MATATAG School: NBMMES Grade Level: 4

K to 10 Curriculum Teacher: EDMUND R. DUBRIA Learning Area: ENGLISH

Weekly Lesson Log Teaching Dates and Time: JUNE 30 – JULY 4, 2025 (WEEK 3) Quarter: 1

I. CURRICULUM CONTENT, STANDARDS, AND LESSON COMPETENCIES

A. Content The learners demonstrate their expanding vocabulary knowledge and grammatical awareness, comprehension of literary
Standards and informational texts, and composing and creating processes; and their receptive and productive skills in order to
produce age-appropriate and gender-responsive texts based on one’s purpose, context, and target audience.

B. Performance The learners apply comprehension of literary and informational texts and produce narrative and expository texts
Standards (enumeration-description) based on their purpose, context (mealtimes and birthdays), and target audience using simple,
compound, and complex sentences, and age-appropriate and gender-sensitive language.

C. Learning Using structural analysis

Competencies 1. Identify root words to infer meaning of words.
and Objectives 2. Identify meaning and use of prefixes (un-, in-, il-, ir-, im- mis-) in inferring the meaning of words.
3. Recognize the denotative and connotative meaning of words used in sentences.

D. Content Using Structural Analysis in Unlocking Meaning of Words

E. Integration

II. LEARNING RESOURCES

Haberling, J. (2016). The complete middle school study guide: Everything you need to ace English language arts in one big fat book . Workman
Publishing Co., Inc.
Sheehan, A. (January 2004). Making sense of words. English Teaching Forum, 2-11.

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III. TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCEDURE NOTES TO TEACHERS

A. Activating Prior DAY 1

Knowledge Short Review
Present basic Science terms that were covered in Grade 3. Guide students in
analyzing the meaning of the words based on the root words. The last column
should be blank where students can write the word meanings in their own words.

What is the meaning

Word Root Meaning of Root
of the word?
laboratory Latin Root: a place for labor or a special room or
laboratorium work building where you do
experiments
investigation Latin Root: to study or examine
vestigium footprint, track closely
diagram Greek Root: a drawing that shows
diagraphein mark out by lines how parts fit together
or how something
works
microscope Greek Roots: a tool that makes tiny
mikros small things look bigger
skopein to look at
astronomy Greek Root: learning about things
astron star that are not on the
planet Earth

B. Establishing 1. Lesson Purpose

Lesson Purpose Show a screenshot of a search result when one does an online search of a word
definition. Highlight the information one can find particularly the details on
word etymology or word meaning. Below is an example:

If internet connection is
available. The class can explore

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 doing online search for word
meanings.

Using the dictionary is another

option.

[Link]
sca_esv=9f7028ba12e97f2e&rlz=1C1VDKB_enPH956PH956&q=science&si=ACC90nypsxZVz3WGK63NbnSPlfCB0bl7 Dm_VT
hqizZ7fRTNWgYZZ8qp3sZAEBOeBPCKEb7o9WdT0qetRmWizIiKqUDi0uwa33Q%3D
%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjc7eeCgL2GAxVUrVYBHQxtA - cQ2v4IegQIIBAe&biw=1396&bih=663&dpr=1.38

Note how students can use online information in online dictionaries. Link this
to the focus of the week’s lesson on analyzing the structure of a word.

2. Unlocking Content Vocabulary

Present the following definitions and have the students identify the parts of the
words that follow. They will check the appropriate label.
a. Root –the most basic part of the word which holds the core of the word’ s
meaning
b. Affix – an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a word to
change its meaning
c. Prefix – affix that appear at the front of a root word
d. Suffix – affix that appear at the end of a word

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 The definitions are from the complete middle school study guide: Everything you
need to ace English language arts in one big fat book by Jen Haberling (2016,
pp. 76-77)

present -able More examples can be provided

root root here. Students can also give
presentable additional examples.
prefix prefix
suffix suffix

inter- national
root root
international
prefix prefix
suffix suffix

end -less
root root
endless
prefix prefix
suffix suffix

C. Developing and DAY 2

Deepening 1. Explicitation
Understanding Have students work on this exercise which is adapted by Andrew Sheehan
(2004) from Redman, Ellis, and Viney (1996).

Which of these words can be combined with -less and -ful? List the words that
can be derived.
use
harm
care
thought
pain
hope

Note how adding -less and -full changed the meaning of words. Stress the
purpose of the lesson which is on analyzing the parts of a word to infer its
meaning.

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2. Worked Example
Guide students in analyzing the information on word parts in the table below.
Note the change in meaning when a prefix or suffix is added.

Prefix Root Suffix Meaning

USE take (something) for a purpose to get a result
USE ful able to be used for a purpose
USE less not able to achieve intended purpose
mis USE use (something) in a wrong way
re USE use again

Present the list of common Latin and Greek roots and their meanings. Ask
students to think or search for more words with the same root.

Common Latin Roots The teacher can add more in

the list. Make sure that the
Latin Root Meaning Example Words words are appropriate to the
aqua water aquarium, aquamarine students’ grade level.
aud to hear audience, auditorium
multi many multimedia, multiple
vis see visible, vision

Common Greek Roots

Greek Root Meaning Example Words

anti against antivirus, antidote
bio life biology, biography
micro small microscope, microphone
phon sound telephone, saxophone

Present the list of common prefixes and suffixes along with their meanings. Have
students infer the meaning of the words and write in the last column the

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 definition using their own words. Students can also think or search for more
words with the same prefix or suffix.

Common Prefixes

Prefix Meaning Example Words What is the meaning

of the word?
im- not impossible
in- invisible
il- illegal
ir- irregular
mis- wrongly misspell
misfortune
dis- not disagree
dislike

Common Suffixes

Prefix Meaning Example Words What is the meaning

of the word?
-able is; can be affordable
-ible accessible
-ful full of helpful
spoonful
-less without endless
bottomless

DAY 3-4
3. Lesson Activity Part of Speech may also be
Ask students to work in pairs or in small groups to prepare Word Cards. They identified. This can be included
select three words from the reading texts in Lessons 1 and 2. A word card has in the Dictionary Meaning.
the parts as shown below.

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 WORD Word Cards can be presented
Dictionary Meaning Filipino/Mother Tongue and displayed. Gallery walks
Translation can also be explored.

Structure
Prefix Root Word Suffix

Example Sentence Illustration

D. Making 1. Learners’ Takeaways

Generalizations Have students write or talk about what they learned with the help of the
following prompts.
Learning about the word parts is helpful in .
I will study more words so I can .

2. Reflection on Learning
Ask students to reflect on how they learned by answering the following
questions.
What is one idea that you understand 100% from today’s lesson?
What could you have done today to help yourself learn better?

IV. EVALUATING LEARNING: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND TEACHER’S REFLECTION NOTES TO TEACHERS

A. Evaluating Formative Assessment

Learning Word Wall Project. Lead the class in starting a Word Wall Project. New vocabulary

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 words will be posted on the bulletin board every week. Students can display their
word cards, word family trees, or word flash cards.

The teacher can search for word wall ideas. Below are useful articles:

Bruyère, J. (2019, April 22). Building a better word wall. Edutopia.

[Link]

Wahlstrom, D. (n.d.). Word wall ideas. Reading Rockets.

[Link]
[Link]

B. Teacher’s Note observations on The teacher may take note of

Remarks any of the following Effective Practices Problems Encountered some observations related to
areas: the effective practices and
problems encountered after
strategies explored utilizing the different strategies,
materials used, learner
materials used engagement and other related
stuff.
learner engagement/
interaction
Teachers may also suggest
others ways to improve the different
activities explored/lesson
exemplar.
C. Teacher’s Reflection guide or prompt can be on: Teacher’s reflection in every
Reflection ▪ principles behind the teaching lesson conducted/ facilitated is
What principles and beliefs informed my lesson? essential and necessary to
Why did I teach the lesson the way I did? improve practice. You may also
▪ students consider this as an input for
What roles did my students play in my lesson? the LAC/Collab sessions.
What did my students learn? How did they learn?
▪ ways forward
What could I have done differently?
What can I explore in the next lesson?