BILLY S.

PIAPA CRUZ
BSE MATH III-1
LEARNING ACTIVITY # 1

SELF-REFLECTION

Before we go further, let us first reflect on our current practice. As a Pre-Service teachers,
we have our knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding application of content knowledge within
and across curriculum teaching areas.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ATTITUDES

As a Beginning As a Beginning As a Beginning
Teacher, I know… Teacher, I do… Teacher, I feel…

... the subject matters I
teach and the ways I
integrate my topics to
other subjects.
…plan and organize teaching
learning strategies to apply
my expertise in my subject
matter and to integrate my
content knowledge of other
learning areas.
… that my learners acquire
the content better when I
relate my subject matter to
their enabling competencies
and learning experiences
from other disciplines.

Good reflection, it is your turn to reflect on your knowledge, skills and attitudes in relation to
the indicator. You may write it in the boxes below.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
As a Beginning As a Beginning
Teacher, I know… Teacher, I do…
My subject matter and I Planning and organizing
must be connected or my proper teaching the
aligned with the given proper learning of my
curriculum guide and students which I can
syllabus improve my way of
teaching and to boost the
learning competencies of
my learners.
ATTITUDES
As a Beginning
Teacher, I feel…
Satisfied by giving the
proper objectives they
may have met in order
for them to really
understand the lesson

Probing: Please answer the following probing questions in applying knowledge of content
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within and across curriculum teaching areas..

1. How do you display extensive knowledge of content?

 I display extensive knowledge by discussing the different drafting tools and instruments
and their issues.

2. How were the learning competencies within the curriculum integrated into the teaching-
learning procedures?
 I used previous discussion to shape the reference to the current lesson

3. How do you establish the connection of the concepts from other learning areas in the current
teaching objectives?
 I selected multi-disciplinary content by adopting concept from Science subject by
presenting some types of heavenly bodies in the universe.

4. If you were to enhance this DLL, what activities would you add to emphasize the application
of content knowledge within and across curriculum?
 I will let my students to draw their dream house by using different forms of shapes.

Complete the Retrieval Chart:

Related Issues Responsibility For Early Childhood Education

Issue 1: Developing and
using early literacy
learning standards
 Early literacy takes place usually in the growing minds
of every child. So that, even if they were young they
can cope in emerging generations. It is capable for the
child to apply some literacy in a real life setting.
However, its responsibility is to grow the knowledge
and skills of the children and to make them ready in the
future.

Issue 2: The early literacy
focus of effective
curriculum
 A major concern in this issue is to ensure that the
curriculum addresses the overall learning and growth of
the children by continuing to improve their physical,
social, emotional, and other cognitive development of
child and at the same time, strengthening their academic
performance in the curriculum. Moreover, this issue
talks about of the practices of key components to
enhance the children’s understanding, linguistics skills,
and speaking skills resulting to develop their own
literacy.

Issue 3: Accountability and  Assessment is generally a measurement of children’s

assessment early literacy development as well as the children’s
learning. This issue concerns with the growing trend
towards child’s assessment for program accountability.
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Issue 4: Teacher education
and professional
development
Issue 5: Home-school
connections
LEARNING ACTIVITY # 2
SELF-REFLECTION
This time, let us reflect on our current practice regarding the use of a range of teaching
strategies that enhance learner achievement in literacy and numeracy skills. Considering the key
concepts written below.
KNOWLEDGE
As a Beginning
Teacher, I know…
... a range of teaching
strategies to enhance
the learner achievement
in literacy and numeracy
skills.
Good reflection, it is your turn to reflect on your knowledge, skills and attitudes in relation to
the indicator. You may write it in the boxes below.
KNOWLEDGE
As a Beginning
Teacher, I know…
The diversity of
personal experiences of
my students can define
their different abilities
and advantages of given
literacies.
This implies that there are new strategies in measuring
the range or limit of child’s skills with the help of an
assessment.
 This issue focuses on the teacher’s expectation for
implementing a more challenging and effective
curriculum in language and literacies. It also deals with
the teacher’s awareness about his/her student’s range of
literacy. In order for them to widen the children’s
literacy more.
 This issue serves as the coordination of teachers and
parents about the children’s early literacy. This is where
the learning of child can be applied at home through
some activities. It shapes the early literacy development
of the child to further apply their literacies.
SKILLS ATTITUDES
As a Beginning As a Beginning
Teacher, I do… Teacher, I feel…
… use a range of teaching … that learners learn best
strategies to enhance learner and achieve more when
achievement in literacy and their literacy and numeracy
numeracy skills. basics are well established.
SKILLS ATTITUDES
As a Beginning As a Beginning
Teacher, I do… Teacher, I feel…
Various classroom Those learners become
activities that give my productive when the
students some activities I give
opportunities in order to encourage them to think
analyze and explore their beyond and apply their
own literacies. own literacies.
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Probing on Arts and Creativity Literacy: Please answer the following probing questions.
1. What is distinct about the arts in regard to teaching and learning?
 Arts can be performed through the way of creativeness while from teaching and learning,
it is more on identifying terms to fully understand the content. But regarding arts in
teaching and learning is that art is capable in teaching so that students may have the
characteristics of being creative.

2. What are the ways of knowing in the arts?

 Firstly, is getting interest in arts because it leads us to inspire ourselves and others. Then,
analyzing the ways and aesthetics of an art. Lastly, by applying what you have learned
about all aspects of art.

3. What does art literacy mean? When is a student art literate?

 Art literacy means by having artistic knowledge, exploring the knowledge of arts and
applying it to gain experience. You can say that a student can be an art literate if he/she is
engaging in some type of artwork like drawing, writing, reading and public speaking.

4. What modalities are used in the arts?

 Expressive modalities are usually used in arts. Generally speaking is by making any type
of designs in any sort of arts just like art of drawing, music, painting, sculpture and
writing.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

After exploring this package resources, you now have a better appreciation of the
indicator. Based on your professional reflection, think of ways on what you can do to further
enhance your knowledge, skills, and attitudes in this indicator.

Fill in the personal action plan below.

STRENGTHS DEVELOPMEN ACTION PLAN TIMELINE RESOURCE

T NEEDS What can you When will you NEEDED
What are the skills What are the skills recommend for your implement What assistance/
you are good at? you need to development your plan? resources do you
improve? intervention? need to
implement the plan?
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I am good at Possibly, I have I can look for I can implement I could look some
fixing problems to improve my seminars about my plan right resources in any
in computer teaching skills. teaching skills after graduating books of teaching.
systems. online. I can also as a teacher. I could also use
(Computer browse in the internet as my
Literate) internet the second source.
different teaching
styles and
strategies.

Reflection:

LEARNING ACTIVITY # 3
Reflection
After reading Mrs. Santos’ essay, reflect and answer the following questions:

a. What are some of the changes in Philippine society described by Mrs. Santos?
 A change in the Philippine society is all about the political changes in the Philippines. It
was started in Martial Law in 1970, Aquino’s Administration in 1980, and the People
Power in 1986.
 Economic changes, social changes, have been part of historic changes in the Philippine
Society.
 Technological changes are also arrived in the historic changes of the Philippine society. It
is termed as the modern way of living.
b. What would be the possible effects of these changes on 21st century education in the
Philippines?
 I think, there will be no possible effects may occur in these changes. It is because it’s just
a part of the history of the Philippines that provide a stronger foundation to face the
future events.

Try this activity on the Critical Attributes of 21st Century Education

How well did you learn the critical attributes of 21st century education in your own setting?
Let’s see as you work out this activity. For each critical attribute in Column 1, provide Suggested
Teaching and Learning Activities to Achieve the Attribute in Column 2. In Column 3, write the
word YES if you are currently doing these suggested activities in your school, and NO if you are
not. Item 8 has been done for you as an example.

Critical Attributes of 21st Are you currently

Century Education Suggested Teaching and Learning doing these
Activities to Achieve the Attribute suggested
activities in your
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school? (Yes/No)
1. Integrated and  Make the learners participate
Interdisciplinary into an experiment which
requires computations of
materials used. This will Yes
make them practice the
process of multi-tasking.

2. Technologies and  Assigned task with your

Multimedia learners to do their reports by
using Microsoft PowerPoint
and inserting GIF and audio
on it. This will enhance their Yes
literacy in computer and other
technology.

3. Global Classrooms  Give task to the learners that

they have to recite at least (3)
worldwide daily current
events. This can makes them Yes
aware about the happenings in
the world.

4. Creating/Adapting to  Assigning the learners to

Constant Personal and make a group that teaches the
Social Change, and out of school youth children Yes
Lifelong Learning in a particular place
5. Student-Centered  Giving the learners an action
plan about the cleanliness of
their Barangays. The action
plan serves as his/her
participation in his/her own Yes
place and gaining knowledge
and experience as well.

6. 21st Century Skills  Granting the learners to have

their OJT or on-the-job
training to master their skills.
This will help them to have Yes
experience in the field of
work.

7. Project-based and  Assigned the learners to have

Research-driven research paper, dissertations
and thesis that will guide
them to organize the data and Yes
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information and to boost their
decision making

8. Relevant, Rigorous, and Engage learners in collaborative

Real-world projects that will challenge them to
find ways in solving real-world Yes
problems, such as pollution, global
warming, drug addiction, and the
like.

LEARNING ACTIVITY # 4
Answer the following questions briefly and concisely:

1. Are there different skills within inference and deduction?

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2. How can pupils/students best be taught to use inference and deduction skills?

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3. What strategies are most effective in teaching inference and deduction skills to pupils/students of
different ages / abilities?

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4. What does progression in inference and deduction look like and how can it be supported?

To learn more about the strategy of Determining Importance, see Suggested Readings on the link listed
here. The Sample Lesson is “Find Important Information,”
(https://readingrecovery.clemson.edu/introduction-to-determining-importance/).

The Sample Lesson: Find Important Information

Before the Session: Read the Introduction to Determining Importance and Sample Lesson.

During the Session: Be sure that you have read the Introduction to Determining Importance, preferably
before attending the session.

Concluding the Session: Be sure to leave ready to implement new learning from the session.

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Self-Reflection: Answer the following questions:

1. What does the teacher do to set students up to be successful and engaged with the lesson?
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2. What is accomplished in modeling?

3. Do you think it’s helpful to continue adding interesting details to the anchor chart as well as important
information? Why or why not?

4. How might you adapt this lesson for your own students or for children at different grade levels?

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Activity To Do: To learn more about the strategies of Summarizing and Synthesizing, see SAMPLE
LESSON: Synthesize Our Thinking in Fiction , Introduction to Summarizing and Synthesizing and
Suggested Readings. Use Debbie Miller’s approach of modeling how her thinking changed from one part
of the story.  (https://readingrecovery. clemson.edu/summarize-and-synthesize/)