SESSION

TITLE: Planning Instruction Using the Daily Lesson Log

NO. OF PARTICIPANTS: ≈70 MALE: FEMALE:
DURATION: 2 hours
OBJECTIVES: This 2-hour session should be able to deepen the participants’ understanding about daily lesson preparation as part of
the teacher’s core function as a facilitator of learning. Specifically, the participants should be able to:
1. justify the importance of lesson planning as fundamental to the delivery of teaching and learning in schools;
2. identify the similarities of and differences between a detailed lesson plan and a daily lesson log; and
3. explain the elements and parts of a daily lesson log and detailed lesson plan.

KEY UNDERSTANDING/LEARNING POINTS:
§ Planning lessons is fundamental to ensuring the delivery of teaching and learning in schools. The “Policy Guidelines on Daily
Lesson Preparation for the K to 12 Basic Education Program” (DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2016) are meant to support teachers in
effectively organizing and managing K to 12 classrooms to be genuinely responsive to learners’ needs.
§ Instructional planning is the process of systematically planning, developing, evaluating and managing the instructional process by
using the principles of teaching and learning. This includes planning the content of instruction, selecting teaching materials,
designing the learning activities and grouping methods, and deciding on the pacing and allocation of instructional time.
§ The instructional process is made up of three steps: (1) planning instruction, (2) delivery of instruction, and (3) assessment of learning
(Airasian, 1994).
§ Lesson planning is a critical part of the teaching and learning process and entails “prediction, anticipation, sequencing, and
simplifying” (Scrivener, 2005).
Importance:
• It helps teachers set learning targets for learners and helps them guarantee that daily activities inside the classroom lead to
learner progress and achievement of those targets.
• It increases a teacher’s chances of carrying out a lesson successfully. It also allows teachers to be more confident before starting a
lesson.
• It inculcates reflective practice as it allows teachers to think about their teaching. By planning lessons daily, teachers are able to
think about and reflect on different strategies that work inside the classroom including research-based strategies. Making the
habit of lesson planning ensures that teachers truly facilitate learning and respond to learners’ needs inside the classroom.
• It helps teachers master learning area content. Throughout the preparation of effective lesson plans, teachers are able to relearn
what they need to teach. In the classroom, well-prepared teachers show ownership of the learning area they teach. Lesson
planning helps teachers know their learners and teach what students need to learn and therefore ensures curriculum coverage.

§ A lesson plan should aim to answer the following questions: (1) “What should be taught?”, (2) “How should it be taught?”, and (3)
“How should learning be assessed?”
§ Daily Lesson Log (DLL) and Detailed Lesson Plan (DLP)
Ø Teachers with at least 1 year of teaching experience, including private school and higher education institution teaching
experience, and handling learning areas with available LMs and TGs provided by the Department shall be required to fill out a
weekly DLL. On the other hand, newly-hired teachers without professional teaching experience shall be required to prepare a
daily Detailed Lesson Plan. Applicant teachers as well as Master Teachers who will conduct demonstration teaching shall be
required to prepare a DLP.
Ø The parts of the DLL and DLP are: Objectives, Content, Learning Resources, Procedures, Remarks, and Reflection. However, they
differ in the Procedures section. In this section in the DLL, there are 10 parts: (1) reviewing previous lesson or presenting the new
lesson, (2) establishing a purpose for the lesson, (3) presenting examples/instances of the new lesson; (4) discussing new
concepts and practicing new skills (leading to the first formative assessment); (5) continuation of the discussion of new concepts
(leading to the second formative assessment); (6) developing mastery (leading to the third formative assessment); (7) finding
practical applications of concepts and skills in daily living; (8) making generalizations and abstractions about the lesson; (9)
evaluating learning; and (10) additional activities for application or remediation.
• Flexibility is allowed in the delivery of the DLL procedures. Teachers do not need to go through all 10 parts in every lesson.
Teachers need to ensure that the procedures of the lesson lead to the achievement of the stated objectives. The formative
assessment methods to be used by the teacher should determine if the objectives of the lesson are being met. These ten parts
should be done across the week.

REFERENCES:
Department of Education (2016). Policy guidelines on daily lesson preparation for the K to 12 basic education program. Retrieved from
http://www.deped.gov.ph/sites/default/files/order/2016/DO_s2016_042.pdf







 SESSION PLAN
Objectives
The participants Key Learning Points Methodology/Activity Materials Time
should be able to:
Get an overview of Introduction
the session Show Slide 1. Slide 1 2 min
Say: In line with the implementation of R.A.
No. 10533 or the Enhanced Basic Education
Act of 2013, the Department of Education
issued in June 2016 a policy that recognizes
and affirms the importance of instructional
planning to successful teaching and learning
in schools. As a facilitator of learning, the K to
12 teacher plays a vital role in ensuring the
delivery of quality instruction through Daily
Lesson Log (DLL) or Detailed Lesson Plan
(DLP) preparation.

Objectives of the session: Show Slide 2. Slide 2 1 min
1. justify the importance of lesson planning Present the objectives of the session.
as fundamental to the delivery of teaching
and learning in schools
2. identify the similarities of and differences
between a detailed lesson plan and a daily
lesson log
3. explain the elements and parts of a daily
lesson log and detailed lesson plan

Write down their ACTIVITY 1
ideas pertaining to Show Slide 3. Slide 3 10 min
instructional Provide the groups with metacards. Ask them metacards
planning to brainstorm for answers to the following markers
questions. Write the answers in the assigned masking tape
colored metacards.
§ What is an instructional plan?
§ What are the things to plan in a math
lesson?
§ Why do we need to plan mathematics
instruction?
§ What are the features of an effective
instructional plan?

Show Slide 4. Slide 4 10 min
Let the group representatives present their
answers.

ANALYSIS 1:
Reflect on their Let them reflect about the activity. 10 min
experience in Pose the following questions:
doing the activity § What significant and/or unique ideas
about instructional planning were you
able to get from the sharing we have just
done?
§ What similarities/differences in the
answers do you notice?
§ Do you find the activity useful? Why or
why not?
 ABSTRACTION
Define Instructional planning is the process of Show Slide 5. Slide 5 2 min
instructional systematically planning, developing, evaluating Ask: What is an instructional plan?
planning and managing the instructional process by using
the principles of teaching and learning. This

includes planning the content of instruction,
selecting teaching materials, designing the

learning activities and grouping methods, and
deciding on the pacing and allocation of
instructional time.

The instructional process is made up of three Show Slide 6. Slide 6 2 min
steps: (1) planning instruction, (2) delivery of Ask: What are the steps that make up the
instruction, and (3) assessment of learning. instructional process?

Lesson Planning Show Slides 7 and 8. Slides 7-8 2 min
§ one way of planning instruction
Ask: What is lesson planning?
§ entails prediction, anticipation, sequencing
and simplifying

§ critical part of the teaching and learning
process
§ hallmark of effective teaching

Justify the Article IV, Section 2 of the Code of Ethics for Show Slide 9. Slide 9 2 min
importance of Professional Teachers states that: “ every teacher Ask: Why do teachers need to plan their
lesson planning as shall uphold the highest standards of quality lessons anyway?
fundamental to the education, shall make the best preparations for the
career for teaching, and shall be at his best at all
delivery of
times in the practice of his profession.”
teaching and

learning in schools Importance of Lesson Planning Show Slides 10 and 11. Slides 10-11 5 min
§ Help teachers set learning targets for learners Ask: Why is lesson planning important? How
§ Help teachers guarantee that those targets is it useful or beneficial for the teachers?
are met

 § Help teachers see to it that daily activities
inside the classroom lead to learners’
progress
§ Increases a teacher’s chances of carrying out
a lesson successfully

§ Allows teachers to be more confident before
starting a lesson

§ Inculcates reflective practice on the part of
the teachers
§ Helps teachers master learning area of
content.

A lesson plan should aim to answer the following Show Slide 12. Slide 12 2 min
questions: (1) “What should be taught?”, (2) “How Ask: What are the elements of a lesson plan?
should it be taught?”, and (3) “How should
learning be assessed?” Show Slides 13 and 14. Slides 13-14 2 min
Say: Basically, we need to plan our lessons


well to be responsive to learners’ needs, and


to ensure the delivery of quality instruction
in our classrooms. In planning lessons,
teachers can choose from a variety of
instructional models, reflecting a teacher’s
philosophical orientation to teaching, and
their corresponding strategies and methods.

In June 2016, the Department of Education issued Show Slide 15. Slide 15 3 min
DepEd Order No. 42 s. 2016, “Policy Guidelines on Ask:
Daily Lesson Preparation for the K to 12 Basic § What has DepEd done to institutionalize

Education Program”, that aims to:
instructional planning as a critical part of
§ support teachers in organizing and managing
the teaching and learning process?
their classes and lessons effectively and
efficiently
§ ensure achievement of learning outcomes

 § affirm the role of K to 12 teachers as
facilitators of learning
§ empower teachers to carry out quality
instruction that recognizes the diversity of
learners inside the classroom

§ assist teachers in not only effectively
managing instruction but also managing the

performance of one of their core functions
which is to facilitate learning.

Identify the Teachers with at least 1 year of teaching Show Slides 16 to 18. Slides 16-18 5 min
similarities of and experience, including private school and higher Ask:
differences education institution teaching experience, and § Which lesson plan format are you
between a detailed handling learning areas with available LMs and currently using?
lesson plan and a TGs provided by the Department shall be § Who should use a DLP or DLL?
required to fill out a weekly DLL. Teachers are
daily lesson log
allowed to work together in preparing DLPs and
DLLs. Seasoned or veteran teachers shall also

mentor new or novice teachers in the preparation
of DLPs and DLLs.

On the other hand, newly-hired teachers without
professional teaching experience shall be
required to prepare a daily Detailed Lesson Plan.
Applicant teachers as well as Master Teachers
who will conduct demonstration teaching shall be
required to prepare a DLP. Newly-hired teachers
who earned a rating of “VS” or “O” in the RPMS in

a year shall no longer be required to prepare

DLPs. However, when new content is integrated
into the curriculum, all teachers are required to

write a detailed plan for that content or subject

matter.


Explain the Both the DLL and DLP contain the following Show Slides 19 and 20. 5 min
elements and parts parts: Objectives, Content, Learning Resources, § How are the DLP and DLL similar to and
of a daily lesson log Procedures, Remarks, and Reflection. However, different from each other?
and detailed lesson they differ in the Procedures section. In this
section in the DLL, there are 10 parts: (1)
plan
reviewing previous lesson or presenting the new
lesson, (2) establishing a purpose for the lesson,

(3) presenting examples/instances of the new
lesson; (4) discussing new concepts and
practicing new skills (leading to the first
formative assessment); (5) continuation of the
discussion of new concepts (leading to the second
formative assessment); (6) developing mastery
(leading to the third formative assessment); (7)
finding practical applications of concepts and
skills in daily living; (8) making generalizations
and abstractions about the lesson; (9) evaluating

learning; and (10) additional activities for
application or remediation.


Ask: 5 min
§ What did you find easy/challenging in
using the DLL? Why?
§ Are there any concerns on the use of the
DLL/DLP that need to be clarified?

 ACTIVITY 2:
Deepen their Show Slide 21. Slide 21 15 min
understanding of Say: As you watch the video, I suggest that Video on DLL
how the DLL is you listen attentively and take down
accomplished important details that you think will help
clarify some of the issues related to the
implementation of this policy in the field.

Present the video on how to accomplish the
DLL.

ANALYSIS 2 / ABSTRACTION 2
Reflect on the ideas Show Slide 22. Slide 22 10 min
presented in the Let them reflect about the video that they
video have just watched. Pose the following
questions:
§ Which part/s of the video struck you the
most?
§ What ideas about DLL you previously
hold have now been clarified by the
video?
§ What challenges in lesson planning do
you still foresee even after watching the
video?

Deepen their Show Slides 23-35. 15 min
understanding of Continue the discussion of the other
the other components of the policy.
components of the
policy

Articulate new APPLICATION
insights and their Show Slides 36 and 37. Slides 36-37 10 min
implication/s on Guide the participants in reflecting about
classroom practice everything that has been presented and
discussed in this session by asking the
following questions.
§ What new insights have you gained from
this session?
§ What will you do differently this time
with the ideas that you acquired from this
session?

Closure:
Show Slides 38 and 39. Slides 38-39 2 min
End the session with this quote:

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”


Prepared by: Checked by:
MICHELLE S. SILVA JOSEPH RANDOLPH P. PALATTAO
Master Teacher II Supervising Education Program Specialist
Marcelo H. Del Pilar Elementary School Teaching and Learning Division
SDO-Quezon City Bureau of Learning Delivery
DepEd-NCR Department of Education





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