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Learning Episode 8: Close Encounter with the School CurriculumOBSERVEACTIVITY 8: Curricula in the School SettingResource Teacher: Teacher’s Signature: School: A Ruiz Elementary SchoolGrade/year Level: 4 Subject Area: General Date: November 15, 2021 Locate where you can find the following curriculum ...

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Learning Episode 8: Close Encounter with the School Curriculum OBSERVE ACTIVITY 8.1: Curricula in the School Setting Resource Teacher:

Teacher’s Signature:

School: A.C Ruiz Elementary School

Grade/year Level: 4

Subject Area: General

Date: November 15, 2021

1. Locate where you can find the following curriculum in the school setting. Secure a copy, make observations of the process and record your information in the matrix below. Describe your observation. Type of Curriculum Where Found 1. Recommended DepEd Website Curriculum (K to 12 Guidelines)

2. Written Curriculum School (Teachers lesson plan)

3. Taught (Teaching process)

Curriculum Classroom learning

4. Supported Curriculum School (Subject textbook)

5. Assessed Curriculum School (Assessment process)

6. Learned (Achieved Outcomes)

Curriculum School Learning

7. Hidden (Media)

Curriculum School

Description It is where you can find the most essential competencies and may be able to use all year-round and indicates its area per quarter. School personnel hires a specialist-a contract of service-to develop a plan to meet their set goals/objectives. It is the lecture gave by the teacher, initiating group activities. In short, the teacher demonstrates guidance to the learners. These are the available resources in the school. It can be humans (teachers), books such as textbooks, workbooks, teacher’s guide and etc. and it includes laboratory equipment. It is the assessment of the learners whether formative or summative to determine their level of learnings. These are the skills or expertise you may be able to see to the learners thru activities such as trainings, seminars, and etc. This is the learnings taught by the teacher or it may not be taught from the school.

ANALYZE Which of the seven types curriculum in the school setting is easy to find? Why? -

Among the seven types of curriculums in the school setting, the recommended curriculum is the easiest to find of them all. Since it can be found on the DepEd website, it is easy to determine that it is the recommended curriculum because it is already labelled and has a phrase “K-12 MELCS”.

Which is difficult to observe? Why -

The hidden curriculum is hard to observe because you don’t have an idea on what kind of expertise does the learner have.

Are these all found in the school setting? How do curricula relate to one another? -

Yes, all of these curriculums are referring to the learnings of the learners.

Draw a diagram to show the relationship of one curriculum to the other. CURRICULUM

WRITTEN CURRICULUM

TAUGHT CURRICULUM

ASSESSED CURRICULUM

RECOMMENDED CURRICULUM SUPPORTED CURRICULUM LEARNED CURRICULUM

REFLECT HIDDEN CURRICULUM

Make a reflection on the diagram that you have drawn. -

Among the seven curriculums, there are three that have the same main goal and targeting the same curriculum which is the recommended curriculum. Under this curriculum where written curriculum, taught curriculum, and assessed curriculum lies. They show relationship to one another which deals on the higher order thinking skills of every learner. They set goals to develop and meet the level of competencies needed by the learners. While on the other curriculum, they had to assess themselves whether they are learning or not. Or what competencies they are lacking in. and may be able to assess themselves through various activities.

Activity 8.2 The Miniscule School Curriculum: The lesson, a closer look Resource Teacher:

Teacher’s Signature:

School: A.C Ruiz Elementary School

Grade/year Level: 4

Subject Area: General

Date: November 15, 2021

OBSERVE Major Curriculum Components

A. Planning

B. Implementing

Key Guide for Observation (Carefully look for the indicators/behavior of the teacher along the key points. Write your observation and description in your notebook.) 1. Borrow the teacher's lesson plan for the day. What major parts do you see? Request a copy for your use. Answer the following questions: a. What are the lesson objectives/learning outcomes? - Interpret data on the effect of environmental factors on plant. b. What are included in the subject matter? - Plants, live in land or in water c. What procedure or method will the teacher use to implement the plan? - Motivation- sing a science song with a Jack and Jill rhyme -Lesson Proper- Discuss the lesson well to the learners. -Assessment- the teacher provides individual activities for the learners. -Reflection- a synthesis and a real-life situation to assess the understandings of the learners. d. Will the teacher assess or evaluate the lesson? How will this be done? - Yes, by constructing simple experiments written on their workbook. Now it's time to observe how the teacher implemented the prepared lesson plan. Observe closely the procedure. a. How did the teacher begin the lesson?

C. Evaluating/Assessing

- The teacher began with singing a song as a motivation to the learners. b. What procedure or steps were followed? - The three I’s were followed accordingly – Introduction, Integration, Interaction c. How did the teacher engage the learners? - the teacher engaged the learners thru various activities. d. Was the teacher a guide at the side? - Yes, especially some of the activities were experiment/performance task. e. Were the learners on task? /Or were they participating in the class activity? - Yes, the learners are actively participating. f. Was the lesson finished within the class period? - No, because some of the learners do not get the instructions well. Did learning occur in the lesson taught? Here you make observations to find evidence of learning. a. Were the objectives as learned outcomes achieved? - Yes. b. How did the teacher assess/evaluate it? - Through an activity which is an experiment. c. What evidence was shown? Get pieces of evidence. -Output of the learner.

ANALYZE Write a paragraph based on the data you gathered using these key questions? 1. How does the teacher whom you observed compare to the ideal characteristics or competencies of global quality teacher? -

The teacher whom I observed is very competitive. I can see and feel it because she really tried her best to teach her students to the best of her ability. She really guides her students in order for them to cope up.

2. Was the lesson implemented as planned? Describe. -

Yes, the teacher followed her lesson plan accordingly. It was so organized that the learners are being actively participating to the class because it is very catchy from the start.

3. Can you describe the disposition of the teacher after the lesson was taught? Happy and eager? Satisfied and contented? Disappointed and exhausted?

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The teacher looks satisfied, happy and contented. Although, their activity is not don, but she still looks happy because she may conclude that the students understand their lesson.

4. Can you describe the majority of students' reactions after the lesson was taught? Confused? Happy and eager? Contented? No reactions at all. -

The students are eager and happy. Since some of their activities are performance task, they are excited to see themselves and find out the result of their activity.

REFLECT Based on your observations and tasks in Activity 2 how will you prepare your lesson plan? Make a short paragraph on the topic. -

Constructing a lesson plan is really hard. If you construct, your imagination is in action also. Pretending that you are in the class already. But reality happens in the classroom and it is a big different. You imagine, but sadly, reality hits you. This is a fact in preparing a lesson plan. This is not just a merely lesson plan. And so, in preparing one, I should plan on what are we going to do though the competencies are already given. Also, on how am I going to achieve the set objectives. In planning, I should evaluate the lesson plan I prepared to meet the goals.

Activity 8.3 Constructive Alignment of the Components of a Lesson Plan Resource Teacher:

Teacher’s Signature:

School: A.C Ruiz Elementary School

Grade/year Level: 4

Subject Area: Mathematics

Date: November 15, 2021

OBSERVE Using the diagram below fill up the component parts of a lesson plan I. Title of the Lesson: Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers II. Subject Area: Mathematics III. Grade level: 4

Outcomes

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The learners should be able to apply the knowledge of factors and multiples, and addition and subtraction of fractions in mathematical problems and real-life situations. The learners should be able to recognize and represent improper fractions and mixed numbers in various forms and contexts

Teaching Method

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Presenting the situation to the class.

-Tabern went to a bakeshop. He bought a cassava pie for his snack. He sliced the pie into four equal parts and gave three parts to his friends. What decimal part of the pie was given to his friends? Discussing new concepts and practicing skills - Group the pupils into four working teams and have them perform the task.  Developing Mastery - Do keep moving A pp 13

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Assessment

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Problem Solving How do these lesson affects us in our daily life?

ANALYZE Answer the following questions based on the diagram. 1. Are the three components constructively aligned? Explain. - Yes, it started from what is likely easy to the difficult level. It is a way of developing one’s skills. 2. Will the outcomes be achieved with the teaching methods used? Why? - Yes, because it is a step-by-step method not just for the high achievers but also to the low achievers. 3. What component would tell if the outcomes have been achieved? - The learners output. REFLECT What lessons have you learned in developing or writing a lesson plan? -

The lesson I learned in developing or writing a lesson plan is to consider the classroom setup. It is a big deal for it help the students to focus on the lesson – no matter how interesting your lesson and how prepare you are if the classroom set-up is not encouraging, then there’s no reason for them to listen and participate.

What value will it give to the teacher if the three components are aligned? -

The value of success will be gained by teacher if the three components are aligned together. Success in delivering they lessons efficiently, and learning to the learners effectively.

SHOW your Learning Artifacts Learning Artifacts for number 1-3 Present an artifact for activity 1, 2 and 3 Activity 1 Artifact 1. Present evidence for each kind of curriculum operating in the school setting. This can be in pictures, realia, documents or others I was not able to capture the classroom management used by my resource teacher because of the pandemic. The school was in the mode of new normal form of education which is the modular distance learning and they are not able to conduct face-to-face learning for safety protocols. By that, I downloaded picture from the internet based on how my resource teacher describe her routines and experiences during face-to-face classes.

Activity 2 Artifact 1. Present a sample curriculum in a form of a lesson plan

Activity 3 Artifact 1. Present a matrix to show the constructive alignment of the three components of a lesson plan. a. Example: Lesson Title: Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers Subject Area: Mathematics Grade Level: 4

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Lesson Outcomes The learners should be able to apply the knowledge of factors and multiples, and addition and subtraction of fractions in mathematical problems and real-life situations. The learners should be able to recognize and represent improper fractions and mixed numbers in various forms and contexts

Teaching Methods Presenting the situation to the class. -Tabern went to a bakeshop. He bought a cassava pie for his snack. He sliced the pie into four equal parts and gave three parts to his friends. What decimal part of the pie was given to his friends?  Discussing new concepts and practicing skills - Group the pupils into four working teams and have them perform the task.  Developing Mastery - Do keep moving A pp 13 LM

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Evaluation Problem Solving How do these lesson affects us in our daily life?

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