Budget of Work

for Multigrade Teaching

Multigrade Program in Philippine Education (MPPE)

Prepared by:

Teaching and Learning Division

Bureau of Learning Delivery
Department of Education
2016

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contact the TLD-BLD-DepED Central Office, 4th Floor, Bonifacio Building, DepED Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. Tel. Nos.
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Supported by UNICEF Philippines

October 2016

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 Preface

The Multigrade Budget of Work (MGBOW) was created to provide teachers in the multigrade schools a concise and easy-to-use
material for the teaching and budgeting of tasks in multigrade classes. It is a matrix of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum
competencies, skills, and objectives; topics for specific skills and competencies; and suggested teaching and assessment
strategies arranged in columns for easy reference and notation.

The MG-BOW is a response to the felt need of MG teachers for resources that can serve as their guide not only in teaching and
budgeting work for multigrade classes, but also in honing their creativity in the art of teaching MG classes. The suggested
activities contained in this MG-BOW can be used in preparing multigrade lesson plans in different grade level combinations.
There are various suggestions and recommendations for activities that can be done inside and outside the classroom.

As in previous teaching and learning materials created for multigrade schools, the MGBOW is divided into combinations of two-
and three-grade level classes: grades 1, 2, and 3; grades 4, 5, and 6; and grades 3 and 4. The topics or lessons for every grade
level combination are carefully arranged to preclude gaps or repetitions. Some competencies are also sub-tasked as needed.

Teachers will find the material very useful because they are written in simple every day English or Filipino language as the
learning area requires. The activities are simple and easy to perform and the suggested materials are readily available.

At the back of the handbook is a list of teaching methods, techniques, and assessment strategies that multigrade teachers can
use to make teaching and learning more engaging, interactive, and meaningful.

As a whole, the handbook is flexible such that any MG teacher can adapt in teaching every lesson. For beginner teachers in the
multigrade, this handbook is a resource guide to help them appropriately plan every lesson for a particular grade combination.
For teachers who are experts in multigrade teaching, they will find their lessons more enriching.

It is assured that the contents of this handbook fit in to the learning needs and abilities of learners.

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