LESSON PLAN IN HOME ECONOMICS

LESSON PLAN IN HOME ECONOMICS

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able:
1. To identify and enumerate the different food groups.
2. To perform different activities relating to the usefulness of the three basic food groups.
3. To appreciate the value of eating nutritious foods.

II. CONTENT AND MATERIALS

Topic/ Subject Matter : The Three Basic Food Groups
Reference : Alviar, H. E. et. al. (2005). The World of Work 5.
REX Publishing House
Instructional Materials : PowerPoint presentation, cut- out
pictures , cartolina, pens

III. PROCEDURE/ LEARNING ACTIVITY

A. Routine Activities/ Introductory Activity

1. Prayer
Students will choose a prayer partner and they will pray together.
2. Attendance
Students will say their assigned numbers.
3. Checking of Assignments
The teacher will ask the students if they have listed the food that they have eaten
yesterday.

B. Lesson Proper
1. Motivation
The teacher will show a picture of foods through a PowerPoint presentation.
The students will search in the classroom some hidden pictures of food. Then, they will
sort out these pictures by pasting them into the basket.
After the activity, the teacher will ask the students why they came up to the idea that
they should put that food in the certain basket.

2. Presentation
The teacher will present the three basic food groups. (base on the food groups in each
basket)
Go Food
- Give heat and energy, help other nutrients work for the body
Glow Food
- Prevent diseases by building the bodys resistance, regulates body processes
 Grow Food
- Promote growth, build muscles, repair the worn out tissues, give strength
C. Developmental Activity
1. Procedure
The teacher will show a picture of an unhealthy and healthy child and the following
questions will be asked:
a. What is the difference between the two children?
b. What do you think made this child healthy?
c. Why do you think this child is healthy?

2. Activity
Group the students into four to be ready with the activities. Each group will be given 10
minutes for brainstorming and 5 minutes for each presentation.
a. Play let
Show a play let regarding the importance of basic food groups in the family meals.
b. Balagtasan
Which is the most important of the three basic food groups? Have a moderator who will
give the conclusion.
c. Poem
Depicts the result of inadequacy of nutritious food in meals

3. Analysis
Each group will give insights regarding the activity presented. The teacher will
emphasize the value of good nutrition in the body.
Base on the assignment, the teacher together with the students will evaluate the food
they ate if it nutritious and adequate.

4. Abstraction
The teacher will encourage the students to give their ideas by partner (in prayer time)
with regards to the quotation, Good Nutrition Equals Good Health, as a
generalization.

5. Application
Plan and make a 1- meal menu containing the three basic food groups by your partner.
The teacher will encourage the students to prepare this food in their household.

IV. GENERALIZATION
The teacher will facilitate the students in making generalized concepts or ideas
regarding the lesson.
Therefore, having nutritious and adequate food in a meal is very much important to our
body because good nutrition equals good health.

V. EVALUATION
Write a 100-word essay regarding the value of eating nutritious and adequate food with
the use of the three basic food groups.
VI. ASSIGNMENT
Make a collage of Go, Grow, and Glow Foods using food wrappers.