Lesson Plan in TLE

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
A. Understand what is Proper Nutrition
B. Identify different foods need for Proper Health
C. Appreciate the importance of Proper Nutrition
II. Subject Matter
A. Topic: Importance of Proper Nutrition
B. Instructional Materials: laptop, power point presentation, bottle, cartolina
III. Learning Activities

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preliminary Activities

Everybody, please stand and let us pray. (Students will stand and pray)
Good morning, class! Good morning, Ma’am!
How are you today?

Now, arrange your chairs properly and get ready for (The students arrange their chairs)
checking of your attendance.
Is anybody here in group absent?? None, Ma’am!
How about this group? None, Ma’am!
Very good!

Before we proceed to our next lesson today let us

review first our previous class discussion.

I have here a bottle. Inside of this bottle are pieces of

paper with corresponding questions written on it. I will
play some music. While the music plays, you will clap
your hands while passing the bottle through your
classmates. If the music stops, the student who holds
the bottle will be the one to pick a piece of paper inside
of it. He/she will read the question to the class and
answer it. Alright?
Are you ready? Yes, Ma’am. We are ready!

(Teacher plays music) (The students participate)

(the music stops) (student pick a piece of question inside the

bottle)

Okay, students who got the questions please come (students go in front of class and answer it)
forward.
And please read and answer it.
What are the three basic food groups?
The three basic food groups are Go, Grow and
Glow Foods.
Thank you, Martin. Please be seated.
Next, Diana. Why we need Go Foods to our body?
Go foods provide fuel and help us ‘go’ and be
Thank you, Diana. active.
Who can give me an example of Go foods?
Yes, Patricia. Bread and rice.
Very good, Patricia.
 Next, Mercy. Why is Grow Foods important to our body?
Grow foods help to build our body’s bone, teeth
and muscle and keep us full so that we don’t get
hungry straight away.

Thank you, Mercy.

Class, What are the example of Grow Foods Meat products like chicken, fish, seafood.

Next, Adrian. What are the benefits of Glow Foods in our

body?
Glow foods supply the body with vitamins and
minerals to keep our body healthy and
functioning properly.

Give me an example of Glow foods. Fruits and vegetables.

Those were the foods that we need to eat every day so

that we can have a happy and healthy lifestyle.

MOTIVATION
Now class, look at your classmate beside you. Describe
if she/he is healthy. Then say all things the reason why
she/he is healthy. (students will participate)

Okay class, thank you for your participation

B. LESSON PROPER
Okay class, our lesson for today is all about the .
Importance of Proper Nutrition.

There are three important elements of Good Nutrition.

The first one is Nutrition.

Class, who have any ideas about nutrition? (student participate)

Very Good. In addition to that, nutrition is eating the

right kind and amount of food at a right time.

Another one is Food.

Of course it is a substance that sustains life.

And the last is Health.

Class, health is not only a means of freedom from
disease or physical pain but it is also the complete
fitness of the body

Again class what are the important elements of Good Nutrition, Health and Food.
Nutrition?

Mind you class, nutrition, food and health are related

to each other. To have optimum health, one must
observe good nutrition which can be attained by eating
nutritious foods.

Do you understand class? Yes, ma’am.

Now let’s proceed to qualities of food that we need to
eat.

First, the food must be nutritious.

Why do you think it is important the food must be
nutritious?

Exactly, nutritious food contains essential needed by

our body.

The second is the food must have satiety value.

What do you mean by satiety?

Okay, satiety means having too much. This means that

food must satisfy our appetite and give feeling of
fullness.

Let us go to the next quality which is the food must be

palatable. The flavour, aroma, color, and texture of
food satisfy your taste.

Class, in choosing food to eat what are the things you

considered before eating it?
Yes, Fatima!

Very Good!

Another one, Carlo!

Very good, Carlo!

Let us move on to the fourth quality which is it should

be prepared with utmost care considering Sanitary
Conditions and Aesthetical Value.
Meaning class, it should be clean, presentable, and it
satisfies the taste of the eater.

Another is it should free from toxic agents. The food

must not contain substances harmful to health.

And last, it must be offer variety and planned with the

budget of family.
It means it should enough to the budget of the family,
because if it’s not, they can’t afford nutritious foods.
Example is the “malunggay pandesal” it is affordable
yet nutritious.

Do you have any question before we move on? No, ma’am.

Now we will go on to the characteristics of a healthy

individual.

The activity that was done a while ago that you

describe your classmate is healthy that was under this
topic.
 Now let us enumerate the twelve characteristics of a
healthy individual.

1. Has a bright eyes and clear vision.

Class what if the person has poor eye sight what do you
think is the problem?

Another.

Good.

2. Has soft and unblemished complexion.

Meaning the color of the skin is not pale. It should not
rough.
That person who is working under the sun is prone to
skin cancer. Because of too much exposure to the
sunlight, the natural nutrients of the skin are slowly
faded away.

Next is,
3. Has a shiny hair.
Remember this class, not all shiny hair was considered
as healthy; some other is produced by a chemical that Yes, Ma’am.
can damage the natural beauty of hair.
Understand class?

4. Have pinkish gums, moist lips and lesion-free

tongue.
Okay, next characteristic please read.
Yes, Cardoy!

Yes, individual is healthy when her lips is glossy not

dried and gums is pinkish not pale.
Understand? 5. Has good posture and graceful movements.

Let us go to the next, will you please read Kiko?

Thank you. No, Ma’am.

Class if the person is clumsy do you think they are
healthy?

Very good, class!

Graceful person is an example of a healthy person.
Because their senses are active, they can response to
things around them.

Next,
6. has the right height and weight appropriate to age
and sex. (Student will raise his/her hand and read)
7. Eliminates waste regularly.
Next.
Who wants to read number seven?

It means that an individual should release waste in the

body. 8. Active and alert.
 Next please read, Jericho!

It means that individual can response immediately.

Another.
9. Free from sickness, physical and mental abnormality.
Simply saying a person has strong immune system.

Next please read, Angela!

10. Is not under undue fatigue and emotional
It says that individual is not depressed because of stress.
problems.
Remember this class, okay?
Yes, Ma’am.
Second to the last,
11. Is attractive in appearance.
Means good posture and good looking.

And the last,

Will you please read, Jamil?
Has a positive outlook in life.

Meaning an individual has a healthy mind and never

looks beyond imperfection.

Generalization

Class what have you learned from our previous lesson? (student will share their ideas on they have
learned in the lesson)
Application

Now class, I will group you into five groups. Each group
will design campaign poster to promote nutrition.
Poster size must be ½ cross wise of cartolina. Place
these posters in the different parts of school.

Evaluation

A. Identify if it is about Nutrition, Health or Food.

Write N for nutrition, F for food and H for
health. Write it on a ¼ piece of paper.

____1. Freedom from disease or physical pain.

____2. Eating the right kind of food at the right
time.
____3. Complete fitness of the body.
____4. Any substance that sustain life.
____5. It nourishes the body when it is ingested.
 B. True or False. Write T if the statement is true
and F if the statement is false.

____1. Chemical substance can make our hair

shiny.
____2. Unhealthy person eliminates waste
regularly.
____3. Healthy person has pinkish gums not
pale.

____4. Positive outlook in life is one of the

examples of healthy person.
____5. Healthy person has bright eyes.

ASSIGNMENT:
1. Make a list of ways on how you can promote
proper nutrition in your own family; and
2. Write what kind of food (name of specific food)
you are going to eat with them.