Lesson Ideas to teach Compound Words

(Updated August 5, 2018) Last week, my lesson in English is on Compound Words. Over the weekend, I was thinking of an activity which I can do in class to review the lesson on Monday. I found this free downloadable set of word cards from Teachers Pay Teachers and an idea came up! So, I downloaded and

Download: Home Visitation Files

Have you ever had a student who has been absent for consecutive days or weeks? It becomes a problem to us as teachers, right? And the responsibility is thrown back to us and we are challenged to do something about it. One of the solutions that the Department of Education has indicated to be effective

Lesson Idea: Play the Hangman Game to teach New Vocabulary Words

Over the weekend, I was thinking of another strategy to use in teaching new vocabulary words to my pupils… something that is interesting and fun! Then, I remember when I was still in Elementary, my English teacher used the classic “Hangman” game to teach us new words. So, I decided to try it too. If

Lesson Idea: Beginning Reading Activities

Teaching reading to kids is a complex and challenging task for teachers. There are a lot of strategies one can use to teach reading and it is important to have diverse methods because, in reality, no one strategy fits all. Below are some of the things you can do in class to foster reading. I did

Tower Building: Simple Engineering Challenge for Pupils and Incorporation to English Lesson

Last week, I was transferred to the Grade 4 Level and I was really excited to try new things with them. As you all know, if you are a regular here, one of my advocacies is technology. Right now, I’m also venturing into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). Though I was assigned to teach English,

Why do you need to have a DepEd email?

In 2012, the Department of Education rolled out its DepEd email system. This allows workers, including teachers, in the Department to create a professional email account in this format [firstname.lastname@deped.gov.ph]. For example, my DepEd mail is roxanne.fuentes@deped.gov.ph. This is very nice, especially when communicating online because you will directly be identified as a DepEd employee.

Basic Education Research Fund (BERF) Research

(Updated) This school year is super-duper hectic for me. I did two school-based action researches and a thesis for my Master’s Degree. You can just imagine how I was able to complete them in between my full-time work as a teacher. But if you’re asking why I tried to “kill myself” with all these paperwork,

Invitation: Apply for the Senior High School Voucher Program

Online application for the Senior High School Voucher Program is now open! So whether you are a parent who wishes to send their children to a private school for a senior high school program or a teacher who would like to help a student, head over to the application website (link below). Also, for those

Download: IPCRF KRAs Layout

Hello, everyone! It’s summer and one of the things that keep us busy during this time is our IPCRF. I created some template designs for IPCRF using Material Design. Please take note that the images are not mine and were only used for IPCRF purposes. You may download the template at the link below: IPCRF

Teachers can be programmers. How?

Hello, everyone! It’s summer and it’s time to take a break from work but I’m still doing a lot of things. In fact, I already plotted my schedule of activities for the entire summer. There’s Summer Reading Camp and the School Research Congress which I will be organizing. One thing’s for sure though. I won’t