Ang kursong ito ay nakatuon sa pag-unawa sa pinagmulan at pag-unlad  ng sariling lalawigan at rehiyon kasama ang aspektong  pangkultura, pampulitika, panlipunan at pangkabuhayan gamit ang malalim na konsepto ng pagapapatuloy  at pagbabago, interaksyon ng tao at kapaligirang pisikal at sosyal.

The learner listens critically to to get information from text heard, demonstrates independence in using the basic language structure in oral and written communication, and reads with comprehension 



Naipapamalas ng mag aaral ang pag-unawa sa mga gawain na nagpapakita ng pagpapahalaga tungo sa maayos at masayang pamumuhay na may mapanagutang pagkilos at pagpapasiya para sa sarili, kapwa, pamayanan, bansa at Diyos.

Pagkatapos ng Ikatlong Baitang, inaasahang nasasabi na ng mga mag-aaral ang pangunahing diwa ng tekstong binasa o napakinngan at nakapagbibigay ng kaugnay o katumbas na teksto, nagagamit ang mga kaalaman sa wika, nakababasa nang may wastong palipon ng mga salita at maayos na nakasulat gamit ang iba’t ibang bahagi ng pananalita upang maipahayag at maiugnay ang sariling ideya, damdamin at karanasan sa mga narinig at nabasang mga teksto ayon sa kanilang antas o lebel at kaugnay ng kanilang kultura. 

Music The learner has acquired the basic and fundamental processes through performing, creating, listening and observing, and responding, towards the development of appreciation of music and art, and the acquisition of basic knowledge and skills. Arts The learner has acquired the basic and fundamental processes through performing, creating, listening and observing, and responding, towards the development of appreciation of music and art, and the acquisition of basic knowledge and skills. Physical Education The learner demonstrates understanding of body awareness, space awareness, qualities of effort and movement relationships through participation in enjoyable physical activities. Health The learner demonstrates an understanding and knowledge in the following: nutrition; prevention and control of diseases and disorders; consumer health; and community and environmental health—factors which help in facilitating the development of healthy habits and practices.

At the end of the course, students must be able to demonstrate understanding and appreciation of key concepts and skills involving numbers and number sense (whole numbers up to 10 000; ordinal numbers up to 100th; money up to PhP1 000;the four fundamental operations of whole numbers; proper and improper fractions; and similar, dissimilar, and equivalent fractions); geometry (lines, symmetry, and tessellations); patterns and algebra (continuous and repeating patterns and number sentences); measurement (conversion of time, length, mass and capacity, area of square and rectangle); and statistics and probability (tables, bar graphs, and outcomes) as applied - using appropriate technology - in critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning, communicating, making connections, representations, and decisions in real life.

The learner demonstrates communication skills in talking about variety of topics using expanding vocabulary and phrases, shows understanding of spoken language in different contexts using both verbal and non-verbal cues, vocabulary and language structures, cultural aspects of the language, reads and writes literary and informational texts.

Program Standard: Learners observe and explore and investigate how things around them move and can be moved. They also identify things in their environment that can cause changes in the movement of objects and observe and identify different sources of light, heat, sound, and electricity in their environment and their uses in everyday life.

Grade Level Standard: The learners demonstrate understanding of motion of objects, sources and uses of light, sound, heat and electricity.