Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Bulacan
District of Pandi North
MAPULANG LUPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LDM2: Learning Delivery Modalities Course for Teachers
MODULE 2: MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES (MELCs)
After having been introduced to the course in Module 1, you will now begin this
course by gaining an understanding of the Most Essential Learning
Competencies (MELCs). We hope that you will be able to strengthen your
understanding through this Module.
In this Module, the development of the MELCs will be discussed, and how
these can be unpacked and combined in planning and designing your lessons.
MODULE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this Module, you will be able to:
1. explain the background and development of the MELCs
2. unpack the MELCs
3. combine related competencies into learning objectives
MODULE CONTENT
Lesson 1. Background, Rationale, and Development of MELCs
Lesson 2. Unpacking and Combining MELCs into Learning Objectives
LAC Session 2
ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED
3 hours
*LAC Sessions are included in the activities but may be optional as determined
by the LAC members under the guidance of the LAC Leader
Lesson 1: BACKGROUND, RATIONALE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF MELCS
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to familiarize yourself with the
background, rationale, and development of MELCs. In this session, you will be
able to:
1. identify the background and basic process of the identification and
development of the MELCs
2. make sense of the function of MELCs as an educational response to a
global health crisis
3. appreciate the MELCs as support for teachers during this time
Key Topics/Concepts
curriculum standards; essential learning competencies; desirable learning
competencies; enduring knowledge
Resources Required
Development and Design of MELCs
Your learning area’s original K-12 Curriculum Guide and corresponding
list of MELCs
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Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Bulacan
District of Pandi North
MAPULANG LUPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Study Notebook
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?
The D epEd offers most important competencies to ensure that
learning continues during this crisis, which seeks to improve the
capabilities of students with inclusive and qualitative education.
Teachers alone can’t overcome these concerns; it should be the whole
group to which a student belongs.
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?
I disagree because the DepEd guarantees that the learning
requirements are appropriate and versatile for sustaining and achieving
the quality of study.
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?
The MELC development aim is part of DepEd’s long-term response
to the demand for a sustainable education system to be established.
These learning competencies include knowledge, understanding, skills,
and attitudes that students need to demonstrate in every lesson.
2. How does curriculum review aid in the identification of essential learning
competencies?
The analysis covered the mapping of the learning competences
necessary and desirable. The pre-requisite knowledge and skills
necessary to prepare students for critical learning skills are defined. And
the interconnectedness of pre-requisite information and skills within the
learning competences for each subject area is examined.
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District of Pandi North
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3. What is the difference between essential learning competencies and
desirable learning competencies?
The Essential Learning Competencies are crucial competencies in
the teaching-learning phase that will help develop skills to prepare
learners for subsequent grade levels and ultimately for lifelong learning
while the Desirable Learning Competencies are what can enhance
education but may not be sufficient to construct fundamental skills.
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?
It is aligned with national, state or local standards or frameworks
and connects the content to higher concepts. Retained, Merged or
Clustered, Removed or Dropped and Rephrased are the four decisions.
5. What is the importance of the MELCs in ensuring the delivery of quality
instruction?
The MELC’s skills and definition by practical field implementers
activities and promotes contextualization of the most learning skills to fit
the changing context of learners, teachers, and learning environment.
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 MELCs
Describe the different
Describe sources of light and uses of light, sound, and
Merged/Clustered
sound, heat and electricity. electricity in everyday
life.
Describe the changes in the Describe the changes in
Retained weather over a period of the weather over a period
time. of time.
Classify objects and
Describe different objects materials as solid, liquid,
Dropped
based on the characteristics. and gas based on some
observable
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Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Bulacan
District of Pandi North
MAPULANG LUPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Activity 4
In your LAC Session, discuss and share your answers to Activities 1-3 in this
lesson. Discuss any questions about the MELCs that need clarification as well.
Share your thoughts and let your co-teachers articulate their insights
regarding your questions. Jot down all the insights shared in the discussion,
including your own, in your Study Notebook.
List down the members of your LAC and their respective roles in your
Study Notebook.
REGION: III
LAC ID (name or number): 104980 Number of LAC members: 9
MAPULANG LUPA ES
Name of LAC Facilitator: Designation/Position:
ESPERENZA I, MARTIN Teacher II
LAC Members
Preferred
Contact contact mode
Male/ DESIGNATION details (email, (email, phone,
NAME DIVISION/S
Female / POSITION mobile Skype, Zoom,
number) Google Meet,
Viber, FB)
EDNA C. LAC Leader/ Pandi North sedna.perez@ Zoom,Google
PEREZ Principal I Disrtict, Division deped.gov.ph Meet, email,
Female
of Bulacan 09265139281 phone
ESPERANZA LAC Pandi North esperanza.ma Zoom,Google
I. MARTIN Documenter/ Disrtict, Division rtin@deped.g Meet, email,
Female
Teacher III of Bulacan ov.ph phone
09053370750
PIELYNN LAC Resource Pandi North pielynnanne.f Zoom,Google
ANNE J. Person Disrtict, Division ernandez@de Meet, email,
FERNANDEZ Female
Teacher I of Bulacan ped.gov.ph phone
09433052129
ALMIRA M. Female LAC Member Pandi North almira.viquier Zoom,Google
VIQUIERA Teacher I Disrtict, Division a@deped.gov. Meet, email,
of Bulacan ph phone
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Bulacan
District of Pandi North
MAPULANG LUPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
09171747545
JHOANA SJ. LAC Member Pandi North jhoanna.sang Zoom,Google
SANGUYO Teacher I Disrtict, Division uyo@deped.g Meet, email,
Female of Bulacan ov.ph phone
09224933006
MARIVIC G. LAC Member Pandi North marivicg.evan Zoom,Google
EVANGELIO Teacher I Disrtict, Division gelio@deped. Meet, email,
Female
of Bulacan gov.ph phone
09066163657
SARAH JANE LAC Member I Pandi North sarahjaneg.m Zoom,Google
G. MENDOZA Disrtict, Division endoza@depe Meet, email,
Female
of Bulacan d.gov.ph phone
09218444635
ANDREW V. LAC Member I Pandi North andrew.vsant Zoom,Google
SANTOS Disrtict, Division os@deped.go Meet, email,
Male
of Bulacan v.ph phone
09064720273
REGINE R. LAC Member I Pandi North regine.morale Zoom,Google
MORALES Disrtict, Division s@deped.gov. Meet, email,
Female
of Bulacan ph phone
09129244249
DIANA M. LAC Member I Pandi North diana.monter Zoom,Google
MONTERNEL Disrtict, Division nel@deped.g Meet, email,
Female
of Bulacan ov.ph phone
09665366723
JUNIOR V. LAC Member I Pandi North junior.menese Zoom,Google
MENESES Disrtict, Division s@deped.gov. Meet, email,
Male
of Bulacan ph phone
09331747555
ANGELINE M. LAC Member I Pandi North angeline.libira Zoom,Google
LIBIRAN Disrtict, Division n@deped.gov Meet, email,
Female
of Bulacan .ph phone
09564669597
Good job! You are now done with Lesson 1. Proceed to Lesson 2 to learn how to
unpack and combine the MELCs into Learning Objectives.
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Email: mles104980@gmail.com
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Bulacan
District of Pandi North
MAPULANG LUPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LDM2: Learning Delivery Modalities Course for Teachers
MODULE 2: MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES (MELCs)
LESSON 2: Unpacking and Combining MELCS Into Learning Objectives
In this session, you will familiarize yourself with unpacking and combining
MELCs into Learning Objectives. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
1. understand the vital considerations in unpacking and combining MELCs
2. unpack and combine sample MELCs
3. affirm that unpacking and combining MELCs provide curricular flexibilities
to field implementers
Key Topics/Concepts
unpack; curriculum standards; essential learning competencies; content
standards; performance standards
Resources Required
Unpacking and Combining the MELCs
Your learning area’s original K-12 Curriculum Guide and corresponding
list of MELCs
Study Notebook
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?
The importance of unpacking and combining the MELC’s, MELC’s
combined should display common content and relatedness in material,
subject, or scheme. Combining two or more can help achieve the quality
and output level when unpacking MELC’s
2. What considerations must be taken in unpacking and combining the
MELCs? Explain each.
The factors to be addressed are: conformity with the Content and
Performance Standards – it is not a deviation from the standard-based
design; pre-requisite information and skills – it addresses higher-learning
cognitive demands; and last, clear sequence of learning goals – it offers
structured learning experiences to others.
3. Do all the MELCs need to be unpacked or combined? Why or why not?
Yes, incorporating at least two MELC’s would enable teachers to
efficiently develop instructional materials without distancing themselves
from the norm that the curriculum prescribes.
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Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Bulacan
District of Pandi North
MAPULANG LUPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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.
Most of the learning competencies in Mathematics for the 1 st quarter were
retained as it was important in the foundation of skills of the learners.
Activity 3
Submit your Activity 2 Outputs to your LAC Leader. Make sure to keep a copy
of your outputs.
Congratulations! You have completed Module 2. You may now proceed to Module
3A - Lesson Design and Assessment in the Modalities.
Prepared by:
REGINE R. MORALES
Teacher I
Noted by:
EDNA C. PEREZ
Principal II
Address: Mapulang Lupa, Pandi, Bulacan
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Email: mles104980@gmail.com
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Bulacan
District of Pandi North
MAPULANG LUPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Address: Mapulang Lupa, Pandi, Bulacan
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mapulanglupapandinorth
Email: mles104980@gmail.com
