Please read: local context. Local context: this edition was made for learners in Negros Occidental; the mother-tongue word suggestions are in Hiligaynon. The objective is from the BCO of the Schools Division of Negros Occidental (Term 2, Week 10). The whole lesson works anywhere: swap the words for your learners’ language, and the objective if your BCO differs. All files are editable in Word and PowerPoint.

Classroom Observation (CO) Lesson Pack for Grade 4 English, Term 2, ready for the 1st CO of SY 2026-2027 for Teacher I-III (Beginning towards Proficient). One complete 45-minute lesson: Jun’s Three Letters: Using Friendly Letters to Excuse, Invite and Thank (BCO Week 10, Use friendly letters (e.g., excuse, invitation, gratitude, etc.)).

CO schedule and PPST indicators

1st Classroom Observation, SY 2026-2027, Teacher I-III (DepEd Memorandum No. 89, s. 2025, Table 7; COT rubric Levels 2–6). Each Classroom Observable Indicator is annotated at least twice in the lesson flow, with the evidence the observer will see, plus an Annex A matrix:

• 1.1.2 Apply knowledge of content within and across curriculum teaching areas.
• 1.4.2 Use a range of teaching strategies that enhance learner achievement in literacy and numeracy skills.
• 1.5.2 Apply a range of teaching strategies to develop critical and creative thinking, as well as other higher-order thinking skills.
• 1.6.2 Display proficient use of Mother Tongue, Filipino and English to facilitate teaching and learning.
• 2.1.2 Establish safe and secure learning environments to enhance learning through the consistent implementation of policies, guidelines and procedures.
• 2.2.2 Maintain learning environments that promote fairness, respect and care to encourage learning.

Learning competency

• Express ideas appropriately (age-appropriate, gender-responsive, culture sensitive) for one’s purpose, context, and target audience. (DepEd MATATAG English, Grade 4 Budget of Work (Second Term))

Learning objective (verbatim from the Schools Division of Negros Occidental BCO, Term 2 Week 10)

• Use friendly letters (e.g., excuse, invitation, gratitude, etc.)

The one objective is measured through three success criteria (K1-a chooses the kind of letter for the purpose, K1-b writes the five parts in order, K1-c uses words that fit the reader): the observable behaviour, the tool (Mail Sort fingers and taps, the group Letter Paper with a checklist, a 5-item quiz read aloud) and the pass mark.

What is inside (52 files)

• Lesson Plan in the ILAW Lesson Plan Template (DO 016, s. 2026) · Word, portrait and lean, in English: explicit instruction (I Do, We Do, You Do) named on every activity, what to show, expected answers, PPST annotation column with every indicator word for word, 5-item quiz with key, space to write your reflection
• Differentiated group task (3 levels) · the same letter in the same 8 minutes with three levels of help: a letter frame with choices (CIRCLE), starters and a word bank (TRIANGLE), or the five parts only with a sentence that tells more (STAR). Levels are named by shapes (CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, STAR), never “easy” or “hard”; the Teacher Guide shows how to form the groups from your reading results. Works for 6 groups (two per level) or 3 groups (one per level)
• PowerPoint · notebook style: the storybook “Jun’s Three Letters”, new words with three pictures each, a letter tour (the whole letter first, then each part lights up), the three kinds (EXCUSE · INVITATION · GRATITUDE) and five parts with their own shapes and colours, PURPOSE · PARTS · READER, I Do and We Do letters on a writing pad, the Mail Sort tap game, Letter Post Office, the Fix the Letter tap game, a guided generalization and the whole quiz on screen (one item per slide), teacher script in the notes
• 10 printables · Word, ready to print: class and group rules, six situation cards marked with the group’s level, Letter Paper at three levels (one page per group), kind signs and part labels, checklists, 5-item quiz, rating sheet and class record, exit ticket and home card, story and answer keys (teacher copy), and an optional Big Story Poster (A4 landscape; print on tarp-papel or enlarge with your printer’s Poster setting)
• Teacher Guide · the teacher's analysis with the realistic 45-minute timing and a clock check, step-by-step preparation for every material, a tick-box materials checklist, clickable links to every file, pre-observation conference notes, measurement map for the objective, contingency plan
• Pictures (illustrations) and a READ FIRST sheet

The teacher, section and date lines are left blank for you to fill in. Written for classes with many slow readers: learner sentences have 10 words or fewer, the teacher reads every text aloud, every new word has three pictures, and each letter part has its own shape, colour and label. The two games are inside the PowerPoint (tap in Slide Show), so you never open another file. Fully editable in Word and PowerPoint.

Prepared with the help of Matudlo AI and checked by the author. As DO 016, s. 2026 requires, please review, adapt and sign the plan before use. Licensed to one teacher for their own classes; do not resell or share.