Unpacking the Standards and Competencies in

the K-to-12 Math Curriculum

Adapted from the materials of Mike Q. Rapatan, Ph.D.

Discussed by :
JOSEPH RANDOLPH P. PALATTAO
SVEPS, BLD-TLD, DepEd CO
OBJECTIVES
1. Identify various techniques for unpacking a
standards-based curriculum;

2. Apply appropriate techniques for unpacking

standards and competencies in a selected
learning unit;

3. Reflect on the importance of unpacking in

planning mathematics lessons
LET’S THINK!
You are craving for beef kare-kare and plan
to make it for dinner.

1.What ingredients do you need?

2.How will you make it?

3.How will you know that the food you made

is acceptable?
Unpacking Learning Goals

Specifying Learning Targets

Pre-Viewing Questions
1) What do we mean by ‘unpacking the
standards and competencies’?

2) What are the different techniques in

unpacking learning standards and
competencies?

3) How does the intentional unpacking

possibly help planning our
Mathematics lessons?
 Video:

Unpacking the Standards

and Competencies in the
K-to-12 Mathematics
Curriculum
HOW ARE THE TERMS GOING TO BE INTERPRETED?
Clarify ambiguous or reconcile conflicting
terms in the standards or competencies.
HOW DO THE COMPETENCIES AND STANDARDS CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER?
HOW DO THE COMPETENCIES AND STANDARDS CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER?
HOW DO THE COMPETENCIES AND STANDARDS CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER?
WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF THERE IS NO EXPLICIT CONNECTION MADE BETWEEN
STANDARDS AND COMPETENCIES?
Make explicit connections between
standards and competencies.
 Instructional
Standards Competencies Assessment Resources
Activities
WHAT ELSE IS/ARE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE STANDARD?
Provide for missing competencies in
order to achieve the standard.
 CODING

M7AL-IIg-2
WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF THE BUDGET OF TIME IS NOT ESTABLISHED?
Identify the budget of time as suggested
by the Learning Competency Code.
Break down in explicit terms the coverage
or process involved in the standard or
competency.
 C
P
Key Stage 3: R
Grades 7- 10 R
IT
O
Key Stage 2: I
Grades 4 to 6 B
C
L
A
Key Stage 1: E
Grades 1 to 3 L
M
T
S
H
Numbers & O
Number Sense I
L
Measurement N
Patterns and V
Algebra K
I
Geometry I
Statistics and N
Probability N
G
G
To unpack learning standards and competencies:
1. Clarify ambiguous or reconcile conflicting terms in the
standards or competencies.
2. Make explicit connections between standards and
competencies.
3. Provide for missing competencies in order to achieve
the standard.
4. Identify the budget of time as suggested by the LC
Code.
5. Break down in explicit terms the coverage or process
involved in the standard or competency.
Based on your experience,
which unpacking techniques do
you often apply?
How does/might unpacking
affect your planning, teaching
and assessing?
How would our lessons be
affected if unpacking is not
done?
What challenges have you
encountered before when the
standards and competencies
were not unpacked well?
Groups Competencies Codes

1&2 45 M7GE-IIIb-1
3&4 46 M7GE-IIIc-1
5&6 47 M7GE-IIId-e-1
7&8 48 M7GE-IIIe-2
9 & 10 49 M7GE-IIIf-1
1. Discuss the ways by which you are going to
unpack the learning competency assigned
to you.

2. Write your answers on a sheet of Manila

paper.

3. Be ready to share your output with the other

group working on the same competency.
 “Ensuring that teachers understand
what hides inside each standard is a
first and crucial step to helping students
master each standard.”

Schrimpf (2016)
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