I.

Introduction

Support Instructional Materials are vital in teaching process, because to serves as back-up in information
processing. The use of support instructional material offers holistic learning experience to the students.
It will help the students to understand more the lesson and topic in providing such support instructional
materials and allowed them to realistically visualize the things and matter that have been discussed.
Therefore the purpose of support instructional materials is to enhance learning and also to contribute in
the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching. In general they serve as reinforcement in the learning
process.

II. Content

Lesson: Nature and Functions of Support Instructional Materials

Topic-Support Instructional Materials

This is the story of my student teachers some years back.

The Narra Tree

Support Instructionals Materials (SIMs) are traditionally referred to as audio-visual aids. They are
materials or device using sight and sound to present information as an aid in teaching. As the name
suggests, these materials are used to support instruction because they provide concrete basis for
conceptual thinking and offer a reality of experience which stimulates self-activity on the part of pupils.
Beacause they can arouse a high degree of interest in the students, they contribute to the effeciency,
depth and variety of learning. With the use of SIMs, teachers can get and hold the attention of almost
students of all ages and ability groups. In general, they are considered reinforcement in the learning
process.

Instructional support materials include the audio-visual kinesthetic(AVK) materials used to promote
learning. The more powerful models are interactive ones. These materials support the theory that the
human brain processes visuals 400,000 times faster than text and found to improve learning by up to
400 percent. Support instructionals materials can be grouped as visual, audio, and tactile materials. An
instructional support material can carrythe three modalities simultaneously, like the television program
of "Tele-Eskwela.", where the child watches the lessons in television and takes active part by orally
reproducing parts of the lesson, and imitates movements or solves problems. Many programs in
compact discs are combunations of the three learning modalities such as"Wee Sing."

Audio-visual-kinesthetic materials come in different forms. The most common are the two-dimensional
materials, concrete or three dimensional materials and technology-assisted materials. Two-dimensional
materials are flat and are usually made from cardboard or construction paper. They are considered to be
the cheapest and most readily available. The most common if these are flashcards, pictures, maps,
posters, chart, and diagrams. They provide only visual experiences. Two-dimensional materials can be
presented with the use of a flip chart. This is a large pad paper on a stand or pocket chart. Children with
special needs are oftentimes distracted by movements. A picture holder (stand) can be useful to hold
steadily the picture. A pocket chart is one versatile classroom materials. It can be used to organize ideas
such as sequencing letters in the alphabet or word, word bank, reconstruct poems, rhymes and songs,
games like Jumbled Letters, or flexible calendar. Each Special Education teacher should have a good
supply of pocket charts in the classroom for children's use since they can play with words before classess
begin or while waiting for the school bus ir their parents to pick them up.

Concrete objects fall under the three dimensional materials. These include also terrestrial globes,
models, or realias, sand table and dioroma. They provide experiences for sight and tactile-kinesthetic
senses. The child can look at the material, touch it, even smell or taste it can explain its use.

Some support instructional materials require the use of hardwares. The most common hardwares are:

*Overhead Projector- This is a hardware for projecting and enlarging images onto a screen or wall with
the use of transparencies without requiring the lights to be dimmed.

*Video- It is an audio-visual material that brings, movement, pictures and sound into the lesson. To use
this material for the lesson the teacher should (1) preview the clip to make sure that the clip is directly
relevant to the lesson content and tell the audience what to look for, (2) show the clip, and (3) follow up
by having the students answer the guide questions and discussing other points taken from the clip.

*Tape recorders and cassette tapes- These are useful for audio and kinesthetic presentations such as
speech, music and movement.

*Slides- These are very powerful instructional materials showing, words, diagrams or images projected
through the slide projector.

*Computer- This is a user-friendly technology most effective for programming interactive materials. The
currebt thrust toward technology has made computers accessible to all learners even in far-flung areas.

Computer technology has dramatically made learning accessible to many individuals with special needs.
Because of their interactive nature, learning becomes fun, engaging and effective. Computers offer a safe
environment for practice and improving skills because there is no pressure from an adult judging or
criticizing. Aside from providing immediate attention and feedback, it allows the student to work at his
or her own pace.

One notable breaththrough is special education is the term assisstive technology - devices and services
that improve the functional capabilities of students with disabilities. Assistive technology is not always
electronic but also includes materials that are teacher -made like a series of pictures attached to a
schedule to show the activities the student has to perform on that day (Friend, 2006). It can include
Braille materials for the blind consisting of Braille Stylus and slate Braille materials for the typewriter for
writing, and Braille books. The blind can also be provided with tactual maps, embossed or sandpaper
letters, fabric balls or other tactile aids to enhance learning. The modelling clay and the drawing slate are
effective materials not only for tactile experiences but also as self-expressive activities for the
behaviourally distributed.

Electronic assistive technology can include the computerized language translationsz for the culturally and
linguistically disabled, "talking" books or computers for the learning disabled and visually impaired,
calculators for the people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to solve mathematical
problems needed for important life skills and the e-Buddies (a program that create e-mail friendships
between people with or without mental retardation).

A teacher who is skillful in the use of support instructional materials offers holistic learning experiences
to the students especially if the five senses are utilized.

Different Instructional Materials in raltion to modalities of learning.

Sight-video, film, media, drawings, paintings, cartoons, caricature, stones, plants, animals, games

Smell- ink, glue, chemicals, foods, paint, flowers, aromas, rain, fresh air

Touch- clay textures, finger,paints, cloth, puzzless, musical instruments, chalk, markets, sand, sand paper,
blocks.

Taste- coocking, snacks, ethic foods, juices, fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, puddings, breads

Hearing- symphonies, rhythm and blues, rap songs, jazz, carols, bods, head sets, radios, television, CD-
ROMs, audiotapes, foreign languages.

III. Evaluation: (1-15) Multiple Choice Test

1.________ are traditionally referred as audio-visuals aids?

a. Support Information Materials

b. Support Instructional Materials

c. Electronic Assistive Technology

d. Computer technology

2. The purpose of support instructional materials is to

a. teach the new lesson

b. enhance learning

c. replace teacher's function

d. make learning faster

3. A support instructional materials has meaningfulness if it is characterized as

b. age appropriate

c. sensitive to cultural issues

d. available at the time of use

4. The following are support instructional materials except?

a. audio material

b. visual material

c. tactile material

d. concrete material

5. Which is criticism of two-dimensional matrials?

a. They are found everywhere

b. They are beyond the reach of teachers

c. They require complex skills in using

d. They provide only visual experiences

6. An aid in presenting large two-dimension materials and is hung on the wall is the

a. flip chart

b. pocket chart

c. diorama

d. overhead projector

7. A series of pictures arranged to represent a schedule for the day for a child is a form of

a. two-dimensional material

b. assistive technology

c. three-dimensional material

d. model

8. It is a hardware for projecting and enlarging images onto a screen or wall with the use of
transparencies without requiring the lights to be dimmed.
a. video

b. overhead projector

c. computer

d. slides

9. These are very powerful instructional materials showing words, diagrams or images projected through
the slide projector.

a. overhead projector

b. video

c. slide

d. computer

10. This is user-friendly technology most effective for programming interactive materials.

a. tape recorders and cassette tapes

b. slides

c. video

d. computer

11. It is an audio-visual material that brings movement, pictures and sound into the lesson?

a. computer

b. video

c. slides

d. overhead projector

12. These are useful for audio and kinesthetic presentations such as speech, music, and movement?

a. tape recorders and cassette tapes

b. computer

c. slide

d. video

13. It is not safe or practical to use real objects like a knife, the best alternatives are
a. posters

b. pictures

c. relias

d. photograph

14. sight: drawings, paintings touch: finger, texture smell:___,___

a. plants, animals

b. ink, glue

c. fruits, vegetable

d. symphonies, rhythm

15. smell:flowers, fresh air hearing: foreign language, carols touch____,____

a. aromas, chemicals

b. head set, television

c. video, media

d. cloth, puzzles

IV. Reflection, Implication and Importance of Report

As a student Support Instructional Materials (SIMs) are important tools in helping us to understand the
lesson well. It offer an oppurtunity to experience and provide concrete basis for conceptual thinking. It
also help us to visualize the lesson by relating into a real life situation and help us to explore subject
knowledge. This lesson implicates that support Instructional Materials plays a vital role in students
learning because it provides students visual representations about real world. I think our governing body
should promote the use of Support Instructional Materials and explore and invent more a sustainable
Instructional Materials that students can use for fast and quality learning. This report is important for
students to be aware what role does Instructional Materials plays in crucial part of teaching and learning.
It also important for us student to be aware what are the different Instructional Materials that could we
use in learning.

As a future teacher Support Instructional Materials are important tools in teaching. The use of support
Instructional Materials help the students to become independent and strategic learner. It is very
beneficial for us future teacher because it will make the teaching process easy and students will able to
gain knowledge need to achieve the objectives. This report implicates that we us future teacher we
should have different kind of Instructional materials that were appropriate for the age, emotional and
social development and ability level of the student for whom the materials were selected. It should also
diverse considering the level of difficulty, reader's appeal and should present variety points of view. In
making Instructional Materials we should always what is the purpose and whom your audience. This
report is important because it will help us as future teacher to make an innovative learning materials
that could help in students learning. Therefore, as future teacher the learning student will reflect and
will depend on how we teach and how we're creative our teaching was and how we utilized learning
material well and how it was effective and efficient.