ACTIVITY 1.

Answer the following reflective questions in your Study Notebook:

1. The closure of schools around the world due to the global pandemic posed serious challenges on the
delivery of quality basic education. As a teacher, what do you think are the fundamental concerns in
terms of curriculum standards that need to be addressed in order to ensure learning continuity? Cite a
specific example. Do you think these concerns could be solved by teachers alone? Why or why not?

2. Even prior to the spread of COVID-19 that eventually led to the closure of schools nationwide, the
congested curriculum has been a perennial problem of teachers (Andaya, 2018). This is perceived to be
one of the hindering factors on the poor performance of Filipino learners. Do you agree with this
observation? Why or why not?

ACTIVITY 2.

Familiarize yourself with the course reading on the Development and Design of the MELCs.

After going through the document, provide a brief and concise response to the following guide
questions. Write your answers in your Study Notebook.

1. What are the general and specific purposes of the development of MELCs?

2. How does curriculum review aid in the identification of essential learning competencies?

3. What is the difference between essential learning competencies and desirable learning
competencies?

4. How were the most essential learning competencies identified? What were the decisions made in
order to trim down the number of the essential learning competencies further?

5. What is the importance of the MELCs in ensuring the delivery of quality instruction?

ACTIVITY 3.

Prepare a copy of your learning area’s original K-12 Curriculum Guide and corresponding list of MELCs.

Go to the sections of the curriculum guide and MELCs that are relevant to your instructional needs. Copy
and accomplish the following table in your Study Notebook and compare the two documents to
determine which learning competencies were retained, dropped, or merged.

K to 12 Learning MELC
Competency
Merge/Clustered
Retained
Dropped
ACTIVITY 1.

Familiarize yourself with the course reading on Unpacking and Combining the MELCs. After reading the
document, provide a brief and concise response to the following guide questions in your Study
Notebook:

1. What is the importance of unpacking and combining the MELCs?

2. What considerations must be taken in unpacking and combining the MELCs? Explain each.

3. Do all the MELCs need to be unpacked or combined? Why or why not?

ACTIVITY 2.

1. Form a group of four members within your LAC, preferably with fellow teachers in your respective
learning area.

2. Using the curriculum guide and a list of the MELCs, choose MELCs in the first quarter and unpack
these into learning objectives.

3. Each team will present their unpacked learning objectives. Discussion and processing will follow each
presentation. Suggestions and insights from each group will be considered in enhancing the learning
objectives.

Repeat the above process but instead of unpacking, each team will now combine at least two

MELCs of their choice. Group deliberation will be observed in order to arrive at a consensus.

Discuss and jot down the synthesis of the presentations in your Study Notebook.