HANDOUT 2 – GENERAL SPECIFICATION OF ADM LR
A. Structure and Sequence
1. LR is easy to understand.
2. Lessons shall be arranged from simple to complex.
3. Visuals and graphic organizers shall be available to
facilitate
better understanding of the lesson.
4. Size of the letters and sentences shall be appropriate to the
target learners.
5. Presentation shall be engaging and interesting.
6. Kindergarten materials shall
6.1. be engaging; activity-based and challenging;
6.2. be multi-sensorial (i.e. individuals learn better if they
are taught using more than one sense (modality).
The
senses usually employed in multisensory learning
are
visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile – VAKT (i.e.
seeing, hearing, doing, and touching);
6.3. align with the theme of the curriculum;
6.4. enhance the development of the different domains;
6.5. visuals shall be in true color.
7. Materials for Kindergarten to Grade 3 shall consider I Do-
We
Do- You Do procedure with the help of a learning facilitator.
B. Content
1. ADM LR shall follow K to 12 Curriculum/Teacher's Guide/
Teacher's Manual/ Learner's Material/ Textbook issued by
the Department.
2. The learning competency shall be sub-tasked if it is
necessary.
3. Content shall use pedagogical approaches that are
constructivist, inquiry-based, reflective, collaborative and
integrative.
4. Content shall be logically arranged from simple to complex.
5. It shall consider learner’s context, situations, individual
needs and capabilities.
6. It shall provide activities that promote the development of
higher cognitive skills such as:
• Critical thinking • Creative thinking • Decision making
B. Content
7. It shall be written in real-life context, interactive to arouse
and sustain interest and motivation of a learner.
8. It shall provide activities that develop:
• Basic Science processes
- Observing
- Asking questions
- Measuring
- Classifying
- Inferring
- Finding patterns
- Predicting
- Communicating
• Integrated skills
- Formulating hypothesis
- Fair testing
- Identifying variables
- Controlling variables
- Collecting and organizing data
- Interpreting data
- Making conclusions
9. Content shall adhere to the Social Content Guidelines.
10. Content shall develop core values such as:
• Maka-Diyos • Makatao • Makabansa •
Makakalikasan
11. Content shall provide activities to unlock difficult and/or
new concepts, activate prior knowledge to discover and
learn new lessons.
12. Content and activities shall be learner-centered and shall
promote 21st century skills.
13. Content and activities shall be congruent to the learning
competency.
14. Sufficient examples, activities and easy to understand
directions are provided to facilitate independent learning.
15.Content shall be learner-centered, inclusive and
developmentally appropriate.
16. Content shall be in smaller unit, self-instructional and
self-
paced.
B. Content
17. Caution, warning, reminders shall be provided to ensure
safety of the learner while doing activities.
18. Content shall provide strategies and activities to self-
monitor progress such as criterion referenced tests.
19. Content shall be flexible and friendly.
20. Content shall provide a balanced use of literature and
informational text or fictional to nonfictional text (2009
NAEP Reading Framework):
20.1. K to 5 – 50:50
20.2. Grades 6 to 12 – 30:70
20.3. Informational texts for grades K-5 are defined
as “biographies and autobiographies; books
about history, social studies, science, and the
arts; technical texts, including directions,
forms, and information displayed in graphs,
charts, or maps; and digital sources on a range
of topics
20.4. For grades 6-12, an informational text
includes
“subgenres of exposition, argument, and
functional text in the form of personal essays,
speeches, opinion pieces, essays about art or
literature, biographies, memoirs, journalism,
and historical, scientific, technical, or
economic
accounts (including digital sources) written for
a broad audience”
21. Linkages between and among past and present lessons
shall
be evident to make lessons easy to understand.
22. Sufficient repetition through examples, illustrations,
questions and summaries shall be provided to enhance
understanding of concepts.
23. Content, language and the materials shall be appropriate
to
the reading level of the learners.
24. The difficulty of the material shall match the ability of the
learners.
25. The materials shall fit the objectives.
C. Language
1. Material shall use everyday language of the learner.
2. It shall use appropriate language and vocabulary.
3. The length of the sentences, paragraphs shall be age-
appropriate.
4. The language to be used for the mother manuscript shall
be:
4.1. K to 3 - All learning areas except English is Filipino
4.1.1 English – English
4.1.2 Filipino – Filipino
4.1.3 Other Subjects -
4.2. Grades 4 to 12
4.2.1. Filipino, EsP – Filipino
4.2.2. English, Science and Math – English
4.2.3. MAPEH , EPP-TLE
4.2.3.1. Grades 4 to 5 – Filipino
4.2.3.2. Grades 6 to 12 – English
4.2.4. Araling Panlipunan
4.2.4.1. Grades 4 to 10 – Filipino
D. Illustrations
1. Illustrations shall adhere to the Social Content Guidelines.
2. Filipino characters (if applicable) shall be the subject of
illustration.
3. People, animals, places, and objects shall be appropriate to
the age, grade level and context of the learners.
4. Illustrations shall clarify and/or enhance concepts.
5. Illustrations and visuals shall be gender and culture
sensitive.
Reference: ADM LR STANDARDS * as of May 8, 2020
