Mechanics on the Utilization

of Textbooks as Last Recourse

in Distance Learning Modality
A textbook is a collection of knowledge, concepts, and
principles of a selected topic or course. It's usually written
by one or more teachers, college professors, or education
experts who are authorities in a specific field. Most
textbooks are accompanied by teacher guides, which
provide you with supplemental teaching materials, ideas,
and activities to use throughout the academic year.

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When thinking about how you want to use textbooks, consider the following:

• Use the textbook as a resource for students, but not the only resource.

• Use a textbook as a guide, not a mandate, for instruction.

• Be free to modify, change, eliminate, or add to the material in the textbook.

• Supplement the textbook with lots of outside readings.

• Supplement teacher information in the textbook with teacher resource books;

attendance at local, regional, or national conferences; articles in professional
periodicals; and conversations with experienced teachers.
• Modular Distance Learning involves individualized
instruction that allows learners to use self-learning modules
(SLMs) in print or digital format/electronic copy, whichever is
applicable in the context of the learner, and other learning
resources like Learner’s Materials, textbooks, activity sheets,
study guides and other study materials. Learners access
electronic copies of learning materials on a computer, tablet
PC, or smartphone. CDs, DVDs, USB storage and computer-
based applications can all be used to deliver e-learning
materials, including offline E-books. 
Mechanics in Using the Textbooks in
Distance Learning Modality
1. All schools are required to distribute the textbooks/LMs to
the learners.
2. Textbooks are used as references to supplement the Self-
Learning Modules.
3. For schools with insufficient funds for the reproduction of
modules (SLMs/SLHTs), the textbooks may be used as the
LAST RECOURSE starting Q3.
Mechanics in Using the Textbooks in
Distance Learning Modality
4. For Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 3 MTB, Filipino and English, DepEd-USAID
Basa Pilipinas Trained Teachers should orient the home tutors on how to use the
Revised Teachers’ Guides and Learners Materials.

5. The instructional sequence specified in Basa Pilipinas TGs & LMS should be
strictly followed.

6. For other subjects in Grades 1 to 3 not covered by the Basa Pilipinas Project,
and all other subjects in Grades 4 to 12, teachers teaching the same Grade Level
& subject area (e.g. English 8 teachers) will meet before Q3 to identify the
lessons in the textbook/Learner’s Materials (LMs) that are aligned to Q3 MELCs.
Mechanics in Using the Textbooks in
Distance Learning Modality
7. Teachers of the same Grade Level and subject area shall
help each other in preparing the Weekly Home Learning Plan
reflecting the activities to be performed by the learner at
his/her home.
8. They shall also reproduce SLHTs (Grades 1 to 3 subjects
except MTB, Filipino and English and all subjects in Grades 4-
12) for lessons not found in the textbooks.
9. The Weekly Home Learning Plan will serve as learner’s
guide in accomplishing the tasks in the text book.
Mechanics in Using the Textbooks in
Distance Learning Modality
10. Group activities may be performed by the learner together with the home
tutor and any available family member.

11. Only the learner (NOT the home tutor/any other family member) is allowed
to answer the activities in their activity/test notebook or sheets of paper
placed inside a plastic envelope.

12. As soon as all the activities listed in the weekly home learning plan are
accomplished by the learner, the parents/home tutors will submit the
activity/test notebook or sheets of paper placed inside a plastic envelope to
the teacher.
Mechanics in Using the Textbooks in
Distance Learning Modality
13.The teachers will immediately check the answers, provide feedback and guide
parents/home tutors on what to do next based on the weekly home learning plan
for the learner.

14. Learners who can accomplish the given tasks earlier should be provided with the
weekly home learning plan for the following week.

15. Teachers should find a way to regularly monitor learners’ performance and
conduct individualized instruction via digital platform or through Purok sa SUGBO.

16. Proper health protocols shall be observed at all times.

Weekly Home Learning Plan (WHLP)
Day & Time Learning Learning Learning Tasks Mode of Delivery
Area Competency
Tuesday Wake up, make up your bed, take a bath, eat breakfast & get ready for an
6:00-7:00 awesome day!
AM

7:00-8:00 AM Have a short physical exercise, meditation & bonding with family.
8: 00 – 11:30 AM Mathematics Illustrate well defined Consider the following Send outputs to
sets, subsets, universal sets: google classroom
sets, null set, cardinality U- {a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i} account provided
of sets, union & A-{a,b,c,d,e,f,g} by the teacher or
intersection of sets & B-{set of vowels} any other platform
the difference of two C-{set of consonants} recommended by
sets D-{a,b,i,j} the school.
E {f,a,c,e}
I. Present the ff. using
venn diagram:
Sample Weekly Home Learning Plan
Grade 8 Section A Quarter 2 Weeks 1 & 2
Date:
Day & Time Learning Area Learning Learning Tasks Mode of Delivery
Competency
6:00-7:00 AM Wake up, make up your bed, have a short exercise and take a bath
7:00-8:00 AM Eat breakfast/pray/bond with family and get ready for an awesome day!
Tuesday English Explain visual-verbal 1. Answer the Pre- Have the home
8:00- 9:30 AM relationships Assessment Activity tutors hand in the
illustrated in tables, in your answers to the
graphs, and notebook/sheet of teacher in school.
information maps paper, English 8 LM,
found in expository pp ____ . Write the
texts letter only
2. Read carefully the
Overview & study
the Activity Map,
LM 8, Lesson 1, pp
__.
Sample Weekly Home Learning Plan
Grade 8 Section A Quarter 2 Weeks 1 & 2
Date:
Day & Time Learning Area Learning Learning Tasks Mode of Delivery
Competency
3. Write your learning Have the home
goals for Lesson 1 in tutors hand in the
your notebook/sheet output to the
of paper. teacher in school.
4. Make a graphical
representation of what Teacher regularly
you know so far about
Thailand. monitors learner’s
5. Watch the film clip progress. (face-to-
at face or thru digital
https://www.google.co platform)
m.ph/search?
q=thailand+attractions
. (Learners w/o
internet connectivity
will be provided with
the soft copy of the
video clip by the
teacher.)
Sample Weekly Home Learning Plan
Grade 8 Section A Quarter 2 Weeks 1 & 2
Date:
Day & Time Learning Area Learning Learning Tasks Mode of Delivery
Competency
Explain visual-verbal 6. Perform the
relationships following Activities; Home tutor serve as
illustrated in tables, Activity 1: Say you… learner’s partner in
graphs, and Say Me… the dyad.
Activity 2: Face to
information maps Face
found in expository Activity 3: Pick &
texts Match (Choose the
word that tells about
the picture in column
A & select its meaning
from Column C. Write
your answers in your
notebook/sheet of
paper
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