SESSION GUIDE
TITLE: LAC SESSIONS: STRUCTURING, EVALUATING, AND DOCUMENTING
Duration of the Session 2 hours
Key Understandings to be
Developed
Learning Objectives
Resources
Introductory Activity (10
mins.)
Activity 1(20 mins.)
A Learning Action Cell(LAC) is a group of teachers
who engage in collaborative learning sessions to
solve shared challenges encountered in the school
facilitated by the school head or a designated LAC
leader. LAC will become the school-based
communities of practice that are positive, caring, and
safe spaces.
 LAC has session process…
Before - preparatory
During – Sharing of Experiences
Presentation of the New Topic
Wrap-up of inputs and insights, and
application
What to do next
Next Steps and Agreements
 LAC Session has an Evaluation Tool which is used
to document the quality of a LAC session
conducted through a peer review at the end. It
has also a rating scale.
 LAC has to be documented too using a LAC
Documentation Tool. It is assigned to teachers in
a rotation basis.
After a thorough discussion and with the aid of a video
clip, the participants will:
- Discuss the stages in a LAC session; and,
- Simulate a LAC session following the stages involved
- Simulate the documentation of a LAC session
Power point presentation, laptop, LCD, video clip,
handouts, manila paper, pentel pen, meta cards,
scotch/masking tapes
 Present DepEd Order #35, s. 2016(The Learning
Action Cell as a K-12 Basic Education Program
School-Based Continuing Professional Development
Strategy for the Improvement of Teaching and
Learning)
 Ask their experiences in conducting LAC Sessions
previously.(Sharing of experiences)
 View a video clip, LACbay story: A Journey of
Professional Development of Teachers
 As you watch, listen to how the teachers from San
Jose Elementary School, Camarines Sur structure

Analysis(10 mins.)
Abstraction(20 mins.)
Application(40 mins.)
Analysis(15 mins.)
Concluding Activity End the session by presenting this quote:
(5 mins.)
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”.
― Helen Keller
their LAC session.
Ask:
 How do you describe the learning activities of the
teachers from San Jose Central School?
 What steps do teachers follow in conducting their
LAC sessions?
 The principal mentioned that the school follows a
regional memorandum stipulating how LACs should
be structured. How does this help the schools in
conducting their LAC sessions?
Discuss on:
-LAC Session Process
-Structuring LAC Sessions
-Evaluating LAC Sessions (its tool and rating scale)
-Documenting LAC Sessions (its tool)
 Group the participants into 4. Assign 2 groups to do
the simulation while the other 2 groups will do the
process observation.
 Simulate a LAC session using the LAC process. Assign
a documenter to document the simulated session
 Simulate the process of evaluating the LAC session.
 Process the simulation. Let the other 2 groups not
assigned to simulate to do the processing for 10
mins.
Prepared by:
MA. DIVINA M. FLORES
PSDS, South District Elementary
SESSION 2: ORIENTATION OF THE TOOLS FOR EGRA AND ITS IMPORTANCE

Duration of the Session 1hr. & 45mins.

Key - EGRA has its components:
Understandings to be  Letter Name Knowledge- provide the name of upper
Developed and lowercase letters in random order.
 Letter Sound Knowledge- provide the sound of
 upper and lowercase letters distributed in random
order
 Phonemic Awareness- segment words into
phonemes
 Familiar Word Reading- Read simple and common
one-and two-syllable words
 Unfamiliar Non-word Reading- make grapheme-
phoneme correspondences(GPC’s) through the
reading of simple nonsense words
 Oral Reading Fluency & Comprehension- read a text
with accuracy, with little effort and at a sufficient
rate
 Listening Comprehension- respond correctly to
different types of questions including literal and
inferential questions about the text read to them
 Dictation- write, spell and use grammar properly
with correct punctuation marks
Learning Objectives Given some activities, the participants will:
- 1. Identify the different components of the Early Grades
Reading Assessment(EGRA Tools)
- 2. Show appreciation on the importance of the tools
- 3. Infer the outcomes of the training
Resources Power point presentation, laptop, LCD, handouts, activity
sheets, manila paper, meta cards, pentel pen, scotch tape,
envelopes
Activity (20mins.) - Group Activity

 Participants are divided into 5 groups.

 In their respective groups, they will identify reading
skills in Grade I.
 They will write their responses in the meta cards
provided.
 Reminder: Before the activity, the facilitator will
remind the rules on visualization using meta cards.
. one idea, one card
. use a maximum of three lines
. use capital letters or combination of capital and
small letters
. don’t italicize the letters
. take an outsider’s perspective
 Post them on the designated area.
 Choose a reporter & present it in plenary.

Analysis ( 15mins.) - Process the responses by clustering meta cards with the
same reading skills after all groups have presented
- Ask:
- How did you feel while doing the activity?
 Let us identify common responses on reading skills
in Grade I.
 Classify the responses of reading skills from simple
 to complex.
Abstraction ( 40mins.) Present the PPT.

 What are the components of EGRA?

 What reading skills that influence reading success?
 How important are these tools?
 Description of the Tests

Application (30mins.) - Draw and tell activity.

 Let each group pick one rolled paper.
 They will creatively make a visual material/s
presentation of an EGRA component that they got.
 Present it in plenary and explain on how to use it in
a lesson most especially in teaching MT, Filipino and
English.
Concluding Activity End the session by sharing this quotation:

“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.”

From : Phil Collins