Marie is a student who does not always obey the rules at home, like going to bed on time and finishing homework before playing. Her mother asked her to come home early from school to watch her younger sister, but Marie went swimming with friends instead. When Marie got home, her sister had fallen from a chair and was crying. Marie realized she could have prevented this if she had obeyed her mother. Marie apologized and promised to be more obedient going forward.

1. VALUES 4

2. Developing and
Practicing
Obedience

3. How often do you follow your
teacher or parents? Elder
siblings?

4. Being obedient means
following rules and regulations.

5. Being Obedient
Marie is a Grade Four pupil who performs well in school,
especially in academics. But her mother has observed that
Marie does not obey some rules at home, like going to bed
early, finishing her homework before playing, and asking
permission to go somewhere. It has become her habit to visit
and play with the children next door after school hours.

6. One day, Marie’s mother asked her to come home
early because she needed to take her grandfather to the
hospital for his regular checkup. Marie was to look after
her younger sister while her mother was away.

7. Instead of coming home early, Marie joined her
friends to swim in the river near their school. She enjoyed
her swim and forgot about her task. After a few hours, she
went home and was surprised to find her baby sister crying
very hard. It seemed that she fell from a chair while trying
to reach a toy on the shelf. The helper was in the kitchen
preparing food when it happened.

8. Marie realized that, if she had been home earlier as
her mother asked her to, she could have attended to her
sister’s needs.
When her mother arrived home, Marie told her about
what happened. She apologized for disobeying her. She
promised to be more obedient from then on. Her mother
embraced her and accepted her apology.

9. 1. What did Marie’s mother observe about
her?

10. 2. What did she ask Marie to do?

11. 3. What happened to Marie’s younger
sister?

12. 4. What lesson did you learn from the
story?

13. 5. When was the last time you disobeyed
your parents or teachers? What happened
then?

15. ■ You must obey rules and regulations whenever and
wherever you are.
■ It is good to obey our parents and teachers. You feel
happy and satisfied when you do what is right.

16. ■ Respect and obedience to elders is one of the Filipino
traits that we can be proud of.

17. Someone
On time
Properly
Always
Respect
Blowing
Permission
Disobey
picking

18. ASSIGNMENT:
Answer each question on a sheet of paper or notebook.
1. Why is it important to follow rules and regulations?
2. What would happen if you do not follow them?
3. How do you feel when you follow house and school rules?
4. How do you feel whenever you disobeyed any rules?
5. Identify one rule or regulation that you think you should follow
and explain why you should follow it?