A presentation on the general elements of SLMs being made and used by teachers in SDO-City of San Fernando (La Union)

1. General Elements of
Self-Learning Modules
Presented by:
JOEY F. VALDRIZ
Department of Education
Region I
Schools Division Office – City of San Fernando, La Union
SAN FERNANDO SOUTH CENTRAL INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Tanqui, City of San Fernando, La Union
Mid-Year In-Service Training (INSET) Week
December 14-19, 2020
Teacher III

2. I. Cover Page
II. Title Page
III. Guide and Tips
IV. Body Parts
A. Design and Layout
B. Typographical Organization
V. References
VI. Development Team
Format of Self-Learning Modules given by SDO – City of San Fernando (La Union)
to its teachers assigned as module writers for School Year 2020-2021

3. Grade Indicator
DepEd Entry
Learning Subject Area
Quarter / Module / Week / Lesson
Title
SDO Entry
Violator
Note: No page number

4. Grade Indicator
Learning Subject Area
Quarter / Module / Week / Lesson
Title
MELCs
DepEd Entry
Note: page number i

5. Guide for the Parents
Guide for the Learner
Health Tips

7. Grades 1 to 3
LABEL IN THE MODULE
(English)
LABEL IN THE MODULE
(Filipino)
LABEL IN THE MODULE
(Iloco)
What I Need to Know Alamin Ammuen
What I Know Subukin Padasen
What’s In Balikan Sublianan
What’s New Tuklasin Takuaten
What Is It Suriin Amirisen
What’s More Pagyamanin Pasingkedan
What I Have Learned Isaisip Tandaanan
What I Can Do Isagawa Aramiden
Assessment Tayahin Tingitingen
Additional Activities Karagdagang Gawain Nayon nga Aramiden

8. Grades 4 to 12
ELEMENT LABEL IN THE MODULE
(English)
LABEL IN THE MODULE
(Filipino)
Introduction What I Need to Know Alamin
Pretest What I Know Subukin
Review What’s In Balikan
Activity 1 What’s New Tuklasin
Discussion of Activity 1 What Is It Suriin
Enrichment Activities What’s More Pagyamanin
Generalization What I Have Learned Isaisip
Application What I Can Do Isagawa
Assessment Assessment Tayahin
Additional Activities Additional Activities Karagdagang Gawain

9. What I Need to Know
This will give the learner an idea of
the skills or competencies he or
she is expected to learn in the
module.

10. What I Know
This part includes an activity that
aims to check what a learner
already knows about the lesson to
take. If the learner gets all the
answers correct (100%), he or she
may decide to skip this module.

11. What’s In
This is a brief drill or review to help
the learner link the current lesson
with the previous one.

12. What’s New
In this portion, the new lesson will
be introduced to the learner in
various ways; a story, a song, a
poem, a problem opener, an activity
or a situation.

13. What is It
This section provides a brief
discussion of the lesson. This aims
to help the learner discover and
understand new concepts and skills.

14. What’s More
This comprises activities for
independent practice to solidify the
learner’s understanding and skills of
the topic. The learner may check
the answers to the exercises using
the Answer Key at the end of the
module.

15. What I Have Learned
This includes questions or blank
sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
process what the learner learned
from the lesson.

16. What I Can Do
This section provides an activity
which will help the learner transfer
his or her new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

17. Assessment
This is a task which aims to evaluate
the learner’s level of mastery in
achieving the learning competency.

18. Additional Activities
In this portion, another activity will
be given to the learner to enrich his
or her knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned.

19. Design and Layout
Consistency of elements
- Main heads, Subheads
- Sections, Subsections
Simple

20. Typographical Organization
General Technical Specification
Grade
Level
Typography Text Heads Subheads
Line
Spacing
Alignment
K to 1 Alfabeto
“I”, “J”, “q”
and “?” Be
changed to
Century
Gothic
Century
Gothic
16 pt 30-20
pt, bold
18-16 pt 1.5
Flushed left
/ ragged
right
2 16 pt 30-20
pt, bold
18-16 pt 1.5
3 14 pt 28-18
pt, bold
16-14 pt 1.5
4 14 pt 28-18
pt, bold
16-14 pt 1.5
Justified
5 to 12 Arial, Times
New Roman
11-12 pt 24-15
pt, bold
13-11 pt 1.5

21. Typographical Organization
Page Properties
Size Orientation Margin
A4
(8.27” x 11.69”)
Portrait
Top: 1”
Bottom: 1”
Left: 1”
Right: 1”

22. Typographical Organization
Art-to-Text Ratio
Grade Level Ratio
K to 1 65% : 35%
2 60% : 40%
3 50% : 50%
4 40% : 60%
5 to 12 30% : 70%
Art to text ratio for SHS
depends on the context
being developed

23. Page number is at the bottom center of the page.
ELEMENTS OF SLM PAGE
I. Cover page no page number
II. Title page page i
III. Guide and Tips page ii
Overview of the Parts and
Corresponding Icons
page iii
IV. Body Part start at page 1
V. References no page number
VI. Development Team no page number
Key Answer no page number

24. Number of pages for 1 SLM: 37 pages
ELEMENTS NUMBER OF PAGES
I. Cover page 1
II. Title page 1
III. Guide and Tips 1
IV. Body Parts Min. of 16 / maximum of 32
V. References 1
VI. Development Team 1
Note: Reference Page and
Development Team page can
be combined as 1 page

25. The references should be in the proper format.
Book:
Oronce, O. A. (2015). E-Math 10. Rex Book Store, Inc.
Oronce, O. A. & Mendoza, M.O. (2015). E-Math 10. Rex Book
Store, Inc.
Webpage:
Equation of a Circle. (n.d.). Varsity Tutors. Retrieved December 15,
2020, from https://www.varsitytutors.com/hotmath/hotmath_help/
topics/equation-of-a-circle

26. The Reference
page and the
Development
Team page may be
combined in a
single page.
No. writer’s profile.

27. Icons and illustrations should face inside the
page.
Pictures are set in grayscale.