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Examination Tips

1. Use your revision time effectively. Prepare a revision timetable.
2. When is your energy level the highest? This is the time to tackle the difficult bits.
3. Do not postpone the difficult topics.
4. Attend to routine things like tidying up, at low energy times of the day.
5. Do not just read. Make notes. In fact, summarizing and condensing notes focuses your mind.
6. Discuss topics, after having revised them, with your classmates.
7. Use diagrammatic representation wherever possible. You may find this easier to retain.
8. Take a 5 minutes break after every 40 minutes (Certainly after an hour!).
9. Take a longer break after every 3 hours of study.
10. Eat well.
11. Play some game when you find time. This helps you relax.
12. Do your best during the revision.
13. On the examination day, do not worry, even if you feel that you remember nothing! Give it your best shot, you will be able to recall once the questions are in front of you.
14. Answer all questions. Ensure that you plan your time well during the examination.


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General Exam Stress-Busting Tips:

• Believe in yourself. You wouldn't have been given a place on the course if you didn't have the ability to do it. Therefore, if you prepare for the exams properly you should do fine, meaning that there is no need to worry excessively.
•  Don't try to be perfect. It's great to succeed and reach for the stars. But keep things in balance. If you think that "anything less than A+ means I've failed" then you are creating mountains of unnecessary stress for yourself. Aim to do your best but recognise that none of us can be perfect all of the time.
• Take steps to overcome problems. If you find you don't understand some of your course material, getting stressed out won't help. Instead, take action to address the problem directly by seeing your course tutor or getting help from your class mates.

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The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment – to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Since it was the holidays, the teacher thought the traditional goodies would be the subjects of most of her students arts.

 And they were. But Douglas made a different kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher’s true child of misery, frail and unhappy. As other children played at recess, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess at the pain Douglas felt behind those sad eyes. Yes, his picture was different. When asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand. Nothing else. Just an empty hand.

His abstract image captured the imagination of his peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer. Another suggested a police officer. Still others guessed it was the hand of God. And so the discussion went – until the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself. When the children had gone on to other assignments, she paused at Douglas’ desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and murmured, “It’s yours, teacher.” She recalled the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there, as she had the other students. How often had she said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Or, “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.

"The story speaks of more than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the Douglas of the world. They might not always say thanks. But they’ll remember the hand that reaches out."




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USES OF DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS

Diagnostic Assessments: ( How far have you gone?)
Assessment for learning:

• To check for misconceptions;
• To identify extent of previous learning;
•  To inform teachers on selecting appropriate strategies, activities and materials.

Formative Assessments: (How well are you doing and how well can you be doing better?)
 Assessment for and assessment as learning:

• Checking for understanding, are they attaining the objectives;
• For immediate feed backing;
• Results are recorded, not graded;
• For modifying strategies and learning activities;
• Insightful (for both teachers and students);
• Basis of intervention.

Summative Assessments: (How well did you do?)
Assessment of learning/assessment as learning :

• For making objective judgment on the level of proficiency the learner has attained;
•  Recorded, graded;
• Can be used to further improve strategies;
• Unit tests, periodical tests, transfer tasks/ culminating activities.

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Working with under pressure is very strenuous task. Today, I am in the mood of cramming to catch up the deadline. I am very much afraid not to finish my task. It seems I am in overabundance of stress in my worked. It affects to my relationships with other people, my office mate, my family and friends. Moreover, it affects my nutritional status, emotional well-being and hardly not to get enough sleep and rest. Have you experience this kind of feeling?

 I think stress is a normal feeling. However, I want to get rid of these feeling. So, I asked my office mate if she knew about mood enhancing or ways to handle stress and she shared to me a natural product. It was Herbal City LLC, an herbal stress remedies to help people feel good, recreation, night life people, as well as depression, anxiety. It offers party enhancers, K6 herbal incense and spiritual powders. These help to cope with stress reaction and quickly calm the mind and body. I am grateful to know about Herbal City LLC. It helps and improved my well-being. Now nothing to worry.




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What is Family Planning?

Family planning is deciding the number of children a married couple would want and they would decide when to have the next baby and uses responsible means to achieve their desired number of children.

Birth Control is a procedure that can prevent the birth of a child. It is a routine of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to prevent or reduce chances of pregnancy or giving birth.

Contraceptive is any method or procedure couples may use to prevent the fertilization of the ovum.

The significance of family planning to:

1.  Mother - taking two to three years interval of delivery makes a mother recover and regains health. 
2. Father – family planning lightens the burden and responsibility of the father in supporting family since there are only few to support.
3. Children – they will get better time, opportunity, and security needs like food, clothing, good education, and others.
4. Family – family members have more opportunities to enjoy each other’s company and enable them to save for the improvement of living standards and emergencies.
5. Community – family planning improves the economic and social status of the community.
6. Country and the World – with the positive results of family planning, resources like land, food, and fuel can be reduced in usage and sanitation control would be more effective.

 What are the positive effects of family planning?

•  Physical Less exhaustion due to burden of work load. Everyone in the family will have enough time for everything including rest.
• Mental and Emotional Children gets more time from parents and also have better financial and security needs. This makes the family happy and contented.
• Spiritual Parents having more time with the family will also have enough time to lead their children spiritually. A spiritual way of life results to stronger ties.
• Social There will be enough time with the family and even the community. With an appeased mind and conditioned mental state, it is easier to associate with the family and community.
• Moral With parents having more time with children, they will have more time teaching children values and responsibilities.
• Parents can also provide education and good upbringings. Economic Lesser children results to lesser expenses. Parents will have less to support thus saving more. Economically, the family will have more savings to spend on other needs and will be more financially secured.

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Simple Singing Techniques

1. Posture
2. Breathing
3. Lip Drills
4. Body and hand Movements Exercise
5. Head Roll Exercise
6. Vocalization

As we go along will learn to improve the following:

• Breathing
• Resonance
• Tone
• Range
• Dynamics
• Flexibility

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NASA reports, that by the next 10 months, earth gets hotter by 4 degrees from now. Himalayan glaciers are melting at rapid rate. our climate is changing drastically and it's getting worse.

So, we must help fight Global Warming by doing the following steps:

1. Plant more trees;
2. Dont waste water, water is precious;
3. Use cloth bag instead of plastic;
4. Lastly, dont burn plastic.

Do your share and SAVE OUR PLANET!!!

From: International News, CNN



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How would you define the Christmas spirit? Would it be a friendly smile between strangers, the sound of familiar carols, a tree with twinkling lights in a sea of brightly wrapped packages, or just that good feeling you get this time of the year?

None of these elements captures the real meanin of the phrase. They represent feelings that may be a response to the commercialism that distorts the real spirit of Christmas.



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37th Nutrition Month
JULY 2011 Nutrition Month Theme "Isulong ang BREASTFEEDING: Tama, Sapat, EKsklusibo! (T.S.EK. ✓)".

                                DepEd Memo No. 103, s. 2011



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The Movie Three (3) Idiots:

The Synopsis:
Rancho is from a rich family. While, Farhan and Raju are average students from modest backgrounds. With his different approach, Rancho incurs the wrath of dean of college, Professor Viru Sahastrabudhhe (Virus) (Boman Irani). The experience has changed Farhan and Raju, and they adopt Rancho's outlook. After the baby is apparently stillborn, Rancho resuscitates it. Pia and the fake Rancho rekindle their love, while Chatur mocks and abuses Rancho the schoolteacher before walking away.

Guide Questions:

1. What is the plot of the story?
2. Who are the characters in the movie three (3) idiots?
3. Which of the three male characters do you like most and Why?
4. Which scene did you enjoy the most? Which scene touched you the most?
5. What lesson did you learn from the story?

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What is a Tsunami?
A tsunami is a series of sea waves commonly generated by under-the -sea earthquakes and whose heights could be greather than 5 meters. It is erroneously called tidal waves and sometimes mistakenly associated with storm ssurges. Tsunamis can occur when the earthquake is shallow-seated and strong enough to displace parts of the seabed disturb the mass of water over it.

Some natural signs of an approaching tsunami:

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What is Student Portfolio?

A portfolio is an organized collection of information, data, activities, etc. Using a consistent format and page layout throughout connects the diverse documents so it shows a clearer picture of your events.

Here is a good and suitable Portfolio Introduction Format (Personal Inventory)
To view, download and print the form. Please click here below timesaversforteachers.
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Instructional Activity with UbD as its framework

Reflective Guide Questions:
Answer the following questions after their performances:

1. Were you satisfied with your performance in the culminating activity?
2. What difficulties did you encounter preparing for the dance presentation?
3. What did you do to overcome your difficulties?

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Instructional Activity with UbD as its framework

Activity 1: Let’s Dance… A Dance Presentation

This activity shall engage the students to master the basic steps through a creation of a simple routine using the learned steps and movements. Their performance shall be assessed using the criteria on correct, execution, form, and coordination.

Instruction:

1.  groups into 12 to 18 students per group.
2. choose leader and committee to prepare all the necessary materials, props, costume, and music needed for the mini-folk dance production.
3. review and practice the whole dance of their groups.
4.  use the elements of movement, space, and choreography to make presentations creative, artistic and unique.
5. use improvised costume, props, and accessories.
6. the following criteria/rubrics

Rubrics on Dance Presentetion:

• Performance
• Choreography
• Costume and Props
• Audience Impact

Criteria/Rubrics:	Rating	Score
Performance (mastery of the steps, showmanship, dynamism, projection, grace and poise, timing and coordination)	50%
Choreography (blocking, transition from figure to another, formation, floor pattern, alignment)	30%
Costume and Props (authenticity and usefulness)	15%
Audience Impact (reaction and responses of the audience)	5%
Total	100%

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Thoughts about how very nice you are all through the year; Inspire me to praise you now that Valentine's Day is here! You deserve all the love in the world! Have a great day!




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One of the most important occasions that we celebrate every year is Valentine's Day. It falls on February 14. People in all walks of life give valentine cards to their loved ones, parents, grandparents, brother, sister, and even friends to show their love and thoughtfulness.

There are many beautiful designs that we can use in making Valentine Cards, like red hearts, cupids, roses, lovers, swans and lovebirds.In doing this art work we can either cut or draw our designs.

Materials:

• red art paper
• glue or paste
• oslo
• craypas or crayon
• pentel pen

Procedure:

1. fold the oslo paper into two equal parts;
2. sketch your designs;
3. color your designs with lovely colors;
4. see to it that the dominant color is red;
5. write your message and dedication inside.

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