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HEALTH Learner’s Materials

UNIT 1

Department of Education

Republic of the Philippines

This instructional material was collaboratively developed and reviewed by educators from public and private schools, colleges, and or/universities. We encourage teachers and other education stakeholders to email their feedback, comments, and recommendations to the Department of Education at action@deped.gov.ph.

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Health – Grade 3 Learner’s Material First Edition, 2013 ISBN: 978-971-0468-21-8

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Development Team of the Learner’s Material Reviewers: Mark Kenneth S. Camiling, Rhodora L. Formento, Evelina M.

Vicencio Authors: Rizaldy R. Cristo, Minerva C. David, Aidena Nuesca, Jennifer E.

Quinto, Gezyl G. Ramos, Emerson O. Sabadlab Illustrator: Eric de S. Guia, Fermin M. Fabella, Raemon C. Dela Peña Encoders: Danica Nicole G. Baña Proof reviewer: Salvacion Olinares Focal Person: Nerisa M. Beltran

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Table of Contents

Quarter 1 – Nutrition ................................................................. 1

Lesson 1: Good or bad nutrition ......................................... 5

Lesson 2: Are you under eating? ....................................... 7

Lesson 3: Vitamins for life ..................................................... 10

Lesson 4: Minerals for life ..................................................... 13

Lesson 5: Are you overeating? ........................................... 16

Lesson 6: Eat just right........................................................... 18

Lesson 7: Grow with healthy food ...................................... 21

Lesson 8: Healthy with clean and safe food .................... 25

Lesson 9: Maintain a healthy life style ............................... 29

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QUARTER 1

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NUTRITION INTRODUCTION:

Proper nutrition is important for your good health. This module will help you understand the importance of balanced diet in good nutrition. It also hopes to enable you to make good food choices and maintain healthy lifestyle. So now, get ready to learn and be healthy. Remember, it is important to eat well and live well!

Lesson 1: Good or Bad Malnutrition

Look at the pictures.

Picture 1: Rod Picture 2: Lee Picture 3: Romy Who among the children is healthy? Why? Who is not healthy? Why?

Let’s Try! 

  

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Compare Rod, Lee and Romy. Fill out the chart. Lee Rod Romy How he looks

How you think he feels

What you think he can do

What you think he CAN’T do

Finish the sentence. Malnutrition is _____________________________________________________

Let’s Do This! 

Let’s Remember!  

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Let’s Check!

What is a healthy child? Describe a healthy child. Use your own words. What is malnutrition? Answer using the word map below:

Lesson 2: Are you under eating?

Activity 1: A Story of Two Children

Read the stories of two children who are both 8 years old: M and K.

M

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M does not have appetite to eat; she is thin. She is also the smallest child in her class. M wakes up late and is always in a hurry to go to school. She often misses breakfast. It’s a long walk to school and she arrives in class feeling weak and very tired. She feels sleepy and cannot understand the lesson. At home, lunch is rice and water with salt since her family is poor. M got sick. The doctor at the barangay health center said that M is suffering from malnutrition. Answer the following questions:

1. How does M look? 2. How does she feel? 3. What does M eat? 4. What is M suffering from? 5. What does M lack in her diet?

K

K is suffering from burn and has been in the hospital for weeks. He and his little brother were playing with matches and their house caught fire. K cannot eat. He finds it hard to chew and swallow food. He has lost a lot of weight and is already very thin.

Answer the following questions: 1. How does K look? 2. How does he feel? 3. What can’t K eat? 4. What might happen to K? Why?

 

Activity 2: Draw Me a Picture Draw a picture of M or K.

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Let’s Check! 

Finish the following sentences under your picture:

1. Protein-energy malnutrition is a kind of _____________________. 2. In protein-energy malnutrition, there is lack of the nutrients

______________ and ________________ in the diet. 3. A child with protein-energy malnutrition

looks _______________________________________________________. feels _________________-_______________________________________. cannot______________________________________________________.

On the space before the number: write True if the statement is correct, write False if the statement is wrong. ___1. A child who eats too little suffers from over nutrition. ___2. A child who eats too much suffers from malnutrition. ___3. A child who suffers from protein-energy malnutrition is stout. ___4. A child with protein-energy malnutrition does not learn well. ___5. A child with protein-energy malnutrition lacks protein and

carbohydrates in the diet.

Let’s Remember!  

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Lesson 3: Vitamins For Life? Activity 1 Study the pictures below. Describe the children.

Let’s Do! 

 

 

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Activity 2: Know Your Vitamins Match the deficiencies in column A with the vitamin a person needs in column B. Draw a line to connect them.

A B

1. Scurvy A. Vitamin A

2. Beri-beri B. Vitamin B

3. Rickets C. Vitamin C

4. Night blindness D. Vitamin D

E. Vitamin E

 

Let’s Remember!  

Vitamins are nutrients that help regulate body functions. A

person who lacks vitamins in the body will suffer nutritional

deficiencies.

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Let’s Check! 

What will happen if we don’t get enough vitamins? Name the vitamins needed for each situation.

1. Jane finds it hard to read her favorite book. Her eyes are

itching and burning. ____________________________________________________

2. Francis has dry and scaly skin. He gets tired easily and has

muscle pains. ____________________________________________________

3. Leah often has nose and gum bleeding. Her wounds also

do not heal easily.

_____________________________________________________ 4. Greg cannot walk and stand properly. He has weak bones

and muscles.

_____________________________________________________

Choose one vitamin. Make a slogan on how to prevent vitamin deficiency.

Content: 5 points

Structure: 3 points

Creativity: 2 points

10 points

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Lesson 4: Minerals For Life

I. Identify the signs and symptoms for each deficiency. Write in the appropriate column. Dizziness Joint pains Slow growth Paleness Brittle nails Difficult swallowing Cramps Sleeplessness Slow mental growth

Iron- Deficiency Anemia

Iodine- Deficiency Calcium- Deficiency

II. What minerals do these foods contain?

A. Write your answers on the blank.

milk

S se

seaweeds

cheese

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fish

Malunggay leaves

chicken

shrimps

crabs

Mussels

clams

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III. Match the deficiency in Column A to the healthy foods in Column B. Draw a line to connect.

Rickets

Iron-deficiency anemia

 

Goiter

 

A B

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Lesson 5: Are you overeating?

Activity 1: A Letter For My Friend Read the letter below. Dear Friend, How are you doing? You have been absent in school for a week now. I called your house. Your father told me that you get easily tired and you find it hard to breathe. I asked if we can play after school but he said you cannot. Your father said you do not also want to go to school because you are afraid to be teased as a fat kid. Please call me so I can tell you our homework. Come to school again soon. Love, Your Friend Answer the following questions:

1. Why is the friend not going to school? 2. How does the friend look like? 3. What is the friend suffering from? 4. What foods did the friend eat that made him fat?

Activity 2: Eat all you can! Draw your favorite food.

Let’s Do! 

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Let’s Check! 

Finish the following sentences under your picture:

1. Obesity is a kind of _____________________. 2. In obesity, there is lack of ______________ and excess

________________ in the diet. 3. A child with obesity

looks___________________________________________. feels______________________________________________________. cannot___________________________________________________.

On the space before the number: write True is the statement is correct, write False if the statement is wrong. ___1. A child who eats too much suffers from under nutrition. ___2. A child who eats too much suffers from obesity. ___3. A child who suffers from obesity is skinny. ___4. A child with obesity performs limited physical activities only. ___5. A child with obesity lacks protein and carbohydrates in the

diet.

Let’s Remember!  

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Lesson 6: Eat Just Right!

What are your favorite foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Draw on the plates below.

Are these healthy?

Is it okay to eat too much or too less? Why?

Breakfast Lunch

Dinner

Let’s Try! 

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Activity 2: Create Your Own Menu!

Let’s Do! 

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I. Use the Food Pyramid Guide to plan a balanced breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Write inside the notepads.

II. Complete the sentences below.

If I eat too less, I may ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If I eat too much, I may ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If I eat just right, I may ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Let’s Check! 

Breakfast Lunch

Dinner

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Lesson 7: Grow with Healthy Food

Can you find the hidden names of nutritious foods? Find these and write on your notebook.

P E C H A Y X V

A Q S Q U A S H

P U B E N M E W

A C A S S A V A

Y F N G U A V A

A B A M I L K H

K A N G K O N G

D M A N G O K U

C A M O T E R N

L B A N A N A Y

Let’s Try! 

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Activity 1: Match Me!

What do we get from eating nutritious food? Match the picture to the correct word.

 

Picture of root crops (kamote, 

cassava, corn) 

 

 

Calcium 

 

Vitamins 

Minerals 

 

Carbohydrates 

Let’s Do! 

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Activity 2: My Everyday Maze

What are other foods that we need to eat more everyday?

START

A Healthy and Balanced You

Draw a carbohydrate-rich food.

Draw a vitamin-rich food.

Draw a mineral-rich food.

TIME OUT! Let’s Drink a glass of milk Draw a glass of milk

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Why do we need to eat protein-rich foods? Why do we need to avoid salty and fatty foods? Write the reasons below.

Yes to Protein! 

If I eat protein‐rich foods, I will 

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

No to Salt and Fat! 

If I eat too salty and fatty foods, I will 

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

Let’s Check! 

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Lesson 8: Healthy with Clean and Safe Food

Sing the song to the tune of “Row, row, row your boat”

Eat clean and safe food

Do it everyday Happily, happily, happily, happily

We will be healthy

Activity 1: What’s wrong? Study the picture.

Let’s Try! 

Let’s Do! 

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Activity 2: Choose and Tell

Decide whether the picture shows proper ways to have clean and safe food. If not write what must be done in your notebook.

 

 

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1 2

3 4

5

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Activity 3: Agree or Disagree? Which of the following practices do you like or dislike? Check ( √) the column.

Agree Practices Disgaree

I will keep cabinets and other food storage areas clean and dry.

I will wash vegetables and fruits with soap and water.

I will leave utensils in the sink after using these.

I will reheat leftover foods.

I will serve food in clean dishes.

I will eat lunch by the road.

I will eat expired foods.

I will use clean pots in cooking.

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A. Provide the missing word on the blank. Use the picture to guide you.

Wash _______________ , and __________ before and after eating. Store_______________________ in a cool and dry place . _______________ food to avoid germs carried by _________. .

B. Complete the phrases below:

1. I will not eat uncovered leftover food because_____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. I will wash fruits and vegetables before cooking or eating to__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Lesson 9: Maintain A Healthy Life Style

Activity 1 Read the story assigned to your group.

Story A Kuya Ramon is always drinking beer at the sari-sari store.

After drinking, he often stumbles and falls when going home. Sometimes he gets into a fight. Sometimes other people don’t want to drink with him. His family fears him when he is drunk because he gets angry and sometimes beat his children. He has also grown thinner since he doesn’t eat well and prefers beer.

Answer the following questions: 1. What can you say about Kuya Ramon? 2. Is this lifestyle of drinking often healthy? Why or why

not? 3. What should Kuya Ramon do?

Story B

Susan’s father smokes cigarettes. He smokes inside the house. He thinks the children will not be affected since he smokes when the children are not around. Susan has a cough that doesn’t seem to heal and is always coming back after a few days. When Susan was brought to the doctor, the doctor asked if someone smokes in the family. Susan’s mother explained that the children are not harmed by her husband’s smoking if they are not around. The doctor explained about third-hand smoke. Smoke from cigarettes gets trapped in the curtains and furniture in the house. Hence, the children will still breathe the polluted air from the trapped smoke’s chemicals.

Answer the following questions:

1. What can you say about Susan’s father? 2. Is this lifestyle of smoking healthy? Why or why not? 3. What should Susan’s father do?

Let’s Do! 

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Activity 2 Choose the healthy foods and activities. Write your answer in your notebook.

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Copy and check on the column that corresponds to your answer.

Activities Often Seldom Never

1. Drink milk daily.

2. Eat breakfast regularly.

3. Eat junk food for snacks.

4. Watch television all day.

5. Drink three bottles of soda a day.

6. Drink a lot of natural fruit juices.

7. Drink 8 – 10 glasses of water daily.

8. Stay close to a smoking person.

9. Play active games with friends on Saturdays.

10. Play computer games until late at night.

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What makes a healthy lifestyle? Provide the missing letters to form the word being described. 1. Eating the right kind and right amount of food

2. Doing this will help your body to be strong and you will not easily get sick, you will control your weight and have fun.

E R C S

3. It can cause lung cancer and infection, allergies and asthma.

S M K N G

4. Unhealthy beverages that commonly leads to malnutrition and

vitamin deficiencies

L C H L

 

B L N D

D E

R G L R

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