School Grade FOUR

Teacher Learning Area SCIENCE

Daily Lesson Log Week/Teaching Date WEEK 1 Quarter FOURTH
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I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards The learners demonstrate understanding of the different types of soil.
B. Performance Standards The learners should be able to practice precautionary measures in planning activities
C. Learning Competencies Compare and contrast the characteristics of different types of soil. CATCH UP FRIDAY
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D. Learning Objectives At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:
a) identify the different types of soil;
b) compare and contrast the characteristics of different types of soil; and
c) practice precautionary measures in doing the activities.
Comparing and Contrasting Characteristics of Different Types of Soil
II. CONTENT
(Subject Matter)
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide pages pp. 287-298
2. Learner’s Material pages pp. 244-257
3. Textbook pages Science Links 4 pp. 289-290
4. Additional Materials from 4TH%20QUARTER/SCIENCE%204- https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/
Learning Resource LR portal Q4-SLM2.pdf science/735040
https://www.teachstarter.com/us/teaching-
resource/soil-vocabulary-word-search-us/
B. Other Learning Resources
IV. PROCEDURE

A. Drill/Reviewing previous Choose the letter of the correct answer. Directions: Match Column A with Direction: Write T if the statement is true Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.
Lesson or presenting new 1. The bending of light as it passes Column B. and F if false. Choose your answer inside the box.
through different Column A _____ 1. Because of reflection, we are
lesson
materials are called _______________. ____1. The bouncing back of light able to distinguish the
A. dispersion C. refraction ____2. Objects that allows light to colors of the different objects around us.
1. We see our image on a mirror because
B. convection D. reflection pass through. _____ 2. Objects under water appear
light is being
____3. Objects that do not allow light to closer to the surface than
_______________ from the mirror to
2. It is called _______________ when pass through. they really are because of refraction.
your eyes.
light bounces off the ____4. The bending of light as it passes _____ 3. You see image on a mirror
2. _______________ reflection produces
smooth surface of an object. through different materials. because light is being
a clear image of
A. convection C. refraction ____5. It travels in straight line. refracted from the mirror to your eyes.
an object.
B. induction D. reflection _____ 4. Plane mirror, convex mirror and
3. When light passed through the glass
3. The bouncing of light rays from the concave mirror are
Column B prism it was
surface of an object examples of a refracted light.
A. opaque _______________.
like mirror is called _______________. _____ 5. Refraction and refracted light
4. Because of _______________, objects
A. laser C. refraction are important in our
B. transparent under water
B. mirror D. reflection daily life.
C. reflection appear closer to the surface than they
4. In the illustration, the light rays
D. translucent really are.
striking the object is _______________.
E. refraction 5. The _______________ use in
 F. light microscope are of the
concave type.

A. absorbed C. reflected
B. refracted D. stopped
5. The following are examples of
refracted light except for
_______________.
A. binoculars C. glass prism
B. eyeglasses D. mirror
B. Establishing a purpose for the Circle the words shown in the word bank. Distribute the activity sheets. Then, do Match each of the different types of soil Match Column A with column B.
lesson the word search. to its correct picture.

C. Presenting examples/ instances
of the new lesson
Activity: Identify the kinds of soil in your Activity: Can You Identify Me? Activity: Fast or Slow? Activity: Jam Jar Soil
community Materials Needed: What you need: What you need:
Materials Needed: 3 plastic cups of the same size, shape and 3 pcs clear plastic cups
3 containers, soil from different areas, Stopwatch Three jam jars, different types of soil,
color stirring rod, water.
magnifying glass Do It Yourself Equipment – Soil Tester
Procedures: 3 popsicle sticks What to do: What to do:
1. Get soil sample from three different 3 plastic spoons 1. Fill each clear plastic cup of the DIY 1. Take three clean and clear jam jars and
areas. Label the container for each Hand lens instrument with 75% or ¾ cup of soil fill each with a third with the three
sample. 3 sheets of used short bond paper from three packed samples provided o different soil samples you are
2. Examine each sample under a Hand shovel you. experimenting with.
magnifying glass. Record your Permanent marker 2. Using the marker, label each cup with
observations in the table below. A, B, and C. 2. Add clear water until the jars of soil
A pair of gloves are almost full.
3. Mount the cups on the DIY holder.
What to do: 4. Place one cup below each mounted cup 3. Using a stirring rod, stir up the mixture
1. Be with your group all the time and on the DIY to serve as catch basin of the thoroughly.
stay in your assigned area in the school water that will drip from the mounted 4. Leave the jars for one hour.
for 20 minutes. cup.
5. Observe each sample and fill-out the 5. Observe what happens.
a) School Ground
b) School Garden/Nursery table below. Types of Soil Observations
6. With the help of the other group Jar 1
c) School Aquaphonics
members, pour at least 25% or ¼ cup
 d) Herbal Garden water on each cup of soil labelled A, B, Jar 2
d) Gulayan sa Paaralan and C at the same time. Jar 3
2. Collect three samples of soil in your 7. Ask somebody to record the time using
the stopwatch or wrist-watch after 10.
area and place each on separate
pouring water on the DIY equipment.
cups/container. 8. Observe again the samples.
3. Label each sample with A, B, and C. 9. Record your observations using the
4. Scoop at least two tablespoons of soil table below.
from each sample. Cup
No.
Characteristics Observations No. of
minute
5. Place each sample on a separate bond 1 s that
water
paper. is
absorbe
6. Using a hand lens and a popsicle stick, d
Color Text Befor Aft
observe each sample. ure e er
addin add
7. Write your observations in your g ing
science notebook using the table below water wat
er
and write the same on the manila paper 1
2
for posting and reporting in the class. 3
Soil Characteristics
Soil Color Texture Odor
A
B
C

D. Discussing new concepts and
practicing new skills. #1
E. Discussing new concepts and
practicing new skills #2.
Guide Questions:
1. What type of soil is sticky when wet
and has the finest texture?
2. What type of soil have coarse, smooth,
and sticky particles?
3. What type of soil contains large
amount of decaying plants and animals
and is good for planting?
4. How do the different types of soil
differ from each other?
A. Direction: Observe the pictures and
tell the kind of soil that you can see in the
pictures.
B. Direction: Name the soil shown in the
picture. Choose your answer in
parentheses. (chalk, loam, sandy, clay
and silt)
Guide Questions: Guide Questions: Guide Questions:
1. What common characteristics did you 1. What did you observe when you added 1. What types of soil is/are found in your
observe on your samples? water to each soil sample? soil samples?
2. In which cup or sample was water 2. How do the different types of soil
2. Do the samples have the same color,
absorbed the fastest? How fast was it differ from each other?
texture, and odor? Why do you think so? absorbed? Why do you think so? 3. What type of soil is found in your
3. What do you think is the type of soil 3. In which cup or sample was water garden? Are they good types of soil?
that you observed? absorbed the slowest? How slow was it 4. What makes you say so?
4. Define soil in your own words. absorbed? Why do you think so?
4. Was there a change in the appearance
or texture of each soil sample after you
poured water on it? Why or why not?
5. What does the activity show?
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write True if the statement is correct and
Write the chosen letter on a separate Direction: Write True if the statement is False if it is wrong.
sheet of paper. correct and False if it is wrong. Write the 1.Soil is not a natural resource.
1. It is a mixture of minerals and organic correct statement if your answer is false. 2.Loam soil is one of the types of soil
particles that covers most of the land part 1.Each type of soil does not have which is good for planting.
of the earth. difference from each other. 3.Soil has only two (2) types.
A. land B. soil 2. Loam soil is better for planting than 4. Chalk soil is highly alkaline due to
C. salt D. mineral clay soil. calcium carbonate.
2. What soil is best for planting? 3. Chalk soil can be either light or heavy 5. Peat soil is not high in organic matter.
A. Sand B. Clay while clay soil is really heavy
C. Loam D. Silt 4. Clay soil is brown in color while sandy
3. In what type of soil will cactus grow soil is light gray.
best? 5. Loam soil particles is mostly sand
A. Sand B. Clay while silt is mostly bedrock.
C. Loam D. Silt
F. Developing Mastery
(Lead to Formative Assessment 3)
G. Finding practical application of
concepts and skills in daily
living
Choose the letter of the best answer. Direction: Match the type of soil in Direction: Identify the types of soil being Direction: Identify the types of soil being
Write the chosen letter on a separate column A. with their characteristics in described. compared from each other in the
sheet of paper. column B. ______1. A type of soil which is high in paragraph below. Do it by simply filling
1._______ is an ingredient of soil that is organic matter and retains a large amount the blanks with the correct answer.
made of dead plants and animals. of moisture. Choose your answer in the oblong.
A. dirt ______2. It contains high proportion of
B. rocks sand and little clay.
C. humus ______3. A soil which is a mixture of
D. sand sand, silt and clay that are combined to
2. The girls are studying different types avoid the negative effects of each type.
of soil. They compare clay, sand, gravel ______4. It can be either light or heavy ______ soil has the ability to retain
but always highly alkaline due to the moisture and nutrients, hence, it is more
and silt. In which soil type will they find
calcium carbonate or lime within its suitable for farming. While _____ is a
the smallest particles? structure. type of soil which is very rarely found in
A.clay ______5. A type of soil which is heavy a garden and often imported into a
B. sand that benefits from high nutrients garden to provide an optimum soil base
C.gravel for planting. ______ is known to have
D. silt much smaller particles compared to the
3. Which of these soil parts has the sandy soil and is made up of rock and
other mineral particles which are smaller
largest particles? A.clay
than sand and larger than clay. While,
B. humus ____ are tightly packed together with
C.sand each other with very little or no airspace
D. silt and ____ is one of the poorest types of
4. Which of the following is NOT true soil for growing plants because it has
about soil? very low nutrients and poor in holding
A. Soil is formed in a single layer. water, which makes it hard for the
plant’s roots to absorb water.
B. Farmers use soil to grow plants.
C. Soil is an important natural resource.
D.Soil contains pore spaces that can be
filled with air or water.
5. Which of the following is not a type of
soil?
A. clay
B. mud
C. loam
D. Sandy
Using the Venn Diagram, compare and Complete the table below and Write True if the statement is correct and Complete the sentences below by filling
contrast the different kinds of soil based briefly discuss the following. False if it is not. the blanks with the correct word. Choose
on your observation. ______1. Soil is a mixture of minerals your answer in the parentheses. (peat,
water, air and organic particles. loam, clay, sandy, types, soil, chalk)
______2. Soil has the same There are various ______ of soil that
characteristics. undergo diverse environmental pressures.
______3. Clay soil is sticky when you _______ is mainly classified by its
pour water on it. texture, proportions and different forms
______4. Sandy soil is good for planting of organic and mineral compositions. The
that contains humus. different types of soil are ______,

H. Making Generalizations and
Abstraction about the Lesson.
I. Evaluating Learning
______5. Soil differs in color, smell, and ______, _______, ______,________ and
texture. silt soil.
 Soil is a mixture of minerals and water, air and organic particles that covers most of the land part.
 There are three different kinds of soil such as sandy, clay and loam soil.
 Soil has different characteristics according to its color, smell, and texture.
 Sandy soil when particles are coarse and loose.
 Clay soil particles are packed together tightly and sticky when wet.
 Loam soil is a mixture of sand and clay soil. It contains large amount of decaying plants and animals.
Choose the letter of the best answer. Choose the letter of the best answer. Choose the letter of the best answer. Choose the letter of the best answer.
Write the chosen letter on a separate Write the chosen letter on a separate Write the chosen letter on a separate Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper. sheet of paper. sheet of paper. sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following is not an 1.Which of the following is not one of the
1. Which property of soil could students 1. It is a natural resource on earth that is
organic material and not needed in the types of the soil?
growth of plants A. clay determine by rubbing a sample between made up of tiny particles of rocks and
A. worms B. mud their fingers? decayed plants and animals.
B. decayed animals C. loam A. texture of the soil A. rocks
C. rocks D. Sandy B. the color of the soil B. water
D. decayed plants 2. Ellen grab a soil sample on her hand. C. the soil’s ability to support life C. soil
2. You are asked by your teacher in She rolls it into a ball. What type of soil D. the processes to form the soil D. none of the above
MAPEH to make your own pot. What did she used?
2. A student observing how rough and 2. This is a type of soil which is very
kind of soil should you use? A. clay soil
A. clay soil B. chalk soil smooth a soil is. What characteristic of rarely found in a garden and often
B. sandy soil C. peat soil soil is observed? imported into a garden to provide an
C. loam soil D. silt soil A. color optimum soil base for planting.
D. silt soil 3. Which type of soil can hold the B. shape A. chalk soil
3. Many plants can grow well in loam greatest amount of water? C. size C. peat
soil. Why is that so? A. chalk soil D. texture B. clay soil
A. it is very rarely found in a garden B. it B. loam soil
3. What is the meaning of the word D. silt
consists of small particles of weathered C. clay soil
rock. D. peat soil texture as one of the characteristics of 3. The soil which is fertile, easy to work
C. it is slightly packed together with each 4. What property of soil could be tested soil? with and provide good drainage
other with very little or no airspace by rubbing soil between fingers? A. describes the color A. chalk soil
D. it has the ability to retain moisture and A. color B. describes how the soil feels C. loam soil
nutrients, hence, it is more suitable for B. weathering C. describes how the soil looks B. clay soil
farming. C. texture D. describes how much water the soil D. peat soil
4. Which of the following statements tells D. ability to retain water
holds 4. A type of soil that contains high
about importance of soil? 5. This can be either light or heavy but
A. serves place where people leave always highly alkaline due to the calcium 4. Which type of soil holds the most proportion of sand and little clay.
B. form a part of earth where animals carbonate or lime within its structure. water? A. chalk soil
leave Some materials are hard. A. chalk soil C. loam soil
C. provide the necessary nutrients needed A. chalk soil B. sand soil B. clay soil
by plants B. loam soil C. clay soil D. Sand soil
D. all of the above C. clay soil D. silt soil 5. This can be either light or heavy but
5. The following statements are D. Sand soil
5. What makes each soil different? always highly alkaline due to the calcium
importance of soil. Which one is an
importance of soil to animal? A. color carbonate or lime within its structure.
A. Soil is used for farming. B. texture Some materials are hard.
B. Soil is our support system C. size A. chalk soil
C. Soil can be use in making pottery. D. all of the above C. loam soil
D Soil provides shelter for some insects B. clay soil

A. Additional Activities for
Application or Remediation
V. REMARKS
VI. REFLECTION
A.No. of learners who earned 80% in the ___ of Learners who earned 80% above
evaluation
B.No. of learners who require additional ___ of Learners who require additional
activities for remediation who scored activities for remediation
below 80%
C.Did the remedial lessons work? No. of ___Yes ___No
learners who have caught up with the ____ of Learners who caught up the
lesson lesson
D.No. of learners who continue to require ___ of Learners who continue to require
remediation remediation
E.Which of my teaching strategies Strategies used that work well:
worked well? Why did these work? __Group collaboration
__Games
__Power Point Presentation
__Answering preliminary
__activities/exercises
__Discussion
__Think-Pair-Share
F.What difficulties did I encounter which __Comprehension
my principal or supervisor can help me __Lack of Interest of pupils
solve?
G.What innovation or localized materials Planned Innovations:
did I use/discover which I wish to share __Fashcards
with other teachers? __Pictures
__Learning Activity Sheets
__Math Module
__Tarpapel
__Drill Cards
__Powerpoint Presentation
D. Sand soil
Design and build a simple soil collection
bottle and explain the essential science
behind the model. You may recycle
materials found at home.
___ of Learners who earned 80% above ___ of Learners who earned 80% above ___ of Learners who earned 80% above
___ of Learners who earned 80% above
___ of Learners who require additional ___ of Learners who require additional ___ of Learners who require additional ___ of Learners who require additional
activities for remediation activities for remediation activities for remediation activities for remediation
___Yes ___No ___Yes ___No ___Yes ___No ___Yes ___No
____ of Learners who caught up the ____ of Learners who caught up the ____ of Learners who caught up the ____ of Learners who caught up the
lesson lesson lesson lesson
___ of Learners who continue to require ___ of Learners who continue to require ___ of Learners who continue to require ___ of Learners who continue to require
remediation remediation remediation remediation
Strategies used that work well: Strategies used that work well: Strategies used that work well: Strategies used that work well:
__Group collaboration __Group collaboration __Group collaboration __Group collaboration
__Games __Games __Games __Games
__Power Point Presentation __Power Point Presentation __Power Point Presentation __Power Point Presentation
__Answering preliminary __Answering preliminary __Answering preliminary __Answering preliminary
__activities/exercises __activities/exercises __activities/exercises __activities/exercises
__Discussion __Discussion __Discussion __Discussion
__Think-Pair-Share __Think-Pair-Share __Think-Pair-Share __Think-Pair-Share
__Comprehension __Comprehension __Comprehension __Comprehension
__Lack of Interest of pupils __Lack of Interest of pupils __Lack of Interest of pupils __Lack of Interest of pupils
Planned Innovations: Planned Innovations: Planned Innovations: Planned Innovations:
__Fashcards __Fashcards __Fashcards __Fashcards
__Pictures __Pictures __Pictures __Pictures
__Learning Activity Sheets __Learning Activity Sheets __Learning Activity Sheets __Learning Activity Sheets
__Math Module __Math Module __Math Module __Math Module
__Tarpapel __Tarpapel __Tarpapel __Tarpapel
__Drill Cards __Drill Cards __Drill Cards __Drill Cards
__Powerpoint Presentation __Powerpoint Presentation __Powerpoint Presentation __Powerpoint Presentation