As of this school year, Grade 4 is now fully geared up for the streamlined competencies of the Matatag Curriculum. To support your preparation, we offer ready-to-use Daily Lesson Logs (DLL). We understand how challenging it is to create your DLL from scratch, especially during the planning stage, when you need to design the best classroom activities that meet the target competencies of the newly revised K to 10 program, also known as the Matatag Curriculum. On this page, you’ll find our updated Matatag Grade 4 Daily Lesson Log (DLL) for Term 2 of School Year 2026-2027.
These free and editable DLLs will help you deliver quality, competency-based, and responsive classroom instruction. Whether you’re handling English, Math, Filipino, GMRC, or other regular subjects, you can use these Daily Lesson Logs. Most importantly, you can revise our DLLs to fit your personal style and professional preferences. Therefore, it’s important to understand the basic information about the Daily Lesson Log.
The Daily Lesson Log is a standardized template used by teachers in the Philippines to plan and organize their daily classroom instruction. In this DLL for Term 2 of Grade 4, teachers can plan their classroom activities for each part of the lesson based on the Matatag Curriculum. Usually, the standardized DLL template consists of establishing the purpose of the lesson, developing understanding, generating responses, and other parts that were also present in previous formats. Therefore, the Daily Lesson Log helps teachers plan lessons effectively, ensuring activities are competency-based. Also, it supports diverse learning to accommodate different types of learners. It also promotes consistency in teaching practices, allows for better time management, and serves as a tool for monitoring and evaluation.
What is the Matatag Curriculum for Grade 4?
The Matatag Curriculum for Grade 4 is primarily designed as a transition stage from foundational learning skills to more comprehensive classroom instruction. Therefore, this revised curriculum aims to enhance the quality and relevance of learning from Kindergarten to Grade 10. It seeks to address the challenges of the previous K-12 program by decongesting content and focusing on essential competencies. Additionally, it prioritizes the early development of foundational learning skills, such as reading and numeracy.
The Matatag Curriculum framework places Grade 4 at one of the most important stages of learning development. It considers the competencies of Grade 4 to be interrelated with those of previous grade levels. At this stage, learners focus on critical thinking and social education. You must integrate the principles and elements of the Matatag Curriculum that compose the Grade 4 expected learning targets well into your DLL for Term 2. You should choose the best classroom activities and write their objectives and processes in your Daily Lesson Logs.
Outline of Grade 4 Competencies in Matatag Curriculum
In the Matatag Curriculum, Grade 4 marks a significant transition in a learner’s academic journey. Learners will start to explore additional learning areas such as MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health) and EPP. At this grade level, they will also be exposed to more complex competencies in Mathematics, Filipino, Science, and English. In total, Grade 4 covers eight learning areas. The competencies in these subjects have been revitalized to focus on more achievable and essential lessons. While we cannot enumerate all the competencies for every learning area, you can review the subjects’ content and performance standards for Term 2 to gain insights into the content of our DLL.
Learning Standards for Grade 4 in Term 2
| Learning Area | Content Standards | Performance Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Filipino | Learners demonstrate basic and critical literacy skills in Filipino. They develop macro skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) in various contexts and incorporate visual elements to create multimedia texts appropriate to age, culture, and purpose. | By the end of Grade 4 Quarter 2, learners communicate using correct grammar and appropriate language to express ideas and emotions, and interpret community and national issues through visual elements in multimedia formats. |
| English | Learners develop applied and critical literacy skills in English. Applied literacy means using reading and writing purposefully and contextually; critical literacy means analyzing, questioning, evaluating, and responding to texts. | Learners can interact with texts meaningfully, employ precise language to communicate ideas, and critically analyze information to make informed responses. |
| Science | The focus is on understanding key concepts in the quarter, performing scientific inquiry, applying scientific knowledge, and demonstrating scientific attitudes and values — building learners’ scientific and environmental literacy. | Learners apply inquiry skills (e.g., observing, questioning, investigating), demonstrate scientific understanding, exhibit curiosity and responsible stewardship, and solve practical problems scientifically at the end of the quarter. |
| Makabansa (Music & Arts) | Learners understand cultural identity, traditions, and local music and arts processes. They explore how these influence creative decisions and expressions in their own works. | Learners create and improvise artistic works that reflect their cultural and regional identity using local music and arts practices. |
| GMRC (Good Manners and Right Conduct) | Learners internalize basic social values, etiquette, and respectful behavior toward others; values education focuses on building ethical foundations and dispositions. | Learners demonstrate socially appropriate behaviors, display respect and courtesy in different settings, and apply ethical principles in interactions with others. |
Download the Daily Lesson Log (DLL) in Term 2 Matatag Curriculum
We crafted the Daily Lesson Log (DLL) on this page based on the competencies outlined in the Grade 4 Matatag Curriculum for Term 2. These DLLs are arranged in a weekly format aligned with DepEd’s budget of work.
- WEEK 1: September 16 – 20, 2026
- Week 2 (Currently Crafting)
ILAW Framework
Planning impactful lessons does not require overcomplicating your teaching process. The Department of Education (DepEd) uses the ILAW Framework—a practical, streamlined approach to lesson design that keeps learning focused, manageable, and effective. Whether you use different terminology in your existing lesson plans or follow DepEd templates, as long as you cover these four core components, your teaching aligns perfectly with standard pedagogical practices.
You begin with Intentions, where you focus on unpacking the learning competencies. Before stepping into the classroom, you verify whether the goals are clear and manageable within your time period while considering your students’ prior knowledge, skills, and context. Next, you build the Learning Experience by choosing instructional patterns—such as Pre-During-Post, 6Es, or 5As—that help learners reach those target intentions. You keep these experiences simple and purpose-driven, knowing that every lesson does not need technology, group work, or complex games to work.
To ensure your students grasp the concepts, you incorporate Assessing Learning continuously throughout the lesson instead of waiting until the end. You track comprehension using quick quizzes, exit slips, discussions, drills, or simple teacher observations. Finally, you determine your Ways Forward through post-lesson reflection. You document short notes on what worked and what failed, using classroom evidence to decide whether you should reteach, remediate, enrich, or move ahead to the next topic.
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.
- 2nd Teacher-made Summative Tests for Term 1
- Daily Lesson Log (DLL)
- Lesson Exemplars (LE)
- Modules and LEAP
- Learning Activity Sheets (LAS)
- Lesson PowerPoint (PPT)