit)
• Pagsulat ng maikling pangungusap o talata bilang output ng gawain

ILAW Teaching Tip: Encourage oral participation in the Learning Experience section — choral reading, paired retelling, or vocabulary games — before moving to written output in the Assessing Learning block.

GMRC (Good Manners and Right Conduct) / Values Education 3 — Term 1 Week 9

Focus: Values Formation and Character Development

GMRC sessions this week reinforce core Filipino values in age-appropriate ways:

• Pagmamahal at paggalang sa kapwa
• Pag-unawa sa kahalagahan ng pagiging responsable sa tahanan at paaralan
• Mga paraan ng pagtulong sa kapwa sa araw-araw na buhay
• Pagsasalaysay ng karanasan na may kaugnayan sa aral

ILAW Teaching Tip: Story-based and role-playing activities shine in GMRC. Use your Ways Forward section to reflect on how learners demonstrated the values in real classroom interactions during the week.

MAPEH 3 — Term 1 Week 9

Focus: Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health Integration

MAPEH lessons continue rotating or integrating across its four components:

• Music: Rhythm, beat, and simple song performance
• Arts: Appreciation and creation using local or community-inspired themes
• PE: Movement, physical fitness, and cooperative games
• Health: Personal hygiene, wellness habits, and health decision-making