Learning Area TLE-Agri-Crop Production Grade Level 10

W3 Quarter Three Date

I. LESSON TITLE
II. MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING
COMPETENCIES (MELCs)
III. CONTENT/CORE CONTENT
Harvesting
Carry out harvesting activity according to work requirements.
- Importance of harvesting at the right time
- Cutting the rice crop
- Threshing - Grain cleaning References:
http://knowledgebank.irri.org/ericeproduction/
https://moshej.edublogs.org/files/2011/04/Collage-Rubric-2cfq0em.pdf

IV. LEARNING Suggested Timeframe

Learning Activities
PHASES
A. Introduction In this lesson you will understand the importance of rice
harvesting at the right time and the correct methods or
procedures of cutting the rice crop. You will also determine the
significance of threshing and grain cleaning to prevent grain
deterioration and attain the goal of good harvest.

Rice harvesting is a process of collecting the mature rice crop

from the field. It starts with cutting the crop and ends with
cleaning the paddy and preparing it to be dried. It is said that
good harvesting will be achieved and maximize grain yield,
minimize grain losses and quality deterioration of rice harvested
by following the right moment to harvest the grain. At this point,
There are 3 rules that need to consider:
1. The grain has 20-25% moisture content
2. 80-85% of the grains are straw colored and the grains in
the lower part of the panicle are in the hard dough stage This is
about 30 days after flowering.
3. The grains are firm but not easily broken when squeezed
between the teeth.

If you do harvesting too early the results will have many

immature grains and also slender and chalky rice kernels. This
will give big amounts of bran and broken grains during milling.
But if it is too late harvesting, many grains will be lost because
of shattering or drying-out. If the grains are to dry, they get
cracked during threshing. These cracked grains will break during
milling and results in less head rice yield.

Now that you know when the ideal period of harvesting is, you
will learn in the next discussion how to cut the crop.

Cutting the crop is the first operation in the harvesting process.

Proper and timely cutting will minimizes shattering loss and
prevents re-wetting of the grains from water standing in the field.
There are two cutting methods in rice harvesting:
1. By hand- it is the most common method by using what
so called sickle, by using this tool the rice plant will cut 15-25
cm above the ground level. For them, manual harvesting is much
effective in lodged crop conditions but it is labor intensive and
requires 40-80 person-hours per hectare and needs an additional
labor to collect harvested crop.
2. By machine- it will be done mechanically by a reaper, a
reaper with a 1.5m cutting width and can be used for 2-4 ha per
day. It requires field to be leveled and drained. But it is difficult
to reap crop that is lodged (lying on the ground).
We have Tips for good cutting, and these are the following;
 1. Before the expected date of harvest we need to drain the rice
field.
2. Make sure that the panicles with grains are staying dry and off
from the ground.

After the crop is cut it needs to be threshed. Threshing can be

describing as the separation of the grain from the straw either by
impact, friction or combing action. It is also important that
threshing will not be delayed so that rapid deterioration of

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LEARNIN Learning Activities
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the grains will not be experienced.

We have different methods of threshing:

1. Foot threshing or trampling- by using of bare feet or animals to thresh the
crop.
2. Beating against a threshing rack- The grains are separated from the straw
by impact against from slatted bamboo, wooden platform or any other hard object
such as a steel oil drum.
3. Pedal thresher- Holding the crop against a threshing drum driven by a foot
crank combs the grains from the straw.
4. Machine threshing- by using a mechanical thresher or machine to lessen
the high labor requirement of manual threshing.

Another part of rice harvesting practices is Grain Cleaning; it is done by removing

the unwanted materials from the grain.
How can you clean the grain?
1. Manually by winnowing- by using a blower, air fan, or by wind.
Winnowing recovers only the heavier grains.
2. Mechanically by screening/Sifting- by means of sieving the grain through
a smaller sized screen (1.4mm or less sieve opening). Sometimes cleaners are
included in a thresher.
 LEARNING TASK 1. MATCHING TYPE
Development Instructions: Match Column A with the best answers in column B. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Column A. Column B.
________1. Sieving the grain a. Cutting the crop
________2. Threshing drum drive by a foot. b. Winnowing
________3. Using slatted bamboo to separate grains c. Grain cleaning
from rice straw.
________4 First operation in rice harvesting d. Beating against a
threshing rack.
________5 Using blower in grain cleaning e. Sifting

LEARNING TASK 2.
Instructions: List down 3 challenges that farmers possibly encounter during
harvesting period. Then, suggest a strategy to avoid those challenges or problems.

Challenges / Problems met during Suggested strategies to avoid challenges or problems

harvesting: during harvesting:
1.
2.
3.

LEARNING TASK 3. TELL SOMETHING

Instructions: Using the table below write a short description on the following
harvesting practices. Copy and use the template below for your answer.

Harvesting practices: Short descriptions:

1. Cutting the crop
2. Threshing
3. Grain cleaning

LEARNING TASK 4. SCENE- STEALER

Instructions: Go to the nearest rice field in your area where farmers are busy for
harvesting and from other farm practices. Then, take photos of what they are
doing. Attach it to this activity sheet. Consider the template below.
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Scene at the farm/ Rice field: Example: (while cutting the rice crop)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
 LEARNING TASK. 5. PIC COLLAGE
Engagement Instructions:
1. Create a collage showing the important harvesting practices that needs to be
accomplished at the right time.
2. You can use the pictures that were taken from the learning task number 5.
3. Consider the criteria in accomplishing the task.
4. You may use another sheet of paper for this activity.

RUBRICS:
Criteria : Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
1. Used variety of Used Used adequate Used good Used excellent
pictures to establish the limited variety of variety of variety of
main idea. number of pictures to pictures to pictures to
pictures to establish main establish main establish main
establish the idea idea idea
main idea

2. Relevance of the The material The materials The material The material
material in connection used are used are quite used are mostly used are greatly
with the main idea less relevant more relevant relevant and relevant and
to the main to the main connected to the clearly
idea idea main idea connected to the
main idea

3. Visual impact and Visual impact Visual impact Visual impact is Visual impact is
effectiveness is less is effective much effective
of overall presentation effective somewhat
effective
 D. 30 minutes LEARNING TASK. CONCEPT
6. MAPPING
Assimilatio Write the word or phrase that could be associated with the word rice es
Instructions:
n harvesting. Then, in the linbelow summarize your concept about this.

RICE
HARVESTING

SUMMARY:
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