Lower Primary students geared up for a mini community tour, with a booklet of the community map and tasks they needed to complete. They transferred from one room to another, seeing different institutions and functions in the community. In each room, they also experienced how literacy can be practiced by taking part in those functions.

Promoting literacy for people, rooms were turned into a kid’s park and a sports recreation area. In the Kid’s Park, Grade 1 pupils applied their lessons on Pantangi and Pambalana. They segregated nouns pasted on pieces of paper, cartons, and bottles according to pangngalang pantangi at pambalana. Grade 2 learners, on the other hand, identified Simuno and Panaguri. In Sports Recreation, meanwhile, literacy skills were sharpened with physical activities. The students went “Fishing for Nouns”. There, they literally fished out nouns from a tub of water. They also engaged in “Sort and Shoot,” where they took aim at hoops labeled for proper and common nouns, and for subject and predicate.

Emphasizing that literacy is also for the planet, one room became a recycling center. In this center, the students explored the concept of cause and effect. Grade 1 pupils reflected on the possible effects of their environmental choices. For Grade 2 students, voicing out their opinions became the highlight of the Recycling Center. They wrote their opinions on the given prompt about recycling plastic.

For literacy and prosperity, numeracy joined the picture. In the Candy Shop, the students did not just get excited about the sweets and snacks, but they also practiced their numeracy skills. Grade 1 students were given the chance to choose two sweets, to draw them, and to identify whether their prices were odd or even numbers. Grade 2 pupils, meanwhile, worked on “What’s the Order?”, where they identified the order of the candies shown. In the Supermarket, fruits, vegetables, and goods were displayed with their respective prices. From these products, Grade 1 learners chose an item and identified its place value and expanded form. Grade 2 students, on the other hand, added the prices of the items shown. Taking the experience to the next level, one classroom was transformed into a bank. In this bank, the pupils learned about recognizing peso bills and coins, and writing amounts in words.