REVISED K-12 School: PLAZA RIZAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Grade Level: 3

CURRICULUM Name of Teacher: PATRICIA JOY P. VILLATE Subject: SCIENCE

DAILY LESSON LOG Date and Time of SEPTEMBER 22-26, 2025 Quarter: 2
Teaching 9:00 – 9:45 Week: 4

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards Body parts of plants and animals enable them to live and grow.
B. Performance Standards By the end of the Quarter, learners describe the basic needs of living things. They explain how the body parts allow them to
carry out their daily activities.
C. Learning Competencies Observe the outer parts of plants, such as leaves, roots, and stems, and identify their role to get water and nutrients from the
soil
D. Learning Objectives At the end of the At the end of the lesson At the end of the lesson At the end of the lesson
lesson the learners the learners should be the learners should be the learners should be
should be able to able to: able to explain the role of able to explain the role
identify the basic parts 1. identify the different each plant part in getting of each plant part in
common among forms or shapes of roots, water from the soil. getting nutrients from
plants. stems, and leaves of the soil.
plants;
2. identify the role of
these plant parts for its
survival.
II. CONTENT Basic Parts of a Different Forms of How Plants Get How Plants Get Administerin
Plant Roots, Stems, and Water from the Soil Nutrients from the g Weekly
Leaves and Their Soil Test
Functions
III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References Grade 3 Matatag Curriculum Guide
1. Teacher’s Guide pages
2. Learner’s Material
pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional Materials
from Learning Resource
LR portal
B. Other Learning Powerpoint Powerpoint Presentation Powerpoint Presentation Powerpoint Presentation
Resources Presentation
IV. PROCEDURE
A. Reviewing previous Can you guess what is Let’s Review! Let’s Review! What have we learned
Lesson or presenting new on the table? Is it an about plants in the
lesson animal or a plant? Draw a plant from what What plant part helps the previous lesson? (Plants
you remember, don’t plant stay in its place? get water from the soil.)
forget the roots, stem, (Roots)
and leaves. How about the plant
What supports and holds parts? What do the roots
Look at your stem, where the leaves? (Stem) do (They absorb water
is it growing? Up, down, from the soil)
or sideways? What plant part gets
energy from the Sun? What does he stem do?
How did you know that Look at your roots, are (leaves) (It carries the water up to
it is a plant and not an they long, short, or the leaves.)
animal? Are there spreading out like little However, some plant
animal body parts that threads? parts also do other What do the leaves do?
you do not see in functions. In the ginger as (It receives the water
plants? (Yes) What about the leaves, my example, do you from the stem)
are they big, small, round, remember the plant part
What are they? (Plants do not or pointy? of the ginger where food Do you think water is the
have head, tails, feet or wings like animals
do.) is stored? (It is the stem.) only need that plants get
What shapes did you draw from the soil? (Gather their answers)
What do you usually for each part? Remember the plant part
know about plant body in the carrot that we What else do you think
parts? Who can tell me which usually eat? What plant they get from the soil?
part of the plant brings part of the carrot stored (Gather their answers if any.)

What body parts do water from the ground? food? (It is the root)
Have you ever seen a
you think will help you (Roots)
farmer putting
identify if the living Spikes of the cactus
something in the soil?
thing is an animal or a Which part stands tall and provide protection from (Gather responses but answers may vary.)
plant? holds the leaves? (Stem) other animals that might
(Sample response: Body parts that can help
me identify that a living thing is a plant are eat it. What plant part is it Farmers grow healthier plants when they add
something in the soil. It is called fertilizer.
leaves and flowers.)
Which part makes food that provides protection Fertilizers have nutrients that make plants
healthier, grow taller and more fruitful.

from sunlight? (Leaves) (leaves)

Any other body parts
Have you ever wondered
that can distinguish a
Are all stems straight? Are We have seen that plant parts do something for the
why the farmer puts
plant from an animal? plant in order to live. But there is one important task

(Plants have roots while animals do not have all leaves the same that plants need in order to live. And that is the
need to get water from the soil. fertilizer in the soil and
roots.)
shape? not on the plant itself? (The
Today, we will find out. plants will get the fertilizer from the soil just like
how it gets water from the soil.)

So we will find out the role of each plant part in

getting nutrients from the soil.

B. Establishing a purpose What are the common Look at this carrot. What Have you ever been Remember the time
for the lesson basic parts that can shape is it? Long, short, thirsty? What do you when your mother tells
help us tell that a thick, thin? Do you think it usually feel when you are you to eat more
living thing is most grows above or below the thirsty? (I feel like drinking a lot of water.) vegetables and fruits.
likely a plant? ground? Why? Why do you think they
How did you feel after you always remind you about
Do the plant body drank water? (I feel better.) what you eat? (so that we stay
healthy and not get sick.)
parts of different
plants look alike?” In Do you think plants also
what way do they look get “thirsty” like us? What Plants, just like us, can
Here’s ginger (luya). Does
similar? In what way it look like a root or a do you notice on the become healthy if they
do they look different? stem? Why do you think leaves of plants when it get nutrients from the
plants have this part does not get enough soil.
These are some of the questions we will have
in mind as we learn more about plant’s body under the soil? water? (They become brown. They curl up or
parts. droop down.) So we will now find out how plant parts play a role
in getting nutrients from the soil where they are
So just like us when we lack water, we don’t feel planted.
right and become thirsty so we drink lots of water to
quench our thirst. But when you see leaves drying
up, we don’t put water on the leaves itself. We water
the plants by sprinkling water on the soil.

So why should the soil be

watered regularly and not
Look at the cactus. Where the leaves of plants? We will
are its leaves? Could find out when we find out what roles does each
plant part has in getting water from the soil.
these sharp spines be its
leaves? Why do you think
cactus leaves look like
this? How might this help
the plant live in a hot
place?

How are their plant parts

help them survive in their
surroundings?
Tell the class In this lesson, we will discover the
many shapes of plant parts and why they are
different. These shapes help plants survive in
different places

C. Presenting examples/ Lesson Language Lesson Language Watch Out! Lesson Language
instances of the new Practice: Practice: Practice:
lesson. https://
SERRATED- refers to UNDERGROUND www.youtube.com/watch? Fertilizer
the shape of the edges The roots of this plant v=eTvwpAWdmd0 A farmer is putting
(margins) of a leaf. grow underground. They something in the soil.
are under the soil. What happened to the Why do you think he
Herbaceous- refers to flowers after the stem needs to put something
a type of plant that has Why do you think roots was dipped in a colored in the soil? (So that his plants will grow
soft, green, and grow underground? (It liquid (it changed in color). better and healthier.)

flexible stems means it is buried in the

What he is adding in the
instead of woody ones. soil) How did the colored liquid
soil is called fertilizer. So,
What do they get from reach the flowers? (It went up to
if his plants are
Woody- refers to the soil? (Roots grow the stems)

producing fruits, how will

hard, rigid stems underground to get water Yes. We can say that the colored liquid was
transported to the flowers and we see the changes adding fertilizer affect his
made of wood due to and hold the plant.) in the color of the petals. To transport means to
move an object from one place to another. crops? (It will produce more fruits. It will
the presence of a produce bigger fruits)

tissue called xylem. SPIKES So how was the colored

Nutrients
Look closely at the cactus. liquid transported?
Have you tried looking at
What do you see? (There Upward or downward?
the nutrition label on the
is something pointed from (Upward).

tetrapack of an orange
their stems.)
How about you? How do juice just like what you
If you grab hold of the
you come to school? (By riding are looking now? (yes)
cactus, what would you on a jeep)

feel? (I will get hurt) We can say that the jeepney transported you to
school. What do you usually see
in these nutrition labels?
What hurts you when you
(The label is about
hold the cactus are the
vitamins and minerals.)
spikes of the cactus.
These nutrition labels is
If an animal gets near it,
telling us that the juice
will it be able to eat the
you are drinking have
cactus? Why? (No, because it will get
hurt by the spikes) these vitamins and
minerals. They are called
nutrients. Are you
familiar with some of the
vitamins that you heard
before? Can you identify
one (vitamin C)

Nutrients are important

in the body because they
help you become
healthier and stronger.
Plants also need
nutrients as well. So
farmer put fertilizers in
the soil so that the plants
will become healthier. So
just like the food we eat,
fertilizers also contain
nutrients.
Today we will make a collage which will show the
role of how each plant part when getting nutrients
from the soil. We will have a group activity and
each group must be able to present a collage
using only household materials.

D. Discussing new Activity: What are Activity: What are the Activity: How do plants Activity: How do
concepts and practicing the parts of a plant? parts of a plant? get water from the plants get nutrients
new skills. #1 soil? from the soil?
Materials Needed: Duration: 25 minutes
● Uprooted plants Materials Needed: Materials Needed:
(mayana, rose, okra, Instructions: ● Oregano plant with ● yellow and green
oregano) in glass jars 1. Observe the eggplant drooping leaves plastic shopping bags or
with water shown on the screen. ● Water green candy wrappers
● Clear plastic bags What plant parts other ● Sprinkler ● Scissors
● Scotch tape than the roots, stems and ● Brown cloth
leaves do you also see? Duration: 25 minutes ● Cartolina/Manila Paper
Duration: 25 minutes Encircle it in the ● Yarn
illustration on the next Instructions: Pre- ● Marker
Instructions: page and name it. Activity ● Youtube video in MP4
1. Look at the oregano format
1. Recall and plant. Describe how it
enumerate the plants looks. Duration: 25 minutes
that you remember in 2. Take turns in watering
your community. As the wilted plant for seven Instructions:
pictures of plants are days. 1. Watch a MP4 video
shown by your 2. Let us identify some clip about the effect of
teacher, identify each plant parts that are quite Activity Proper adding fertilizer on the
one of them. different from what we 1. Describe the plant after growth of a banana
usually see. watering it for seven plant.
2. Form 4 groups. As a A. Observe the cactus days.
group, you will be plant. What plant parts 2. Compare the plant to https://
assigned a plant which can you see? Draw how it was a week ago. www.youtube.com/
will be provided by connecting lines to match and describe the watch?v=Q11TlNlL6Lw
your teacher. their parts. observed changes.
Group 1 - Mayana • What did you notice on
Group 2 - Rose plant the banana plant after
Group 3 – Okra plant receiving fertilizer? What
Group 4 - Oregano plant part grew and
became bigger?
3. Identify the parts of • What did the roots do
your assigned plant by when the fertilizer was
placing a small tag added to the soil?
that will identify the • How did the nutrients
plant’s parts. The tags B. Observe the growing reach the leaves? What
are: ROOTS, STEM and carrot. What are the plant plant part did it?
LEAVES. parts that you can
identify? Draw connecting 2. Afterwards, make a
4. Afterwards, go lines to match their parts. collage with a title “How
around and try do plants get nutrients
checking the other from the soil?”. Use the
plants of the other 4 common household
groups and see if there materials to make plant
is something common parts (e.g. yarn for stem
among the plants. and roots and candy
Using the table, place wrappers for leaves) In
a check if these plant the collage, you must
parts are present. have the following:
a. A plant showing its
parts labelled correctly
(roots, stem and leaves)
C. Observe the lotus plant
b. A short description
growing in a pond. What
about what each plant
plant parts can you
part does to get nutrients
identify? Draw connecting
from the soil. The
lines to match their parts.
description should be
near the plant part it is
describing.

3. Present your collage to

your teacher for
checking.

E. Discussing new 1. What are the three 1. Pick up a potted plant. 1. What changes have Alice tried to see if the
concepts and practicing common parts of a Try to tilt the potted plant you seen in the plant after fertilizer she bought can
new skills #2. plant? (roots, stem on one side. Did the plant it was watered for seven make her plant grow
and leaves) fall to the ground? (No) days? (The leaves start to taller
2. How are plant parts Why do you think so? rise a bit; the stem is
similar or different What keeps it from falling standing upright or
from one another? from the pot? (The roots straight again) So she conducted an
(Some plant parts differ in their shape and
size. Some leaves have similar shapes but keep it from falling.) 2. After watering the plant experiment using tow
some leaves are bigger and wider than leaves
of other plants. Some stems have thorns while 2. If sunlight is only on for seven days, where do plant is in setup A and
some have smooth surfaces. Some stems are
woody while some are greenish in color.) one side of the plant and you think some of its the other plant is in
dark on the other side, water went? (It went to Setup B.
Compare Mayana and what does the stem do so the roots.)
Oregano. These two that leaves can get as 3. Get a well-watered Setup A
plants are the mayana much light as possible? (It plant. Pick a leaf from the 50 grams Fertilizer + 50
and the oregano. What bends where there is plant and crumple it like grams Garden soil
plant part do you see more light.) what you do on a piece of Watered daily
in the center? (They are 3. Plants make food using paper. Squeeze the leaf
leaves.)
the energy from the Sun. and observe. What came Setup B
What plant part gets this out? Where do you think it 100 grams soil (No
In what way are their
energy? (The leaves get came from? fertilizer added) Not
leaves different? (Oregano
leaves are usually green but the mayana the energy from the Sun.) 4. Explain how each plant water received
leaves are reddish purple.)
4. Which plant part of the part help in getting water
cactus protects it from from the soil. (Roots Dina, her friend, notice
Observe the edges of animals? (the leaves) How absorb the water from the that there is something
the leaves. What do does it protect the soil. The stem carried the wrong with her setup.
you notice? (They have tooth-like cactus? (It has spikes that water up to reach the Can you spot her
edges.)
can hurt anybody and so leaves. Leaves get the mistake? (Ans. Setup B was not watered
daily like setup A)
animals will avoid it.) water carried by the
How did we describe
5. Which plant part in the stem.)
the edges of the bread How can this mistake
carrot stores food? (the
knife in our language affect the result of her
root) Can you also name Read the narrative about
practice? (it is serrated.) experiment? (If the plant in setup A
other examples of plants two girls having becomes healthier than the plant in setup B, we

that store food in their contrasting ways of will not know if the absence of fertilizer or the lack

So how would you now of water is the reason why the plant in setup B did

roots? (radish) watering the plants. not grow as tall as setup A.)

describe the edges of

the mayana and So, in order to correct the experiment, what

Mikha thought of spraying should be done on setup B (The plant in Setup

oregano? (They are also serrated) should also be watered daily like Setup A.)

the leaves of her plants

instead of watering the Say that after correcting
Compare stems (rose
soil. She thought that setup B the experiment
vs. tomato). These are
spraying water only on continued for several
the rose plant and the
the leaves will bring water days. The plants in setup
tomato plant. What
faster to the plants. A grew taller than the
plant part is at the
plant in setup B. What
center of the picture? Aiah, on the other hand, can we say about the
(The stems) waters her plants by just fertilizer applied on setup
watering the soil without A? (It was effective. It is a good fertilizer.)
Compare the stem of getting their leaves wet.
the rose and that of What plant part was able
tomato plant. How are Which plants grew better? to absorb the nutrients of
they different? (The stem of (Aiah’s plants will grow better than Mikha’s
the tomato is green while the rose plant has plants)
the fertilizer in the soil?
thorns and brownish in color) (roots)

Do you remember the Why do you think so? (Aiah’s

Which plant part carried
plants will grow better because plants get
words herbaceous and water from the soil using their roots. the nutrients to the
Mikha’s plants will not grow as healthy as
woody? Which stem do those of Aiah because the soil does not get leaves? (It is the stem)
you think is a lot of water that the roots absorb.)

herbaceous and which Which plant part receives

one is woody? (The stem of the the nutrients from the
tomato is herbaceous, and the stem of the
rose is woody) fertilizer? (the leaves)
What else do you see How would you know
on the stem of the rose that the leaves get
plant? (It has thorns.) nutrients from the
fertilizer? (The leaves grew bigger or
Have you ever touched longer.)

the stem of rose plant?

How does it feel
getting pierced by its
thorn? (The thorn can hurt)

Why do you think it

has thorns? How is this
helpful for plants? (It will
keep animals from touching it.)

F. Developing Mastery Formative Formative Assessment: Formative Assessment: Formative

(Lead to Formative Assessment: Assessment:
Assessment 3) Supply the missing words Supply the missing word
1. What are the three using the choices below. in the statement by Supply the missing words
basic parts common selecting the word from to complete the
among plants? Choices the choices below statements about how
2. Which part of the protection plants get nutrients from
plant absorbs water roots leaves the soil by selecting the
and nutrients from the stems stem word from the choices
soil? leaves absorb below
3. Which part supports food roots
the plant and light transport Roots
transports water and Stems
food? Plant parts differ among Plants get water from the Leaves
4. Which part makes plants in so many ways. soil where it is planted. Nutrients
food for the plant? But they also have The _________of the plant Fertilizer
5. Observe the leaves important roles for the _______ the water in the
of oregano. Are the plant to survive. soil while the _________of Plants get not only water
edges smooth or _________(1) keep the the plant ___________the but also
serrated? plant anchored on the soil water up until it reaches (1)__________from the
so that it stays in place. the ___________. soil. They use their (2)
_________(2) hold and ______ to absorb the
support the leaves which nutrients from the soil
get _______(3) from the where it is planted.
Sun. Other plant parts Afterwards, the (3)_____
also have special uses. _____carries the nutrients
The _______ (4) of the up to the (4) _______.
carrot and the _______(5) When (5) _________is
of the ginger can be used added to the soil, the
to store ________(6). The nutrients really reach the
spiky ________(7) of the leaves as the leaves
cactus gives __________(8) grow healthier greener
from animals that would and bigger.
get near it.
G. Finding practical 1. How can knowing 1. Why do farmers need 1. When you water plants 1. When you water or
application of concepts plant parts help you to know which plant parts at home, where should add fertilizer to plants at
and skills in daily living take care of plants at store food? (So they can you pour the water so the home, where should you
home? harvest carrots, radish, or plants can grow healthy? put it so the plant can
2. If you want to cassava properly.) (On the soil, not just on use it well? (On the soil
replant a rose, which 2. If you want a house the leaves.) near the roots.)
part will you place in plant to grow well, where 2. Why do farmers water 2. Why do farmers add
the soil? Why? should you place it and their crops directly on the fertilizer to their crops?
3. Why do farmers why? (Near sunlight, ground and not spray the (To help plants grow
and gardeners need to because leaves need light leaves only? healthy, bear more fruits,
know the functions of to make food.) 3. When you eat leafy and have greener
roots, stems, and 3. How can the spikes of vegetables like pechay or leaves.)
leaves? cactus teach us about spinach, what plant part 3. How will you care for
protecting ourselves from helped make food using plants in your backyard
harm? (Like cactus, we the water from the soil? or school garden to make
must also have ways to (Leaves, with the help of them healthy? (By
protect ourselves.) roots and stem.) watering them and
4. If you eat vegetables 4. How does knowing the sometimes adding
like kangkong, role of roots, stem, and fertilizer.)
malunggay, or spinach, leaves help you take care 4. Just like plants need
which plant part are you of plants better? nutrients, how can we
eating? (Leaves — which also take care of our own
give us vitamins.) health? (By eating
healthy foods with
nutrients.)

H. Making Generalizations Generalizations: Generalizations: Generalizations: Generalizations:

and Abstraction about the
Lesson. The basic parts of the  Plants have  Plants need water to  Plants need not only
plants are the different forms of survive, and they get it water but also nutrients
1._____________, roots, stems, and from the soil. to grow strong and
2.____________ and leaves.  Roots absorb water healthy.
3_____________  Roots, stems, and from the soil.  Fertilizers provide
leaves may look  Stem transports the nutrients to the soil,
different, but they absorbed water upward. which plants absorb.
have important  Leaves receive the  The roots absorb
roles. water to make food for water and nutrients from
 Roots anchor the the plant. the soil.
plant and may  Each plant part works  The stem carries the
store food. together so the whole water and nutrients
 Stems support the plant can live and grow. upward.
plant and carry  The leaves receive
water and food. the nutrients and use
 Leaves make food them to make food for
for the plant using the plant.
sunlight.  Each plant part has an
 Some plant parts important role in helping
have special the plant get nutrients
features like and survive.
thorns, spikes, or
storage roots to
help them survive.
I. Evaluating Learning Evaluation: Evaluation: Evaluation: Evaluation:

What parts are being Label each plant part and Check if the following Give the correct
asked in this select the letter of the statements are correct or sequence of steps by
illustration of a correct function of each not. If not, correct the writing a number on the
representative plant? part. statement by changing space provided for each
Write the name of the only one word. statement with 1 being
part. the first step. Then write
1. Water in the leaves the correct plant part
moves to the stem. doing this function.
2. Water in the stem
moves up to the roots
3. Water in the soil is first
absorbed by the leaves.

J. Additional Activities for Assignment:

Application or Bring the following.
Remediation ● yellow and green
plastic shopping bags or
green candy wrappers
● Scissors
● Brown cloth
● Cartolina/Manila Paper
● Yarn ● Marker
IV. REMARKS
V. REFLECTION

Inihanda ni: Iwinasto ni: Binigyang pansin:

PATRICIA JOY P. VILLATE AGNES P. CAPARROS SHERYL GAY O. PASCASIO

Guro II Dalub Guro II Punongguro II