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productive learning and assessment.

Your task as a student teacher is vital in assisting your Cooperating Teacher (CT) to search
appropriate instructional materials. The activity will build your competency in choosing
instructional materials that meet the needs of the individual learners

Prepares FS 2 Student for PPST: Your intended learning Outcome:

Domain: Curriculum and Planning Search for appropriate and

Strand: Teaching and learning resources including ICT effective instructional materials.
Your Experiental Task Your Reflection Trigger
1.1 Exposure
Examine instructional Materials from the
School’s Resources or through Technology or
Digital Resources

1.2 Participation
Identifying the Purposes of Instructional
Materials

1.3 identification
Considering the Different Principles in Selecting
instructional Materials  Why should a teacher spend time in searching for
appropriate instructional materials?
1.4 internalization
Applying Guidelines in Selecting Instructional A teacher must spend time in searching for
Materials appropriate instructional materials to meet the
interests and needs of the learners from different
1.5 Dissemination
learning skills. To enhance conceptual
Presenting Appropriate Instructional Materials understanding, to engage in higher order thinking
“Better This Time” skills and to become fair. It is to maintain the
quality of the instructional materials for effective
learning.
 1.1 EXPOSURE
Examining Instructional Materials from the School’s
Resources or through Technology or Digital Resources

One of the things that your Cooperating Teacher (CT) needs assistance from you is your skill in
searching for instructional materials. Your CT will give you a list of instructional materials he/she needs
in a particular lesson or lessons. You may also be requested to search for information or do PowerPoint
presentation for instructional materials generated from the internet.
Request a copy of your CT’s learning plan of his/her subject and look at the learning objectives as
your guide in searching for his/her needed Instructional materials.
Make a checklist of the sources where you can get the appropriate Instructional materials for your
assigned subject/s.

Subject School List of Technology or Website and short

Resources Materials, Digital Description of the
and Short Resources Instructional Materials
Description
Example
Araling
Panlipunan Library Book on the On-line https://www.onthegotours.com
Different The Official Seven New
Wonders of the Wonders of the World
World with  Man-made Wonders
description/s  Nature’s Wonders
Filipino Library On-line

Filipino Library

Filipino Library

Filipino Library
 1.2 PARTICIPATION
Identifying the Purposes of the Instructional Materials

The importance of producing instructional materials is to facilitate the teaching-learning process.

The essence is not to use instructional materials as objects of decoration but instructional
materials must be utilized for an effective, meaningful, and interactive teaching-learning
engagements.
As you assist your CT in searching for needed instructional materials consider the following
purposes why teachers use instructional materials in teaching.
Purposes of the Utilization of the Instructional Materials
 The instructional materials capture the learner’s interest.
 The instructional materials contribute in the realization of the learning objectives.
 The instructional materials motivate the learners to be engaged in the teaching learning
process.
 The instructional materials contribute in making difficult concepts easy to understand.
 The instructional materials afford degree of retention of concept abstract ideas or make
concepts realistic to the learners.
 The instructional materials afford degree of retention of concepts or ideas.
 The instructional materials make learning more real and meaningful.
 The instructional materials stimulate self- activity on the part of the learners.
The instructional materials address different learning styles and needs of the learners.
 1.3 IDENTIFICATION
Considering the Different Principles in Selecting Instructional Materials

While searching for your CT’s instructional materials, make yourself guided by the following
principles in selecting instructional materials (Buno, 2004).
Check whether what you have searched adhere to the given principles.

Yes No
a. Principle of Appropriate (appropriate to the intended learning objectives
and level of the learners.
b. Principle of Authenticity (present, accurate, up to date and dependable
information)
c. Principle of Cost ( economical and easy to manipulate )
d. Principle of Interest (power to encourage creativity and imaginative
response among the learners )
e. Principle of Organization and Balance (clarity and in accordance with
the principles of learning such as reinforcement or transfer.)

REEXAMINING YOUR ASSISTING TASK:

In assisting your CT to search for appropriate instructional materials what

problems have you encountered as regards the principles to apply in the selection of
instructional materials?
 1.4 INTRENALIZATION
Applying Guidelines in Selecting Instructional Materials

As you search for your Cooperating Teacher’s needed instructional materials, fill out the table to
serve as your guide in searching and preparing instructional resources.

Year Learning Subject Purpose for the Possible

level Objectives Matter Instructional Instructional
Materials Resources
 1.5 DISSEMINATION
Presenting Appropriate Instructional Materials- “Better This Time”.

1. Guided by the learning objectives of the subject matter given to you, provide your
Cooperating Teacher with the list of resources that you have searched.

Subject Matter Learning Objectives List of Resources

 2. Write your short reflection on how teaching a certain lesson can be better because the
teacher uses appropriate instructional materials.

No. 1
Growth Portfolio Entry

Teaching is Better This Time

( Subject/ Lesson)
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 ASSESSMENT

For Use of the FS Program Coordinator

Criterion: Depth of Understanding

Rubric
Score Description

91-100 Reflection shows evidence of exemplary understanding of the

principles and guidelines in searching for appropriate instructional
materials.

81-90 Reflection shows evidence of adequate understanding of the

principles and guidelines in searching for appropriate instructional
materials.

71-80 Reflection shows minimal understanding of the principles and

guidelines in searching for appropriate instructional materials.

61-70 Reflection shows difficulty in understanding the principles and

guidelines in searching for appropriate instructional materials.

51-60 Reflection shows a need for substantial guidance in in

understanding the principles and guidelines in searching for
appropriate instructional materials.

Rating for LE 1:

Signature of FS Program Coordinator