Category: Pre-School and Grade School

Promotes pupils’ character development and establishes their value system!

• Primarily aims at building pupils good character, teaching them to judge and do what is right
• Emphasizes operative values or values in action, aiming to transform values into virtues and virtues into character through numerous activities
• Follows an integrated format in character development which is a fusion of three interrelated parts—moral knowing, moral feeling, and moral behavior—involving habits of the mind, heart, and action
• Develops among pupils universal values such as cleanliness, kindness, patience, love for the family, care for other people, and courtesy and respect
• Promotes nationalism/patriotism and anchors lessons on treasured Filipino traditions and customs
• Includes lessons on strengthening faith in and love for God
• Provides pupils with opportunities to validate their own value system as they interact with their classmates and express their opinions, views, and reactions to certain situations

COMPONENTS

• Worktext features exciting sections patterned after an effective teaching flow for good manners and right conduct.
• Teachers Guide features creative teaching strategies in GMRC that are interesting, enhancing, and fulfilling. It includes the text of the listening stories in the worktext. It showcases the following components: objectives, subject matter, materials needed, teaching notes, procedure (i.e., motivation, lesson proper, practice, application, and conclusion), materials/activities for reinforcement and enrichment, and answer key. It features a special section called Word to the Teacher which offers teaching tips, reminders, and strategies.

Promotes pupils’ character development and establishes their value system!

• Worktext. Various features are provided to develop and enhance pupil’s mathematical skills in every level. Every lesson in the series contains the following:
• Lesson Target—A clear statement of what the pupils are expected to achieve at the end of the lesson
• Did You Know That—Bits of information on a wide range of topics that may be used as springboard in the development of the lesson and provides integration of the lesson with other subject areas
• Think and Share—A comprehensive discussion of the concepts and skills complete with illustrative examples
• Math Ideas—A summary of the key concepts discussed in the lesson
• Guided Practice—Drill exercises meant to be solved by the pupils with the teacher’s assistance and designed to reinforce the concepts discussed and to prepare the pupils to work independently
• Think and Answer—Drill exercises and problems that must be done by the pupils with little or no assistance and designed to enrich the learnings from the previous sections
• Think Ahead—Challenging problems or enjoyable activities designed to develop pupil’s higher order thinking skills.

• Math Buddies is a worktext series made to serve as an excellent companion of our 21st century learners as they journey through grade school mathematics. This worktext series aims to make learning math exciting, enjoyable, and meaningful to ALL learners through its LEARN stride (Look, Explore, Apply, Reinforce, Nurture).The lessons in this series are presented in a conversational manner, making math reachable and more understandable to all pupils. It also features various activities addressing students’ diverse interests and abilities, at the same time helping them achieve mastery of the required competencies for each level.
• Math Buddies worktext series is from Grade 1 to Grade 6. It also has complete learning guide with answer key, curriculum map, and teacher’s resource CD for each level.

• Totally based (100%) on the K to 12 DepEd math curriculum guide
• Components of the best-selling and award-winning Realistic Math grade school series (1st to 3rd editions)
• Twin goals of the teaching of mathematics in the basic education levels, namely, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, as addressed by the series
• Development of the following specific skills and processes in the learners:
• Knowing and Understanding
• Estimating, Computing, and Solving
• Visualizing and Modeling
• Representing and Communicating
• Making Conjectures, Reasoning, Proving, and Decision-making
• Applying and Connecting
• Numbers and Number Sense, Measurement, Geometry, Patterns and Algebra, and Statistics and Probability, as areas of mathematical learning presented in the series
• Development of the following values and attitudes: Accuracy, Creativity, Perseverance, and Productivity
• Conformity with the following learning principles and theories: Experiential Learning, Cooperative Learning, Learner-centeredness, and Self/Guided Discovery, among others

Science for Active Learning is engaged learning by allowing students to perform authentic, interactive, collaborative, inquiry-based, and strategic activities.

SAL addresses the challenges of the K to 12 science curriculum. It highlights the development of science skills to prepare students for life as citizens of a global community driven by Science and Technology (Science for Citizenship). It equips students with knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to help them acquire, evaluate, and use information to understand nature, solve problems, and make informed decisions.

• Focused and integrated gradual development of science process skills from grade 1 to grade 6
• Varied strategies to assess learning (formative and summative) highlighting science skills
• Authentic, collaborative, and inquiry-based learning experiences such as Design and Technology, Investigatory Study, and Project-based Learning, among others.
• Metacognitive questions to assess own learning
• Making connections to entrepreneurship, environment, culture, technology, society, among others

• The Filipino Odyssey is an interactive and integrative textbook series for Social Studies in grade school that will guide the students as they discover their Filipino identity.
• The series aims to respond to the Learning Area Standards prescribed by the Department of Education’s K to 12 Curriculum for Social Studies. Students are expected to show understanding of concepts about people, groups, communities, and societies—how they lived and have been living, how they relate to one another, how they interact with their surroundings, and what their culture and beliefs are—They will learn how people form an identity as Filipinos, as persons, as citizens of our country, and as citizens of the world; understand society with the use of research skills, analytical skills, and informed decision-making skills creativity, critical thinking skills, social skills, human resource skills, and communication skills.
• The themes, activities, and exercises in this series are appropriate for the students’ age, abilities, and interests make learning meaningful, relevant, timely, enjoyable, and engaging to the students, and help them develop critical and analytical thinking. Relationships between the lessons and the different subject areas, especially Arts, Music, Physical Education, and others, are explored to make learning more meaningful and relevant. The series responds to changes and also contains relevant information and timely data and statistics.

COMPONENTS

• Worktext facilitates an experiential, interactive, interdisciplinary, and values-laden civics and culture program that develops pupils into responsible, active, and productive citizens. Encourages reflective thinking and critical understanding through a journal- writing activity at the end of every lesson and thought-provoking questions in the Unit Reflections section featured in each unit.
• Teachers Guide offers a variety of teaching and learning strategies that encourage pupils’ active participation in learning, e.g., singing, dancing, role-playing, group discussion, case study, public forum, and interview.

• Offers an up-to-date and comprehensive study of civics and culture, history, and geography
• Deepens pupils’ knowledge and consciousness of their historical roots, identity as a people, rich culture, and geography
• Acquaints pupils with their rights and duties as well as responsibilities as Filipinos
• Exhibits sensitivity in dealing with the Muslim culture and indigenous peoples, gender relationships, and history from a Filipino perspective
• Touches on peace, environmental, and human rights education
• Promotes the values of environmental protection, justice, compassion, and hope while linking well-being with civics and culture
• Values the sacrifices of the Filipino ancestors and draws inspirations from the Filipino heroes’ struggles for freedom, justice, and independence
• Includes engaging stories that magnify the human-interest side of history
• Discusses the different issues, ideas, and problems faced by the Philippine society.

• Batayan at Sanayang Aklat o Worktext

Ang mga aralin sa seryeng Lunday ay nahahati sa apat na yunit. Itinatampok sa mga aralin para sa bawat yunit ang bahaging nagtatanong: Ano ang Kailangan Kong Malaman? Ang teksto, ang larawan, at mga tanong para maunawaan ang aralin ay sinusundan ng mga pagsasanay na dapat sagutin bilang Ebidensiya ng Natutuhan. Nagtatapos ang paglalahad sa pamamagitan ng maikling Buod ng Aralin. Nakatutulong sa pagpapahalaga sa nilalaman ng aklat na ito ang pagbabalik-aral sa mga pamagat ng aralin. Nagsisilbing kongklusyon o patnubay sa pagbubuo ng mahahalagang impresyong tatatak sa isipan ang mga pamagat na ito.

• Teachers Wraparound Edition o Learning Guide

Bawat isang batayang aklat ng seryeng Lunday ay may kaparehang Teachers Wraparound Edition o Learning Guide. Nakapaloob dito ang mga layunin, kagamitan, estratehiya sa paglalahad ng aralin, at gayundin ang mga mungkahing pagsusulit para mataya kung hanggang saan ang naunawaan at kung paano mailalapat sa tunay na buhay ang mga natutuhan ng mga mag-aaral. Ang mga karagdagang impormasyong mababasa sa Teachers Wraparound Edition o Learning Guide ay lalong makagaganyak sa guro at mga mag- aaral na magsikap para lalong umunlad ang kalagayan sa buhay.

Kinakatawan ng pangalan ng serye ang isang sisidlan o sentrong kinaroroonan ng yamang materyal ng mga taong pinag-isa ng layuning kanilang itinataguyod.

MGA KOMPONENT

• Batayan at Sanayang Aklat o Worktext Ang mga aralin sa seryeng Lunday ay nahahati sa apat na yunit. Itinatampok sa mga aralin para sa bawat yunit ang bahaging nagtatanong: Ano ang Kailangan Kong Malaman? Ang teksto, ang larawan, at mga tanong para maunawaan ang aralin ay sinusundan ng mga pagsasanay na dapat sagutin bilang Ebidensiya ng Natutuhan. Nagtatapos ang paglalahad sa pamamagitan ng maikling Buod ng Aralin. Nakatutulong sa pagpapahalaga sa nilalaman ng aklat na ito ang pagbabalik-aral sa mga pamagat ng aralin. Nagsisilbing kongklusyon o patnubay sa pagbubuo ng mahahalagang impresyong tatatak sa isipan ang mga pamagat na ito.
• Teachers Wraparound Edition o Learning Guide Bawat isang batayang aklat ng seryeng Lunday ay may kaparehang Teachers Wraparound Edition o Learning Guide. Nakapaloob dito ang mga layunin, kagamitan, estratehiya sa paglalahad ng aralin, at gayundin ang mga mungkahing pagsusulit para mataya kung hanggang saan ang naunawaan at kung paano mailalapat sa tunay na buhay ang mga natutuhan ng mga mag-aaral. Ang mga karagdagang impormasyong mababasa sa Teachers Wraparound Edition o Learning Guide ay lalong makagaganyak sa guro at mga mag-aaral na magsikap para lalong umunlad angkalagayan sa buhay.

• Alinsunod sa K to 12 Kurikulum
• Paggalang sa mag-aaral: Naglalahad ang aklat ng mga kaalaman, larawan, gawain, at mga tanong na nagsasaalang-alang sa mga katangian, pangangailangan, kakayahan, at interes ng mag-aaral ayon sa kanyang gulang at kulturang kinagisnan.
• Nakatutok ang programa sa kabuoang pag-unlad ng mag-aaral: Patnubay sa pagpili at pagsusunod-sunod ng mga tema at aralin sa bawat baitang ang lahat ng aspektong bumubuo sa paglaki at pag-unlad ng isang tao habang kinikilala ang bahaging ginagampanan ng pamilya, kapaligiran, at kultura ng pamayanang kinalakihan ng mag-aaral.
• Gumagamit ng mga pagsasanay sa pagsukat ngkabuoang pag-unlad ng mag-aaral: Hindi para lamang sa pagtaya ng academic achievement ng mag-aaral ang mga pagsusulit sa aklat. Ang resulta ng mga pagsusulit ay para matukoy ang mga aspektong kailangan pang paunlarin para maging buo ang personalidad ng mga mag-aaral.
• Gumagamit ng mga pagsasanay sa pagsukat ng kabuoang pag-unlad ng mag-aaral: Hindi para lamang sa pagtaya ng academic achievement ng mag-aaral ang mga pagsusulit sa aklat. Ang resulta ng mga pagsusulit ay para matukoy ang mga aspektong kailangan pang paunlarin para maging buo ang personalidad ng mga mag-aaral.
• Bahagi ng isang continuum ang mga aralin mula kinder hanggang baitang 6: Papalawak, magkakaugnay, at konstruktibo batay sa mga naging karanasan ng mag-aaral ang mga kaalaman, kasanayan, at pagpapahalaga o values na nililinang sa bawat baitang. Makikita ang spiral progression ng mga aralin sa tulong ng isang matrix o grid na nagpapakita sa vertical at horizontal alignment o pagkakaugnay-ugnay ng mga aralin mula kinder hanggang baitang 6.
• Malinaw at tiyak ang mga inaasahang bunga ng pagkatuto sa bawat baitang: Magkakaugnay, malinaw, at papataas ayon sa baitang na kinauukulan ang mga pamantayang itinakda para sa mga pangkalahatan at mga kaugnay na tema sa mga araling napapaloob sa bawat isang aklat. Sa tulong ng mga gawaing instruksiyonal, mga kagamitan, at mahahalagang tanong, matataya kapwa ng guro at ng mag-aaral kung gaano ang natutuhan at kung hanggang saan naabot ang mga pamantayang pangnilalaman (content standards) at pamantayan sa pagganap (performance standards) na itinakda para sa mga paksang-aralin.

Serye ng mga aklat sa Wikang Filipino mula preschool hanggang ikaanim na baitang na pinag- uugnay ang Wika at Pagbasa upang magkaroon ng kabuoan ang pagtuturo ng mga kasanayan sa Sining ng Komunikasyon!
MGA KOMPONENT

• Worktext—Inihanda ang mga aralin sa batayang aklat upang ang pag-aaral ng wikang Filipino ay maging madali, kawili-wili, at mapanghamon. Inaangkop din ang mga aralin sa mga layunin at tungkulin ng isang responsableng mamamayang Pilipino.
• Patnubay ng Guro—Naglalaman ng iba’t ibang estratehikong pamamaraan sa pagtuturo. Nakapaloob din ang mga karagdagang kaalaman at mga sagot sa mga pagsasanay upang maging gabay ng guro sa pagtataya ng pagkatuto ng mga mag-aaral.

• Binigyang-diin ang pinakamahalagang dahilan ng pag-aaral ng wika—ang magamit ito sa komunikasyon!
• Isinasaalang-alang ng Bigkis na may iba’t ibang wika sa bansa kaya’t lahat ng mga aralin ay nagsisimula sa Kasanayang Pangkomunikasyon—binibigyan ng bahaging ito ng pagkakataon ang mga mag-aaral na magamit ang wikang Filipino upang maipahayag ang kanilang kaisipan at damdamin sa mahusay at malayang paraan
• Ginawang batayan ang tungkulin ng wika (language functions) at ang mga gawi ng pakikipag-usap (speech behavior) sa pagbuo ng mga aralin sa pakikinig, pagsasalita, pagbasa, at pagsulat.
• Naglalaman din ng mga pagsasanay na lumilinang sa mga kasanayang pantalasalitaan, pang-unawa, at pambalarila
• Nakabatay ang Bigkis sa paniniwalang ang mga mag-aaral ay may magkakaibang lebel ng karanasan, kakayahan, at kahandaan sa pagkatuto kaya’t inilatag ang mga aralin sa paraang makatutugon sa iba’t ibang intelektuwal na pangangailangan hindi lamang ang mga batang linear ang estilo ng pag-iisip kundi pati na ang mga mag-aaral na global na madaling matuto sa pamamagitan ng larawan, aksiyon, awit, atbp
• Hitik sa mga pagpapahalaga, saloobin, at napapanahong pangangailangan ng bansa tulad ng pagiging makatao, makabansa, makakalikasan, at maka-Diyos.