Reviews and studies on the K to 12 Program show that the curriculum needs to be simpler and more focused on essential skills. To address this, the Department of Education revised the program and launched the Matatag Curriculum. This new version brings major updates, especially in how teachers prepare for their classes. Starting School Year 2025–2026, all grade levels will follow revised or renamed learning areas and competencies. For Grade 5, the subjects stay the same as in the original K to 12, but with key adjustments. These updates mean teachers need extra preparation — including updated Daily Lesson Log (DLL). To make things easier, we’re offering ready-to-use Grade 5 Quarter 3 DLLs based on the Matatag Curriculum. You can download them right here on this page.
The major concern of the original K to 12 Curriculum was its competency congestion. Thus, it became necessary to remove or modify nonessential skills or competencies. This modification makes the education system more focused on vital lessons that develop learners for the 21st century. The learners who can learn independently, are socially responsible, and possess foundational educational skills. The Matatag Curriculum also mandates teachers to use both Filipino and English as the Medium of Teaching and Learning (MOTL). For that, we reflect this MOTL in the Daily Lesson Logs (DLL) uploaded here. Additionally, we purposely craft the DLLs for use by both public and private school teachers.
What’s New in the MATATAG Curriculum for Grade 5
Always remember that the main impact of the Matatag K-10 Curriculum is the reduction of complicated competencies. This is achieved by merging repeatable competencies and removing unnecessary lessons. While the number of learning competencies decreases, the curriculum also ensures deeper understanding and mastery of the newly revitalized competencies. The main skills in focus are literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional development. Specifically, Grade 5 adds a semi-regular subject called the National Mathematics Program (NMP) to strengthen numeracy. Previous assessments of our educational system show that a considerable percentage of Grade 5 learners struggle with number literacy.
The Matatag Curriculum for Grade 5 also promotes holistic development by integrating values, critical thinking, and real-world application into one learning framework. This approach helps learners prepare for future academic challenges in higher grade levels and their career pursuits. Furthermore, Grade 5 strongly embeds various principles to combat bullying. For example, it requires that every lesson be prepared in a way that accommodates diverse learning needs and promotes inclusivity.
Download the Daily Lesson Log (DLL) in Quarter 3 Matatag Curriculum
We crafted the Daily Lesson Log (DLL) on this page based on the competencies outlined in the Grade 5 Matatag Curriculum for Quarter 3. These DLLs are organised in a weekly format, aligned with DepEd’s work budget.
- WEEK 1: November 3 – 7, 2025
- WEEK 2: November 10 – 14, 2025
- WEEK 3: November 17 – 21, 2025
- WEEK 4: November 17 – 21, 2025
- WEEK 5: December 1 – 5, 2025
- WEEK 6: December 8 – 12, 2025
- WEEK 7: December 15 – 19, 2025
- Week 8 (Currently Crafting)
Outline of Matatag Learning Competencies in every Subject of Grade 5 DLL for Quarter 3
Based on DepEd Order 10, series 2024, the education system must revolve around three main elements: curriculum, assessment, and teaching. We cover each of these Matatag Curriculum elements in various articles on this site. However, this page focuses on helping you understand the specific learning expectations or target competencies as you prepare your Daily Lesson Log (DLL).
Always remember that the DLL should fully cover or embed the target competencies from top to bottom. Knowing the learning targets in our DLL will give you a significant advantage by saving you from manually scanning them one by one. While we cannot list all the competencies on this page, we provide information about the content and performance standards of the Matatag curriculum used in our DLL for Quarter 3 of Grade 5.
Content and Performance Standards of Grade 5 per Learning Area
| Subject Area | Content Standard (Q3) | Performance Standard (Q3) |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | Learners understand probability, data representation and geometric concepts. | Learners apply data presentation, probability and geometry skills in problem-solving. |
| Science | Learners understand how technology and engineering relate to scientific concepts. | Learners use scientific and engineering thinking to design, evaluate or communicate solutions. |
| English | Learners listen, read, write and speak with critical and applied literacy across multiple text types. | Learners create, interpret and evaluate varied texts effectively for different purposes and audiences. |
| Filipino | Learners understand and use Filipino for listening, speaking, reading and writing in meaningful contexts. | Learners communicate accurately and appropriately in Filipino in oral and written forms in real-life situations. |
| Araling Panlipunan | Learners understand key historical, geographical, socio-political and cultural issues that shape society and citizenship. | Learners analyze and act upon socio-civic issues to demonstrate responsible citizenship. |
| MAPEH (Music, Arts, PE & Health) | Learners understand artistic, physical and health concepts and practices for personal and community wellbeing. | Learners demonstrate artistic expression, physical competence or health-promoting behaviour in personal or community contexts. |
| EPP/TLE | Learners understand foundational life-skills, livelihood concepts and entrepreneurship-aware practices. | Learners apply basic life-skills or entrepreneurial practices in a real or simulated home/community-based setting. |
| GMRC | Learners understand personal, social and national values and how these guide behaviour and community life. | Learners demonstrate values-based behaviour and social responsibility in their school, family and community life. |
Related Teaching Resources
To fully support you, we’ve included links to additional teaching resources below. We’d love to hear from you—feel free to message us at ict@alapan1es.com.
- Daily Lesson Log (DLL)
- Lesson Exemplars (LE)
- Weekly Home Learning Plan (WHLP)
- Modules and LEAP
- Learning Activity Sheets (LAS)
- Lesson PowerPoint (PPT)