RONALD JOHN B.

TEVES / EDE21
EDUC 228
DR. OLIVIA M. LEGASPI - PROFESSOR
 This Toolkit contain various ideas of Instructional Materials, both Traditional and
Modern, which teachers can use for specific lessons.
What you will see in this Toolkit are the actual photos of the materials for
reference, the materials to be use in making these Instructional Materials, the specific
lesson(s) where teachers can utilize these and the step-by-step procedure on how to
make these.
This Toolkit is very helpful for teachers, for it will provide them creative ideas
for their classes and to boost the students attentiveness and engagement in the
Teaching-Learning Process.
• Pocket English is a type of instructional material which can be used to show the students the direct comparison
or conversion of words when applied with different the different topics on a lesson. You can use this in certain
lessons like teaching Synonym, Antonym, Prefix, Suffix and Degree Comparison.
• This is prepared using a folder, glue, color papers, marker, scissors, ruler and pencil. This is prepared by
following these steps: (1.) Get different color papers which will serve as your pockets, (2.) Fold them twice, (3.)
Using the pencil and ruler, draw a pocket and cut it, (4.) Fill the drawing lines using a marker, (5.) Get more
color papers which will serve as the “money” which you will place later inside the pockets, (6.) Fold it to your
desired size of money and cut them. (7.) Write words in the pocket and money which corresponds to the
topic(s) you have chosen. Example: For antonym, write the word “happy” on the pocket and write “unhappy”
on the money. (8.) Cover your folder to make it more presentable and eye catching, you may also opt to
design, (9.) Fold the pockets and cut the upper part (mouth), (10.) Paste the pockets inside the folder. (11.) You
can now place the money inside the pockets.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoUIPT6csqw
• Explosion Box is a type of traditional instructional material which can be used for lessons where there are several underlying subjects,
like Parts of Speech, Figures of Speech, Elements of Poem, Parts of a Story, etc. It can be use in order to catch the attention of
students since it usually looks like a “gift” and the it help the teachers to give the meaning of the terms in the lesson.

• This is prepared using a box with cover, marker, colored papers, cartolina, glue/double sided tape, decorative wrappers,
lace/ribbon (optional). This is done by following these steps: (1.) Cut the edges of the box, (2.) Put double-sided tape on every corner,
(3.) Cut cartolina in four pieces ( same size per side of the box) and do the same on the back part of the box, (4.) Cover the cover of
the box with cartolina also. You may opt to use gift wrapper as cover for the outer part of the box and the cover. (5.) Put colored
papers in the inner part of the box, put each for every side of the box, this is where you will write the topics, (6.) Get another several
pieces of colored paper and fold them several times, this is where you will write the definitions for each topic chosen. (7.) Get another
pieces of colored papers and cut the papers into arrow shape, make several. (8.) Paste the folded papers behind the colored papers
placed at each side of the box, and paste an arrow at tip of each folded papers. (9.) Write the Title of the lesson at the center part
and the several topics at each sides, write also the definitions of each topic in the folded papers. (10.) Assemble to box and put the
cover. (11.) Place a ribbon to make it look like a gift.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmOVtqyZoXk
• This a traditional instructional material that are used for illustrations. It can be used by the teacher
for story telling, for the students to visualize the story being told. It may illustrate characters, places
and important events happened in the story.
• This is prepared using flannel cloth (printed pictures or drawings), cardboard (optional if the
pictures are printed or drawn), magnet or tape (depending on the surface where you will paste
the pictures, glue. The steps to be followed in making this are: (1.) If you are going to use flannel
cloth, sketch the drawing. / Print the pictures/ Draw the pictures, (2.) Cut the drawings, (3.) If you
use flannel cloth, assemble the parts and paste them in a black flannel cloth that would serve as its
outline/ If you are going to use a printed pictures or drawing, paste the it on a cardboard in
order to make it fixed and durable, so it will not wobble. (4.) Paste the magnet/ tape behind the
picture.
• This instructional material can also be used for illustrations, particularly for story-telling, it contains the different
scenes of the story through pictures. This will help the teachers also depict the story so that students may be able to
visualize the story.

• This is prepared using a box, 2 recycled tissue roll tubes, printed or drawn pictures, tape, cartolina or colored
papers. The following procedures in making this are: (1.) Arrange the pictures by scenes, (2.) Combine the scenes by
taping the second scene at the bottom of the first scene, the so on until all the scenes are taped together. (3.) Cut a
rectangle at a longer side of the box. Make sure to spare a border. Cut two circles at each side of the box, make
sure that the circle are parallel to the other side of the box. This is where you will place the cardboard tubes. (4.)
Place the tissue tubes inside the circles, (5.) Tape the top of the picture it the upper tissue tube and the tip of the last
scene at the lower tissue tube. The picture must be facing the rectangular hole. (6.) Decorate the box by using colored
papers or any wrapper you desired.

• This can be operated by scrolling the tissue tubes so the scenes looks like changing like a television show.
• This instructional material are commonly used for telling stories, or may serve
as a “teacher” .
• There are many kinds of puppets and may use different materials like flannel
cloth and styrofoam globes, felt cloth, paper bags, socks, etc. The procedures
also varies depending on the type of puppet you will be doing. The most
common procedure in making a puppet is the draw parts of the face like
mouth, ears, hair and eyes. You may opt to use googly eyes also.
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• This modern instructional media is an online website that can be used for motivation
or evaluation. It is an online website wherein teachers can input questions for the
introduction of the lesson (if for motivation) or for assessing the learning of the
students regarding the lesson discussed (if for evaluation).
• The students will have a fun time and not be pressured in answering the questions
since the graphics and the content of this website is like a virtual game that most of
the kids play. It also contains funny quotations and features like level ups, special
powers and such. It will give an impression to students that there are learning is fun!
• This is an instructional material that can be used when the teacher wants to show a
comparison between words in terms of their differences and similarities. This can be
used for lessons such as: adjectives and adverbs, characters comparison in a story
analysis and more.
• This material are prepared using various materials which can either be modern or
traditional. For modern, through power point presentation. For traditional, can be
through illustration boards, manila papers, or even the blackboard.
• This instructional material are type of materials that will assess students learning of the lesson.
It can be used to various lessons like prefix and suffix and also parts of speech.
• This is prepared using colored papers or cartolina, marker and crayons (if you prefer to put
drawings). The can be done by drawing puzzle lines at the half of the paper and diving those
into several vertical lines, where you will write the examples. And at the top part of the
paper, you may write the topics desired. And cutting them.
• For this particular picture, it was used for the prefix and suffix lesson, where the prefixes are
written at top and the examples were jumbled and the teacher let the students decide where
to put them.
• Flashcards are instructional materials that can be used for classroom activities
for many lessons in the English subject. Teachers may use this for lessons such
as degrees of adjective and adverb, tenses of verbs, singular and plural
nouns, and many more.
• There are also different ways of having flashcards, you may do it yourself
using your index cards or you may avail it from bookstores.
• This instructional material help teachers in able to aid the students learning
through visualizing the lesson. It is used for story-telling of literary pieces.
• These kind of books are available on bookstores, however it may cost
teachers some amount. But, teachers can also be creative enough to create an
improvised picture book from cardboards, illustration boards, cartolina, plastic
covers and spring or yarn and creativity for drawing.
 I hope this Toolkit helped you in giving new ideas for you to utilize in
your class! You may use these ideas in any part of your lesson and it will help
you to manage your class more, improve the learning abilities of your students
and for the Teaching-Learning process to be more fun and exciting!
May it made your life much for easier and convenient as a teacher by
utilizing these ideas. God bless! 