Enclosure 1 to Regional Memorandum No.

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ELEMENTS OF LRMDS LEARNING MODULE

A. Front Matter- COVER PAGE

1. Front Outside Cover Page

• It contains:
- Resource Title ( Lesson Title, Module - Learning Area, Quarter
Number)
- Cover Art
- Name of Developer
- DepEd identifier- Found at the bottom part of the front cover
identifying the material as DepED owned LR

1.1 Preliminary Pages

 Copyright Page
 Located at the back of the front inside cover
 Contains:
- Heading
- Publisher
- Copyright Notice, Year

 Preface
 Introduction
- Describes the material, the proprietorship and its purpose
 It contains:
- Date of Development
- Resource Location
- Learning Area
- Grade Level
- Learning Resource Type
- Language
- Quarter/Week
- Learning Competency/Code

 Acknowledgement
- Includes the list of the Division LRMDS Staff

 Table of Contents

B. Body Inside Page

1. Introduction

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  It contains instructions for the learner and for the facilitator on how to
use the module
 It contains learning objectives to be developed in a material.
 It introduces the topic/content of the module briefly.
 It uses the learner’s language and must be conversational.

2. Pre-assessment
 This is given to check what the learner knows about the lesson to
take.
 This shall contain instruction in whether to proceed or skip the
module:
- 100% correct – skip the module
- 50% to 99% correct – proceed with the module

 Test item-ranged shall be as follows:

Key Stage 1 : 5 items
Key Stage 2 : 10 items
Key Stage 3 : 15 items
Key Stage 4 : 15 items

3. Lesson Proper
 Review
- Connects the current lesson with the previous lesson by going
over concepts that were learned previously.
 Activity
- Introduces the new lesson through a story, an activity, a poem,
song, situation or an activity
 Discussion of the activity
- Questions that will help the learner discover and understand
the concept
- Questions shall be asked in a logical manner that lead to
formative assessment.
 Mini-lesson
- A brief discussion of the lesson
 Enrichment Activity
- Guided/Controlled Practice
- Guided/Controlled Assessment
- Independent Practice
- Independent Assessment

4. Generalization/ Summary of Learning

 A question, fill in the blank sentence/paragraph to process what the
learner learned from the lesson.

5. Application
 An activity that shall transfer the skills/knowledge gained or learned
into real-life concerns/situations.

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6. Post Assessment
 This evaluates the learner’s level of mastery in achieving the learning
objectives.
 The task given shall validate the concepts and provide more
opportunities to deepen the learning.
 Test item-range shall be as follows:
Key Stage 1: 5 items
Key Stage 2: 10 items
Key Stage 3: 15 items
Key Stage 4: 15 items

7. Additional Activity
 An activity in any form that can increase the strength of the response
and tends to induce repetitions of actions/learning.

C. Back Matter

1. Answer Key
 It contains answers to all the activities in the material.
 It shall be written upside down.

2. Reference
 It included all third party materials or sources in developing the
material.
 It follows Chicago Manual of Style.

3. Back Outside Cover

 Feedback Box
- Address
- Contact Number
- Office of the Management Team

ELEMENTS OF THE BODY OF ADM MODULE FOR GRADE LEVEL

Kindergarten

Label in the Module Label in the Module

Element
(English) (Filipino)
Introduction What I Need to Know Alamin
Learning Objectives
Pretest What I Know Subukin
Lesson Proper
Activity 1 What’s New Tuklasin
Discussion of What is It Suriin
Activity 1

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 Enrichment
Activities
Activity 1
Assessment 1
What’s More Pagyamanin
Activity 2
Assessment 2
Activity 3
Assessment 3
Generalization What I have Learned Isaisip
Application What I can do Isagawa

Grades 1 to 3

Label in the Label in the Module

Element
Module (English) (Filipino)
Introduction Learning What I Need to Alamin
objectives Know
Pretest What I Know Subukin
Lesson Proper
Review What’s In Balikan
Activity 1 What’s New Tuklasin
Discussion of Activity What is It Suriin
1
Enrichment Activities
Guided Activity 1
Assessment 1
Guided Activity 2
Independent Activity
What’s More Pagyamanin
1
Assessment 1
Independent Activity
2
Assessment 2
Generalization What I Have Isaisip
Learned
Application What I can do Isagawa
Assessment Assessment Tayahin
Additional Activities Additional Activities Karagdagang Gawain

Grades 4 to 12

Label in the Module Label in the Module

Element
(English) (Filipino)
Introduction What I Need to Know Alamin
Learning Objectives

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Pretest What I Know Subukin
Lesson Proper
Review What’s In Balikan
Activity 1 What’s New Tuklasin
Discussion of What is It Suriin
Activity 1
Enrichment
Activities
Activity 1
Assessment 1
What’s More Pagyamanin
Activity 2
Assessment 2
Activity 3
Assessment 3
Generalization What I Have Learned Isaisip
Application What I can do Isagawa
Assessment Assessment Tayahin
Additional Activities Additional Activities Karagdagang Gawain
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

A. Page Design and Layout

1. Page Set up

Grade Level Paper Orientation Margin Format Ideal

Number of
size
Pages
(Body)
Kindergarten A4 Landscape Top: Mirror 4 pages
1” Margins
Bottom:
1”
Inside:
1”
Outside:
1”
Grades 1 to 2 A4 Portrait Top: Mirror 4 pages
Grades 3 to 6 8 pages
1” Margins
Grades 7 to 16 pages
Bottom:
12
1”
Inside:
1”

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 Outside:
1”
*Number of pages from Title Page to Reference shall be divisible by 8 or 16

2. Front Matter-Cover Page

2.1 Front Outside Cover

 Background color of the learning module shall be white.

Entry Font Type Font Size Other Details

Resource Title A serif or san 35-45 pt, Position: aligned at
serif typeface Boldface the center top part
with large x- of the cover art
height, open
Subject Area, Grade 24 pt Position: after the
counters,
Level resource title
contrast, good
20 pt
linkage,
uniform
Quarter
proportion
Cover art/photo N/A N/A Position: Center of the
cover page
Name of Developer Arial, boldface 20 pt, Position: after the
Boldface, resource Identifier
UPPERCASE
Subhead: Developer Arial 20 pt Position: after the
name of developer
DepEd identifier Arial 14 pt Position: after the
name of Developer

2.2 Back Outside Cover

Entry Font Type Font Size Other Details

Feedback Note Arial 12 pt Position: at the bottom

center part of the page

Box Size: 5.67” x 2.12”

with rounded corners

Box border: 1.5 pt

Background color: white

Front Color: Black

Logo & Name of Donor Position: Bottom left

(In case funds for part of the back cover
printing are donated below the feedback

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 by an NGO or LGU) note

2.3 Preliminary Pages

a. Copyright Page
Entry Font Type Font Size Other Details

Heading Arial 12 pt Center

Published by 12 pt Center

Copyright Notice 12 pt Flush left

Title: 14pt Bold Center

face, UPPERCASE

b. Preface
Entry Font Type Font Size Other Details

Preface Arial 14 pt , Bold face, Center

Uppercase

Body/Contents 12 pt Justified

c. Acknowledgement
Entry Font Type Font Size Other Details

Acknowledgement Arial 14 pt , Bold face, Center

Uppercase

Body/Contents 12 pt Justified

Division LRMS 12 pt, Boldface Center

Staff,
Consultants

Name of Staff 12 pt,

UPPERCASE
Position of Staff

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 12 pt Capitalized
Each Word

d. Table of Contents

Entry Font Type Font Size Other Details

Table of Arial 14 pt, Bold face, Center

Contents UPPERCASE

Body/Contents 12 pt, Flushed left

Capitalized Each
Word

B. Body Text Specifications

1. Typography

Grade Level Recommended Font Size Art-to-

Font-Family (Body Text) Text
Ratio

K to Grade 1 Alfabeto Text 16 pt 65% : 35%

Century Gothic Heads 20 to 30 pt
(except Sub Heads 16 to 18
for “?” symbol)
pt
(body text flushed
left/ragged right to avoid
hyphenations)

Grade Level Recommended Font Size Art-to-

Font-Family (Body Text) Text
Ratio

Grade 2 Arial Text 16 pt 60% : 40%

Times New Roman Heads 20 to 30 pt
Bookman Old Style Sub Heads 16 to 18
(body text Justified) pt

Grade 3 Text 14 pt 50% : 50%

Heads 18 to 28 pt
Sub Heads 14 to 16
pt

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 Grade 4 Text 14 pt 40% : 60%
Heads 18 to 28 pt
Sub Heads 14 to 16
pt

Grades 5 to Text 11 to 12 pt 30% : 70%

12 Heads 15 to 24 pt
Sub Heads 11 to 13
pt

2. Other Specifications of the Body Text

a. Leading space shall be at 1.15 points.

b. Spaces between subtitles and paragraphs shall be two (2) points.
c. Pages shall be complete and properly sequenced.
d. There shall be no overprinting / double printing.
e. Text line for K to 3 shall be justified.
f. Beginning page for JHS and SHS shall be consistent on the right or
left- hand page.
g. Answer key shall be upside-down on the inside-back cover and shall
be written in font size 9.
h. Body text
 K to 3 shall be flushed to the left; ragged right
 Grades 4 to 12 – justified
i. Page number shall be centered at the bottom of the page.
j. Citations for graphics and visuals shall be on the same page.
k. There shall be no just one word or half a word on paragraph endings.
l. Inside pages shall 1082 be in Arabic numerals.
m. Pages shall not end with hyphenated word or awkward page turn.
n. Pages shall be of the same length.
o. The last page of the manuscript shall occupy at least half of the text
area.
p. There shall be at least two (2) lines of the text below a text head at the
foot of the page.

C. 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

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 and context of the learners.
4. Illustrations shall clarify and/or enhance concepts.
5. Illustrations and visuals shall be gender and culture sensitive.
6. Cover art shall be original and simple.
7. Cover art shall be appropriate to the age, grade level and culture of the
learners.
8. Cover art shall have elements such as colors, artwork and title.
9. Title written in the cover art shall convey the theme of the book and must
be
interesting to the leader. Also;
a. Illustrations shall face toward the page gutter.
b. Illustrations shall not be divided into two (2) pages or placed in
between the gutter of the learning resource.
c. Scanned illustration shall be saved in JPEG, PNG or TIF.
d. Illustrations shall use line-art in single color (preferably black) and
there shall be no shading effect other than hatching, cross hatching
and stipple shading.
e. Illustrations shall be near to the actual size of the requirement of the
writer.
f. Enlarging and resizing a raster illustration shall not be more than
once.
g. A right balance between filled and empty space and the proportion of
illustration to text shall be created.
h. Cropping in the joints like neck, shoulder, knee and elbow shall be
avoided.
i. Illustrations and visuals shall be attractive and appealing.
j. Illustrations and visuals shall sustain consistency of style, color, size
and angle throughout the manuscript.
k. Illustrations shall be correct, original, realistic, simple, clear and
recognizable.
l. 2. Illustrations and visuals shall be properly labeled and captioned.
m. Illustrations shall have appropriate and complete details such as
color.
n. For K to 3, illustrations of people, animals, places and objects shall be
complete.
o. Illustrations and visuals shall be original. Permit to use copyrighted
illustrations and visuals shall be secured before using it.
p. Illustrations shall not be a modification of an illustration from other
source.
q. The use of photocopied, scanned published illustrations, screen
captured illustrations are prohibited.
r. Flatbed scanner shall be used for manually drawn illustration.

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 s. Manually drawn-illustration shall be scanned in 300 to 600 dpi in
actual size to capture all the details of the illustration and to produce
quality scan.
t. Illustrations shall be framed only when necessary. Thinner lines shall
be used for the frames than that of the illustrations.
u. Local pictures and artworks shall be validated and approved by the
ethnic community.
v. Texts that are superimposed in the illustration shall be spelled out.
w. Callouts shall be used to emphasize important parts of the
illustration.
x. Brief, consistent, and relevant file name shall be used to save similar
artwork files in one manuscript.
y. Digital illustration shall be saved in PSD layered file, SVG, JPEG, PNG
or TIF.

D. Paper and Binding

Properties In-house Reproduction Printer

(Procured/Supplier)

Paper Size paper size used on paper size used on

layout layout
(A4) (A4)

Paper Thickness 70 – 80 gsm 70 gsm (BP)

(Basis Weight)

Binding Staple (triple) with Saddle stich

with PVC or duct tape

Cover Acetate or Plastic Folder Foldcote No. 12 (FC#12)

(4 color) with lamination
(UV coating)

Inside 1 color/4 color 1 color/4 color

E. Digital File Management

a. Learning Module shall be encoded using Microsoft Word (at least
version 97-
2003).

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 b. There shall be one digital file per module or learning competency.

c. Each module file shall be named following this format:

learning area with grade level_quarter number_module number

lessson title_version number

Example: science8_q1_mod1_natureofbiology_v1

d. The draft manuscript ready for external review shall be version 1 of

the module.

e. Ready to print module shall be stored as doc and pdf files.

STYLE GUIDE
DepEd Style Guide is a set of guidelines and standards for writing,
organizing, and designing (formatting) any kind of learning resources for
publication.

To style learning resources written in English, the following references

shall be used:

a. For basic style concerns: the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of
Style
(CMOS) by the University of Chicago Press;
b. For grammar and style concerns: the latest edition of Elements of
Style by
William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White;
c. For spelling and word division: latest edition of Merriam-Webster
International
Dictionary of the English Language (unabridged); and
d. For in-text citations and reference lists: sixth edition of the 16th
Edition of the
e. Chicago Manual of Style.

To style learning resources written in Filipino, the grammar rules and

standards set by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, as directed by
Kautusang Pangkagawaran No. 34, series 2013 (Ortograpiyang Pambansa)
and Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino.

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REFERENCES

Alternative Delivery Mode Learning Resource Standards as of October 16,

2019.

LRMDS Framework version 2. 2010

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 Lesson Title

Subject Area, Grade Level

Quarter

Cover Art/Photo

Name of Developer

DepEd Identifier

Figure 1: Sample Cove Page

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 Heading

Publisher

Copyright Notice and Year

Figure 2: Sample Copyright Page

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 Heads

Body Text

Subheads are indented.

Pagination: Bottom, Center

Figure 3: Sample Table of Contents

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 This is the recommended label in the Module for
the Introduction. Kindly refer to Page 4.

Subhead

Pagination: Bottom, Center

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 (Heads) This is the recommended label in the Module
for the Review for the Lesson Proper.

(Heads) This is the recommended label in the Module

for the Activity for the Lesson Proper.

(Heads This is the recommended label in the Module for

the Discussion of the Activity for the Lesson Proper.

Body text

Figure 5: Sample Body Inside Page for the Lesson Proper

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(Heads) This is the recommended label in the Module
for the Generalization.

Body text

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