DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN
HEALTH
I. OBJECTIVE:
At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to:
- Explain measure to prevent common childhood diseases-healthy environment
- Describe ways to keep the environment healthy
- Practice healthy ways for a healthy environment
- Demonstrate good-decision making skills to prevent diseases
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
Content: Preventive measures for common childhood diseases-environment sanitation
Materials:
- Charts
- Strips of paper
Reference: Marotz, L.R,. et al. Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child 6 th Edition
(2005). New York. Thomson Delmar Learning
III. PROCEDURE:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
(Preparatory Activity)
CLASSROOM ACTIVITY:
Praying
Checking of attendance
A. MOTIVATION
Good day Class! Good day teacher!
How are you? We are fine teacher!
That’s good to know
Today, I will show you pictures and you are going Yes we are teacher!
to tell me what is happening in the pictures. Are
you ready?
(Teacher showing pictures)
What is in the first picture? A girl mapping the floor teacher!
A boy washing his hands teacher!
How about the next picture?
Very good!
A boy taking a bath a teacher!
How about this picture?
A mother sweeping the backyard teacher!
And this one?
That’s right! Very good!
B. PRESENTATION
Our lesson for today is Clean-Up for
the Environment
C. LESSON PROPER
Teacher an environment is what we see in the
Class, what is an environment? Yes Kimberly? surroundings, it is where we live.
Yes! you are right! thank you for that Kimberly
The environment is a big contributing factor of
diseases.
The environment teacher!
What is the contributing factor of diseases class?
Very good!
A clean and healthy environment supports health.
Healthy environment requires clean air and land,
clean and adequate water and food, clean and
spacious shelter free from unpleasant noise and
odors, adequate recreation and neighbourhood
facilities and convenient services in an
environment that provides safety, comfort, and
privacy.
A dirty and unhealthy environment with polluted
air, land and water is not suitable for healthy
living.
A dirty and unhealthy environment teacher!
What is not suitable for healthy living?
Right!
A polluted environment can also cause waterborne
diseases from pathogenic microorganisms
transmitted in contaminated water. Common food
and waterborne diseases are bacterial diarrhea,
hepatitis A and Typhoid fever. Vector-borne
diseases like malaria and dengue fever are also
brought by a polluted environment through its
mosquito carriers. These diseases will be
prevented by having a clean environment.
By having a clean environment teacher!
Again, how do you prevent having diseases?
Healthy environment can be maintained through
proper solid waste management such as proper
disposal, segregations, and 3R’s- reduce, reuse,
and recycle. Each member of the community must
contribute to an environmental program.
Reduce, reuse, and recycle teacher!
Okay class, what are the 3R’s?
Very good!
D. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
Okay Class, we are going to have a school tour. Yes teacher!
You like that?
I want you to observe the surroundings of the Yes teacher!
school, Am I clear?
(After the tour)
The environment of the school is clean and safe
Class, How will you describe the surroundings of teacher!
the school?
Wow! that’s good!
By cleaning the surroundings teacher!
What makes your community Healthy?
By throwing garbage everywhere teacher!
Unhealthy?
Very good!
Now, In your Notebook, You will going to write the
things that makes the environment clean inside (Pupils started the activity)
the box. After that, you will also going to write the
things that makes the environment dirty outside
the box. You may start now.
E. DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES
(Pupils started the activity)
Now, I want you to circle the pictures that shows
keeping the environment clean.
Throwing garbage in the trashcan teacher!
What have you done for the environment class?
What must we do for the environment? We must take good care of it teacher!
Yes Junics?
What are the healthy practices for a clean
environment?
Cleaning, proper segregation and planting trees
Very good! teacher!
Yes Lailanie?
Very good!
Always remember that we must participate in
cleaning the environment to keep it always clean. Yes teacher!
A clean environment makes us Healthy.
F. GENERALIZATION
How can we prevent diseases at home? By doing household chores teacher!
In school? By Helping each other clean the classroom
teacher!
In our community? By participating in cleaning the environment
teacher?
What must we do for a healthy environment? We must throw our garbage properly and
participate in cleaning the environment teacher!
Very good!
G. EVALUATION
Direction: Make a poster that shows ways on maintaining the environment clean.
H. ASSIGNMENT
Observe the surroundings in your house, describe it. Is it clean?
Make a plan on ways in maintaining the cleanliness of your house.
