DepEd Order No. 42 s.
2016: Policy Guidelines on Daily Lesson Preparation for the K to 12 Basic
Education Program
Highlights:
1. All Lesson Plans shall answer the following questions: (a) What should be taught? (b) How it should be
taught? (c) How should learning be assessed?
*What Should be Taught?*
- teachers must have deep understanding of the Curriculum Guide (CG) which will be followed for
synchronization of teaching & learning process.
*How it Shout be Taught?*
- teachers must use different instructional strategies and instructional methods in delivery of "what
should be taught?
*How Should Learning be Assessed*?
- Preparation of lesson plans should be in toe to toe with preparation of formative assessment plans
which specifically targets the objectives as indicated in DO 8 s. 2015
2. Parts of the Lesson Plan
(a) Before the Lesson - this includes: Review, Clarification of Concepts from previous lesson, Introducing
of New Lesson, Connecting previous lesson with new lesson, and Stating of Lesson Objectives to
learners.
(b) Lesson Proper - main part of the lesson. Explaining, modeling, demonstrating and illustrating of
concepts, ideas, skills or processes that students should internalize.
(c) After the Lesson - or lesson closing; "end" of the lesson. Teachers may either summarize or ask the
students to summarize what has been learned. Lesson mastery is assessed during this part.
3. Instructional Models, Strategies and Methods
-Instructional Model refers to the teacher's philosophical orientation in teaching i.e. Theories of learning
-Instructional Strategy refers to the teaching approach influenced by the different theories of learning.
i.e. What is used inside the classroom to achieve the objectives of the lesson.
-Instructional Method refers to the specific activity done by the teacher and learners in the classroom.
*Strategies*
- Direct Instruction
- Indirect Instruction
- Interactive Instruction
- Experiential Instruction
- Independent Study
4. Emphasis of K to 12 Features such as (a) Spiral Progression, (b) Constructivism, (c) Differentiated
Instruction and (d) Contextualization
5. ICT Integration - preparation of daily lessons may be computerized or handwritten. Schools are
(encouraged) to use ICTs to store the lessons made by the teachers. Creation of a databank/database of
lesson plans and the like. Teachers may use ICT in integrating different parts of the lesson.
6. Daily Lesson Log (DLL) - teachers with at least 1 year of teaching experience (private or public) are not
required to make a Detailed Lesson Plan (DLP) instead they are required to fill out a weekly Daily Lesson
Log (DLL).
7. Specified Parts of the DLL
a) Objectives
b) Content
c) Learning Resources
d) Procedures (10 parts that needs to be accomplished within the course of the week) such as:
- review, connecting of new lesson from old.
- establishing purpose for the lesson in order to motivate learners.
- presenting examples/instances for the purpose of clarification of concepts.
- discussing new concepts leading to first formative assessment.
- continuation of the discussion of new concepts leading to the second formative assessment to show
depth in the lesson.
- developing mastery, which leads to the third formative assessment.
- finding practical application of concepts and skills.
- making generalization & abstractions
- evaluating learning from the three types of objectives and
- additional activities for application or remediation based on the formative assessments.
e) Remarks
f) Reflection - requires teachers to reflect on and assess the effectiveness of the teaching-learning
process. The teacher should make notes on the number of learners who earned 80% in the evaluation,
those who require additional activities for remediation etc.
8. Newly-Hired Teachers shall use the DLP for 1 year until after they have received a rating of "Very
Satisfactory" within the RPMS.
9. DLL/DLP shall be part of the RPMS
10. DepEd Ownership Clause - No part of this DepEd Order in any form or means should be sold or used
to obtain profit or equivalent by an individual or group. Any violation shall be dealt with accordingly.
