STRATEGIC

INTERVENTION
MATERIALS (SIMs)
 Elements of SIM
Page Design and Layout
• 1. Cover Page ( Front and Back)
• 2. Guide Card
• 3. Activity Card
• 4. Assessment Card
• 5. Enrichment Card
• 6. Reference and Answer Card
• 7. Acknowledgment
 Guide Card

gives an overview of the lesson;

presents the focus skills;
engages the learners’ interest, and
leads the learners toward the
performance tasks
 Activity Card
defines the task that the learner should
undertake in order to develop a skill as it is
competency-oriented
provides enough practice for the learner so that
he can perform the skill automatically
translates the focus skills into at least 3
activities
 Activity Card
Activities should:
• be organized (properly sequenced)
• have clear directions
• provide examples
• be completed in pairs, in small groups, or independently
• leads to discoveries
• challenging
• be localized and contextualized.
 Activity Card
 provides transition statements that recognize
students’ accomplishments
provides questions that:
guide the development of concepts/focus
skill.
elicit the message or meaning that a student
can take away from an activity/ experience.
 Activity Card
 elicit an explanation, not one-word
answers.
establish the relationship between the
topic/lesson and what students
already know or are familiar to them.
develop the skills in the three domains.
 Assessment Card
 helps the learner measure his/her level of
mastery upon completion of the task(s).
• provides exercises, drills or activities that allow
students to:
• assess their understanding of what they have
learned and correct errors
• when appropriate.
 Assessment Card
Key Checkpoints:
ensure alignment of activities with the task/objectives;
keep the activities short and simple;
provide a variety of activities to cater to the diverse
learning styles
provide a number of activities (at least three per task)
so that the learner can
have enough practice in developing the skill.
 Enrichment Card

• provides opportunity to apply learned

concept into a new context.
• provides activities that reinforce the
content of the lesson
 Enrichment Card
• provides opportunities for students to:
apply what they have learned to other
subject areas or in new contexts
work independently or in groups to
explore answers to their own questions
 Enrichment Card
• provides opportunities for students to:
apply what they have learned to other
subject areas or in new contexts
work independently or in groups to
explore answers to their own questions
 Reference Card
provides additional content to the
coverage in the textbook.
Provides list of resources that the learner
may refer to for further reading.
 Page Design and Layout
• Paper Size – A4 size (preferably, 200 GSM)
• Orientation – Portrait
• File Format – MS Word or Publisher
• Margin:
Front Page – ½ inch (all sides)
Content – Left margin – 1 inch
½ inch (top, bottom, right)
 Page Design and Layout
• Number of words – No limit number of words
per page
• Number of Pages:
minimum of 16
maximum of 28
 Digital File Management
•.doc and .pd
 Font Style and Font Size
• Titles and subtitles – free-lance (discretion of the
author)
• Content, which includes directions, examples, and
discussions:
 Font Style: Century Gothic, use Arial for “?”
 Font Size: 14 or 16