VALUES Grade 5 Module 1 (First Grading)

OVERVIEWThis Module will guide you to good manners

relating to 3 Lesson Topics such as: Right Decisions, Self-discipline and Honesty. It will enrich the values you already have through stories. And it will help you apply every lessons learned in real life at home or in school.

It is best to involve the parents in the students learning, part 2 of this Module is for Parents’ participation that will also encourage children to put into practice the values they learned from this Module.

Good Luck! And be happy as you accomplished this Module 1 with your Mom and Dad.

OBJECTIVESRead the objectives to learn what you should be able

to do in order to successfully complete this module.Identify the following terms: Decisions, Self-

discipline, and Honesty;Relates your ways in making decisions, showing

discipline and honesty in real life situations; and Explain how to apply the lessons learned at home

and in school. LEARNING RESOURCES:

Lalunio, et.al. (2002). Growing Up with GOOD MANNERS, Vibal Publishing House, Inc.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Decisionshttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-disciplinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honestyhttp://www.k12.hi.us/~mkunimit/honesty.htmImages: http://www.google.com.phhttp://search.yahoo.com/search;clipart

PART I (FOR STUDENTS)LESSON 1 : Right DecisionsLESSON 2 : Self DisciplineLESSON 3 : Honesty

LESSON 1 RIGHT DECISION

Making a decision is very important. You have to think first of what will the results

be of the decision you will make. You should consider other people aside from yourself. After making decisions, you should be ready to stand by it. It could either be good or bad.

Instruction: Read the story below and find out why Jobelle is a good child.

JOBELLE, A GOOD CHILD

Jobelle is just new in school. She doesn’t have many friends yet. But she already knows Chared, Jenny, and Pearl. One day, they invited her to a mall to watch a concert of their favorite singer. Their plan was to skip class so they could watch the show. The singer also happened to be Jobelle’s favorite. But she declined to go.

“If you won’t come, then don’t expect anything from us,” threatened Chared. “We’ll not consider you a friend anymore,” blurted Jenny. “You’re such a killjoy,” added Pearl. “We can’t just skip our classes. One more thing, I need to go home early to take care of my mother. This morning, she wasn’t feeling well. There’s no one else at home to keep her company and she’ll only worry about me,” Jobelle explained.

“She’s old enough to look after herself, there’s no need for company,” said Pearl sarcastically. “That’s right. Besides, she already knows how to take her medicine by herself id she’s not feeling well,” continued Jenny. For a moment, Jobelle kept quiet. Then she made up her mind. She decided not to go with them. “I’m sorry but I can’t join you,” she said. “Hmmp, if that’s what you want,” chorused Chared, Jenny, and Pearl.

“I’ve thought about that too, Mother. And I just can’t leave you all alone especially now that you’re not feeling well,” said Jobelle. Aling Belen embraced her daughter tightly with love.

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Jobelle went home early. She told everything to Aling Belen, her mother. “I’m proud of you, my dear child. You’re very good,” her mother said with pride. “You know how to make the right decision. I know how hard it is to be in school especially if you are new. It is hard to find good friends. Chared, Jenny, and Pearl are not good friends. They would like you to do something that is not good. I’m sure you’ll find good friends in school soon,” assured her mother.

Having self-discipline leads to many good things.

Self-discipline can be shown in one's words or actions.

LESSON 2 SELF DISCIPLINE

Instruction: Read the story of a boy who knew how to control his temper.

PAULO’S SELF-DISCIPLINE

Paulo went home crying. His father saw him. “Hey,what happened?” asked Mang Manuel. Paulo was

sobbing. “Some of my classmates won’t stop teasing me. They sayI’m a sissy, a weakling, and stuff like that,” Paulo told hisfather.

“Sissy? And why?” his father asked. “Because I don’twant to join their group. They want me to smoke, gamble,and skip classes to play video games like them,” Pauloexplained.

“You made me proud of you, Paulo. Joining them will doyou no good. If they call you a sissy just because you don’twant to do something bad, just let them,” Mang Manuel

told his sonhappily.

“You should always stay that way, son- courageous,steadfast, and principled! Maintain your self-discipline,”advised Mang Manuel.

Paulo went back to school the next day. He had moreconfidence in himself than before. He had his father’swords in his mind.

That day, Paulo went home earlier than usual. He gotsome small bruises on his hands. He was about to hide

thembut his father saw his hands.

Weren’t you able to hold your temper? Did you have afight?” inquired his father. “No, Father, we were doing anexperiment in school when…” Their conversation was cutshort. Paulo’s classmates arrived. “We would like to thankPaulo. The gas lamp in the laboratory exploded. We allrushed out of the room. But Paulo bravely stayed and putout the fire,” they said.

“We are sorry for calling you a sissy,” said Ramon andDodi. “It’s nothing. In a way, you motivated me to controlmy temper and not to give in when you tempted me to dosomething bad,” Paulo said with a smile.

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LESSON 3 HONESTY

Honesty- choosing to be truthful in whatever

you say and do.- being truthful to yourself- doing what’s right regardless of who’s around- being someone whom others can trust.

Honesty - is revered in many cultures and religions. - means being truthful, trustworthy, loyal, fair and sincere.- also means straight forward conduct.- the absence of lying, cheating or theft.

Once upon a time there was a princess called Tanya,who lived in a very, very, very big castle. The princess’sparents, that is to say, the king and queen, wanted her tomarry a handsome knight called Norman, who would oftenvisit them to discuss the land they shared, so Tanya andNorman saw plenty of each other.

Instruction: Read the story of a princess who is very honest and how Honesty helps people find solutions to lots of problems.

THE HONEST PRINCESS

Unfortunately Tanya didn’t love him. Although theygot on well enough, she didn’t much like him, for Normanwas very boastful. One day, Tanya the princess was talkingto Norman about the new decorations the king and queenwere going to make in the castle, when suddenly Normanchanged the subject and said: “Tanya, I like you a lot. Infact, I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”

The princess was shocked but instead of firm “NO“,she said: “Norman, you’re a very handsome knight, but Ilike to be honest with people. So I’m going to tell you whatI don’t like about you, which is this: firstly, you’re a showoff, because you like boasting about the clothes you wearwhen really a person’s clothes aren’t that important;secondly, you spit in the street which is disgusting, andlastly, I’m not going to marry you just because my parentstell me to: I’m going to marry a man I really love.”

Norman reflected long and hard on whatthe princess had said. To begin with, he felt bad about heropinion of him, but he soon cheered up when he realizedthat all the things she mentioned were things he couldchange. It wasn’t his personality that annoyed her, but hisbehavior.

So Norman began trying not to brag about hisclothes, and started to feel happy in more modest clothing.He also learned not to spit in the street so as not to lookhorrible and coarse, and he felt better about that, too.And finally, he went to talk to the king and queen to askthem not to talk to the princess Tanya about him, and thatway she wouldn’t feel pressured into marrying him.

Tanya and Norman continued spending time togetherand gradually Tanya began to notice the change in his habits.Seeing that he no longer did horrible things, she also beganto notice other details about him, and to like him.

Eventually the princess fell in love and married him. -END-

SUMMARY

Decision – the act of or need for making up one’s mind.

- the result of every decision could either be good or bad.

Self-discipline - can be shown in one's words or actions.

- is the training and control of oneself and one’s conduct, usually for personal improvement. - having self-discipline leads to many good things.

Honesty – means being truthful, trustworthy, loyal, fair and sincere.

- the absence of lying, cheating or theft.

Characters of the Story:

Jobelle – a girl who knows how to make the right decision.

Aling Belen – a proud mother of Jobelle.

Paulo – a self-disciplined and courageous son.

Mang Manuel – father of Paulo who advised Paulo to maintain his self-disciplined.

Ramon and Dodi – classmates who teased Paulo a “sissy” and “weakling”.

Tanya – a very honest princess who lived in a very big castle.

Norman- a boastful knight who was able to change his attitudes and married the princess.

Words to Ponder

“Whatever decision you make, consider the effect for you and for others.”

“Stand by the decision you make, be ready to face its consequences.”

“Show to people that you are a self-discipline child and your parents will be proud of you.”

“If you are honest in words and deeds, you have no reason to be afraid.”

“Be true to everyone always; be honest at any time and any place,”

The quiz is timed, and you have 40:00 (mm:ss) to complete it.

If you leave the quiz without clicking the Finished button at the end, your answers are automatically submitted.

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Good Luck!