CLIMACO, FRANCIS F.

BPED 3A

Health Content Matrix

Grading
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6
Period

First Personal Personal

Nutrition Personal Health Family Health Nutrition
Quarter Health Health

Prevention and Prevention and

Second Disease Prevention Disease Prevention Growth
Personal Health Control of Diseases Control of Diseases
Quarter and Control and Control & Development
& Disorders & Disorders

Third Disease Prevention Injury Prevention, Substance Use Substance Use Environmental
Personal Health
Quarter and Control Safety and First Aid and Abuse and Abuse Health

Fourth Injury Prevention, Injury Prevention, Injury Prevention, Injury Prevention, Consumer
Consumer Health
Quarter Safety and First Aid Safety and First Aid Safety & First Aid Safety & First Aid Health

Content
Grade 1 – NUTRITION – 1ST QUARTER
 Plant and animal sources of food
 Healthful and less healthful foods
 Good eating habits
- eating regular meals,
especially breakfast
- drinking water and milk
- eating fruits and vegetables
- avoiding soft drinks and junk
diet
- good behavior during
mealtime
Grade 1 – PERSONAL HEALTH – 2nd QUARTER
 Health habits and hygiene The learner…
- Hand washing
- Washing feet  Demonstrates
- Wiping hands and face with a
clean handkerchief
- Covering cough and sneeze
- Wearing clean clothes day
and night
- Preparing bed (using clean
sheets, etc.)
- Enough rest and sleep
Grade 1
Performance
Content Standards Learning Competencies
Standards
The learner… The learner… The learner…
 understands the  practices healthful  identifies plant and animal sources
importance of good eating habits daily of food
eating habits  distinguishes healthful from less
healthful foods
- Drinks at least 8 glasses of water
and
- 1 glass of milk a day.
- Eats fruits and vegetables daily.
- Avoids soft drinks and junk diet.
The learner… The learner…
 practices good  demonstrates proper hand washing
understanding of health habits and - before and after eating
the proper ways of hygiene - after using the toilet
taking care of one’s - when the hands get dirty
health  practices habits of:
- washing feet when dirty, before
going
- to bed, and after wading in
flood
- water wiping hands and face
with a clean
- handkerchief
Grade 1 – PERSONAL HEALTH – 3rd QUARTER
The learner… The learner…  discusses the role of the sense
organs in distinguishing the sensory
 Demonstrates  Practice good health qualities of food
A. Health habits and hygiene understanding of habits and hygiene  demonstrates proper ways of caring
1. Care of the eyes, ears, nose, the proper ways of for the sense organs for the sense organs
mouth/teeth, hair, skin, etc. taking care of the - Eyes
(preventing pediculosis, sense organs. - Ears
scabies, sore eyes, excessive
- Nose
or hardened ear wax, dental
- Mouth/teeth
caries)
- Skin
2. Tooth brushing and flossing
 practices habits of:
(going to the dentist twice a
- proper tooth brushing and
year for dental check-up)
flossing at least twice a day and
B. Development of self-management
always before sleeping
skills
- going to the dentist twice a year
for dental check-up
- taking a bath daily
Grade 1 – INJURY PREVENTION, SAFETY AND FIRST AID – 4th QUARTER
 Knowing personal information The learner… The learner… The learner…
and how to ask for help
 Preventing childhood Injuries  Demonstrates  demonstrates safety  gives personal information, such as
- Safety rules at home understanding of behaviors in daily name and address
- Safety rules in school, safe and responsible activities  identifies appropriate persons to ask
including fire and other behavior to lessen for assistance
disaster drills risk and prevent  follows rules at home, in school, and
- Safety rules when riding a injuries in day to while riding a vehicle
vehicle day living.  follows rules during fire and other
- First aid for small wounds disaster drills
- Appropriate response to  practices first aid for small wounds
harmful or threatening by
 situations  washing with soap and water
- Safety with animals  demonstrates appropriate response
 Ways people are intentionally to harmful or threatening situations
helpful or hurtful  practices safety with stray or
- Good touch and bad touch strange animals
- Protection against violent or  describes ways people can be
unwanted behaviors of intentionally helpful or harmful to
others one another

GRADE 2
Performance
Content Content Standards Learning Competencies
Standards
Grade 2 – PERSONAL HEALTH – 1ST QUARTER
 Similarities and differences The learner… The learner… The learner…
among people
 Adjusting to new environments  Demonstrates  demonstrates  accepts individual differences and
 Situations appropriate and understanding of respect for similarities
inappropriate for children the importance of individual  demonstrates skill in adapting to a
 Attitude towards the differently respecting differences and new environment and relating to
able and mentally challenged differences and managing feelings in other people to create a sense of
 Healthy expression of feelings managing feelings healthful ways belonging
 Development of skills in  shares feelings when in a new
managing feelings environment
 Respect for the feelings of others  recognizes situations that are
appropriate or inappropriate for
children
Grade 2 – DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL – 2nd QUARTER
 Germs and illness The learner… The learner… The learner…
 Diseases and their effects on
 growth and development
 Immunization
 Prevention and control of
common childhood diseases
Grade 2 – DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL – 3rd QUARTER
 Prevention and control of
diseases due to contaminated
food or water
 Prevention and control of
diseases due to parasites
 Demonstrates  applies self-  explains the relationship between
understanding of management skills germs and illness
the importance of to prevent and  recognizes that illness can affect a
disease prevention control the spread child’s growth and development
and control of diseases  discusses basic information or
common childhood diseases
- mumps
- measles
- chickenpox
- primary complex
- poliomyelitis
- diphtheria
- tetanus
The learner… The learner… The learner…
 Demonstrates  consistently applies  identifies the common signs and
understanding of skills to prevent and symptoms of food-borne diseases,
the importance of control the spread such as diarrhea and vomiting
disease prevention of diseases  practices good health habits to
and control prevent food-borne diseases
 explains the nature of parasitic
infections
- pediculosis
- parasitic worm infestation
(pinworm, hookworm, and
tapeworm)
 practices personal hygiene and
cleanliness of the surroundings to
prevent and control parasitic
infections
  practices self-monitoring skills to
protect oneself from food-borne
and parasitic infections
Grade 2 – INJURY PREVENTION, SAFETY AND FIRST AID – 4th QUARTER
 Home Safety The learner… The learner… The learner…
- Hazards at home
- Safety rules  Demonstrates  Demonstrates  Identifies home hazards, such as
 School Safety understanding of consistency in household products that are
- Hazards in school rules to ensure following safety harmful if touched, ingested, or
- Safety rules safety at home and rules at home and in inhaled, especially electrical
in school school appliances
 recognizes warning labels that
identify harmful items and
substances
 explains rules for the safe use of
household chemicals
 follows safety rules at home to
avoid accidents
 identifies safe and unsafe practices
and conditions in the school
 practices safety rules during
physical activities
 practices safety rules in school to
avoid injuries

GRADE 3
Performance
Content Content Standards Learning Competencies
Standards
Grade 3 – FAMILY HEALTH – 1ST QUARTER
 Changes in family structure The learner… The learner… The learner…
 Sharing of responsibility in caring
for the sick and elderly in the  Demonstrates  demonstrates skills  describes changing situations in the
family understanding of in coping with family that one needs to cope with
 Coping skills for managing changes in the changes in the  identifies trusted adults who can
changes in family structure family and the family when the help with personal and family
importance of situation arises problems
sharing  recognizes the importance of doing
responsibilities in one’s role as a member of the
caring for the sick family
and elderly family  demonstrates responsibility in
member caring for the sick and elderly
member of the family
 applies age-appropriate strategies
in caring for the sick and elderly
member of the family
 applies coping skills in managing
expressions of feelings brought
about by changes in family
structure.
Grade 3 – DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL – 2ND QUARTER
 Prevention and control of some The learner… The learner… The learner…
communicable diseases
 Demonstrates  consistently applies  explains basic information on some
understanding of the skills to prevent communicable diseases
the importance of and control the - common colds
disease prevention spread of diseases - influenza
and control - dengue fever
- malaria
- rabies (Republic Act 9482 Anti-
Rabies Act of 2007)

Grade 3 – INJURY PREVENTION, SAFETY AND FIRST AID – 3RD QUARTER
 Road safety
- Road safety principles
- Pedestrian safety
- Traffic rules and regulations
 Development of self-
management skills for road
safety
 Community safety
- Hazards in the community
- Safety guidelines
Grade 3 – CONSUMER HEALTH – 4TH QUARTER
 Characteristics of a wise
 explains the importance of
practicing safety measures during
certain weather conditions to
prevent colds, cough and other
common upper respiratory
diseases
The learner… The learner… The learner…
 Demonstrates  Demonstrates  analyzes the importance of traffic
understanding of consistency in rules and regulations
safe pedestrian practicing safe  explains basic road safety principles
behaviors pedestrian  discusses basic traffic rules and
behaviors regulations
 describes dangerous, destructive,
and disturbing road situations that
need to be reported to authority
 displays self-management skills for
road safety, such as not crossing
the street without adult
supervision
 identifies hazards in the community
 follows safety rules to avoid
accidents in the community
 recommends corrective action to
avoid community accidents
 promotes safety practices in the
community
The learner… The learner… The learner…
 consumer
 Analyzing health information
 Factors that affect choice of
health products
 Influence of media in the choice
of health products
Content
Grade 4 – NUTRITION – 1ST QUARTER
A. Reading Food Labels
1. Name and Description of
Food
2. Nutrition Facts (nutrition
information panel,
ingredients list)
3. Advisory and Warning
Statements
B. Food Safety Principles
1. Keep clean
2. Wash hands properly before
preparing and eating food
3. Separate raw from cooked
foods
 Demonstrates  demonstrates  describes a wise consumer
understanding of critical thinking skills  evaluates health information based
factors that affect as a wise consumer on its source (reliable adult,
the choice of health government agency, media,
information and internet, advertisement, product
products symbol or label)
 analyzes folk beliefs on health
 discusses the influence of family
practices, values, and emotions in
choosing health products
GRADE 4
Performance
Content Standards Learning Competencies
Standards
The learner… The learner… The learner…
 understands the  Understands the  identifies information provided on
importance of significance of the food label
reading food labels reading and  explains the importance of reading
in selecting interpreting food food labels in selecting and
 healthier and safer label in selecting purchasing foods to eat
food healthier and safer  demonstrates the ability to
 understands the food interpret the information provided
importance of  practices daily in the food label
following food appropriate food  describes ways to keep food clean
safety principles in safety habits to and safe
preventing common prevent food-borne  discusses the importance of
disease
C. Food-borne Diseases
1. Diarrhea
2. Typhoid Fever
3. Dysentery
4. Cholera
5. Amoebiasis
6. Food poisoning
7. Hepatitis A
Grade 4 – PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASES AND DISORDERS – 2 nd QUARTER
A. Communicable diseases
1. Characteristics of
Communicable Disease
2. Germs or Disease
Agents(pathogen)
3. Elements of the Chain of
Infection
4. Transmission of
Communicable
5. Diseases (routes for spread
of infectious diseases)
B. Common Communicable
Diseases
1. by Virus (dengue fever,
common colds, influenza,
chickenpox, measles,
mumps)
2. by Bacteria (boil, sty,
tuberculosis)
3. by Fungi
4. by Parasites
C. Prevention and Control of
food-borne diseases keeping food clean and safe to
 understands the avoid disease
nature and  identifies common food-borne
prevention of food diseases
borne  describes general signs and
symptoms of food-borne diseases
The learner… The learner… The learner…
 understands the  consistently  Describes communicable diseases
nature and practices personal  identifies the various disease
prevention of and environmental agents of communicable diseases
common measures to  enumerates the different elements
communicable prevent and control in the chain of infection
diseases common  describes common communicable
communicable diseases
diseases  demonstrates ways to stay healthy
and prevent and control common
communicable diseases
 identifies ways to break the chain
of infection at respective
 practices personal habits and
environmental sanitation to
prevent and control common
communicable diseases
Common Communicable Diseases
(Breaking the Chain of Infection at
respective points)
1. Disease Agent (ex.
sterilization, disinfection)
2. Reservoir (ex. environmental
sanitation)
3. Portal of Exit (ex. cough
etiquette)
4. Mode of Transmission (ex.
proper hygiene)
5. Portal of Entry (ex. protective
clothing)
6. Susceptible Host (ex.
vaccination, proper nutrition,
enough sleep, regular
exercise)

Grade 4 – SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE – 3rd QUARTER

A. Uses of Medicines The learner…
1. Protection
2. Prevention
3. Cure
B. Types of Medicines
1. Over-the-counter (non-
prescription)
2. Prescription
C. Medicine Misuse and Abuse
1. Self- Medication
2. Improper use (overdosage,
excessive use)
The learner… The learner…
 Demonstrates  Practices the proper  Describes uses of medicines
understanding of use of medicines  Differentiates prescription from
the proper use of non-prescription medicines
medicines to  Describes ways on how medicines
prevent misuse and are misused and abused
harm to the body.  describes the potential dangers
associated with medicine misuse
and abuse
 describes the proper use of
medicines
 3. Dependence  explains the importance of reading
4. Addiction drug information and labels, and
D. Potential Dangers Associated with other ways to ensure proper use of
Medicine Misuse and Abuse medicines
1. Physical harm such as
deafness due to antibiotic
misuse
2. Psychological harm
E. Proper Use of Medicines
1. Use under adult supervision
2. Read and check labels
3. Consult with physician
4. Follow instructions and
medical prescription
5. Check expiration date
6. Observe proper storage
7. Buy from reliable source
Grade 4 – INJURY PREVENTION, SAFETY & FIRST AID – 4th QUARTER
A. Safety guidelines during disasters The learner… The learner… The learner…
and other emergency situations
1. Typhoon  Demonstrates  practices safety  recognizes disasters or emergency
2. Storm Surge understanding of measures during situations
3. Flood safety guidelines disasters and  demonstrates proper response
4. Landslide during disasters, emergency before, during, and after a disaster
5. Volcanic eruption emergency and situations. or an emergency situation
6. Earthquake other high-risk  relates disaster preparedness and
7. Tsunami situations proper response during emergency
B. Safety guidelines for other situations in preserving lives
situations or events that may lead to  describes appropriate safety
injury or emergency measures during special events or
1. Firecrackers during holidays situations that may put people at
 especially New Year
2. Alcohol drinking and rowdy
crowds during fiestas,
parties, holidays and other
special events
Content
Grade 5 – PERSONAL HEALTH – 1st QUARTER
A. Mental, Emotional and Social
Health
1. Characteristics of a Healthy
Person (mentally,
emotionally and socially)
Ways to Develop and
Nurture One’s Mental Health
2. Ways to Stay Emotionally
3. Healthy
B. Healthy and Unhealthy
relationships
1. Signs of Healthy
Relationships (loving family,
genuine friendships)
2. Importance of Healthy
Relationships in Maintaining
Health
3. Signs of Unhealthy
risk
 describes the dangers of engaging
in risky behaviors such as use of
firecrackers, guns, alcohol drinking
 advocates the use of alternatives to
firecrackers and alcohol in
celebrating special events
Grade 5
Performance
Content Standards Learning Competencies
Standards
The learner… The learner… The learner…
 Demonstrates  practices skills in  describes a mentally, emotionally
understanding of managing mental, and Socially healthy person
mental emotional, emotional and  suggests ways to develop and
and social health social health maintain one’s mental and
concerns concerns emotional health
 recognizes signs of healthy and
unhealthy relationships
 explains how healthy Relationships
can positively impact health
 discusses ways of managing
unhealthy relationships
 describes some mental, emotional
and social health concerns
 discusses the effects of mental,
emotional and social health
concerns on one’s health and
 Relationships wellbeing
4. Managing Unhealthy
Relationships
C. Mental, Emotional and Social
Health Concerns (include ways on
how these negatively impact one’s
health and wellbeing)
1. Social anxiety
2. Mood swings
3. Teasing
4. Bullying, including cyber
bullying
5. Harassment
6. Emotional and physical abuse
7. Other stressful- situations
Grade 5 – GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT– 2nd QUARTER
A. Changes during Puberty The learner… The learner… The learner…
1. Physical Changes (secondary
Sexual characteristics such as  Demonstrates  practices skills in  describes the physical, emotional
hair growth, voice change, understanding of managing mental, and social changes during puberty
breast development, mental emotional, emotional and  accepts changes as a normal part of
menstruation) and growth growth growth and development
2. Emotional and Social development development  describes common misconceptions
Changes related on puberty
B. Puberty-related Health Myths  assesses the issues in terms of
and Misconceptions scientific basis and probable effects
1. On Menstruation on health
2. On Nocturnal Emissions  describes the common health issues
3. On Circumcision and concerns during puberty
C. Puberty-related Health Issues and  accepts that most of these concerns
Concerns are normal consequence of bodily
 1. Nutritional issues changes during puberty but one can
2. Mood swings learn to manage them
3. Body odor
4. Oral health concerns
5. Pimples/Acne
6. Poor Posture
7. Menstruation-related
Concerns (Pre-menstrual
Syndrome, Dysmenorrhea,
and other abnormal
conditions)
8. Early and Unwanted
Pregnancy
9. Sexual Harassment
Grade 5 – SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE – 3rd QUARTER
A. Nature of Gateway Drugs The learner… The learner… The learner…
Caffeine (products with caffeine
include coffee, tea and cola drinks)  understands the  demonstrates the  explains the concept of gateway
1. Tobacco nature and effects ability to protect drugs
2. Alcohol of the use and one’s health by  identifies products with caffeine
B. Effects of Gateway Drugs abuse of caffeine, refusing to use or  discusses the nature of caffeine,
1. Caffeine tobacco and alcohol abuse gateway nicotine and alcohol use and abuse
2. Tobacco drugs  describes the general effects of the
3. Alcohol use and abuse of caffeine, tobacco
C. Impact of the Use and Abuse of and alcohol
Gateway Drugs  analyzes how the use and abuse of
1. Individual caffeine, tobacco and alcohol can
2. Family negatively impact the health of the
3. Community individual, the family and the
D. Prevention and Control of Use community
and Abuse of Gateway Drugs  demonstrates life skills in keeping
 1. Development of Life Skills healthy through the non-use of
(resistance, decision-making, gateway drugs
communication,  follows school policies and national
assertiveness) laws related to the sale and use of
2. Observance of Policies and tobacco and alcohol
Laws such as school policies
and national law (RA 9211 or
the Tobacco Regulation Act
of 2003)
Grade 5 – INJURY, SAFETY AND FIRST AID – 4th QUARTER
A. Nature and Objectives of The learner… The learner… The learner…
1. First Aid
2. prolong life  demonstrates  practices  explains the nature and objectives
3. alleviate suffering/lessen understanding of appropriate first aid of first aid
pain basic first aid principles and  discusses basic first aid principles
4. prevent further injury principles and procedures for  demonstrates appropriate first aid
B. First aid principles procedures for common injuries for common injuries or conditions
1. Ensure that it is safe to common injuries
intervene
2. First aider’s safety first
3. Conduct initial assessment
4. Take immediate action. First
things first.
5. Get help.
C. Basic First Aid for Common
Injuries and Conditions
1. Wounds
2. Nosebleed
3. Insect bite
4. Animal bite
5. Burn and scald
 6. Food poisoning
7. Fainting
8. Musculoskeletal injuries
(sprain, strain, muscle
cramps, dislocation and
fracture)
Content
Grade 6 – PERSONAL HEALTH – 1st QUARTER
A. Personal Health -Issues and
Concerns
1. height and weight (stunted
growth, underweight,
overweight, obesity) hearing
(impacted cerumen,
swimmer’s ear, otitis media)
2. vision
3. (astigmatism, myopia,
hyperopia, xerophthalmia,
strabismus)
B. Prevention and Management of
Personal Health Issues and Concerns
1. Developing Self-management
Skills
2. Undergoing Health Appraisal
Procedures
3. Utilizing School and
Community Health Resources
Grade 6
Performance
Content Standards Learning Competencies
Standards
The learner… The learner… The learner…
 Demonstrates  practices self-  describes personal health issues and
understanding of management skills concerns
personal health to prevent and  demonstrates self- management
issues and concerns control personal skills discusses health appraisal
and the importance health issues and procedures during puberty
of health appraisal concerns  explains the importance of
procedures and undergoing health appraisal
community procedures
resources in  regularly undergoes health appraisal
preventing or procedures
managing them  identifies community health
resources and facilities that may be
utilized to address a variety of
personal health issues and concerns
 avails of health services in the
school and in the community
Grade 6 – PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASES AND DISORDERS – 2 nd QUARTER
A. Healthy School and Community The learner… The learner… The learner…
Environments
1. Characteristics  understands the  Demonstrates  describes healthy school and
2. Ways of Building and importance of practices for community environments
Maintaining Healthy School and keeping the school building and  explains the effect of living in a
Community Environments
and community maintaining healthy healthful school and community
B. Keeping Homes, Schools and
Communities Healthy through Proper
environments school and  demonstrates ways to build and
Waste Management healthy community keep school and community
1. Identification and Separation of environments environments healthy
Waste  identifies different wastes
2. Proper Waste Management  classifies different types of wastes
 Describes proper ways of waste
disposal
 identifies things that can be recycled
in school and in the community
Grade 6 – ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH – 3rd QUARTER
A. Diseases and Disorders caused by The learner… The learner… The learner…
Poor Environmental Sanitation
1. Respiratory Diseases  demonstrates  consistently  describes diseases and disorders
2. Skin Diseases understanding of practices ways to caused by poor environmental
3. Gastrointestinal Diseases the health maintain a healthy sanitation
4. Neurological Impairment (lead
and mercury poisoning)
implications of poor environment  explains how poor environmental
environmental sanitation can negatively impact the
B. Environmental Sanitation
1. Clean water: access to potable situation health of an individual
water, making water safer  discusses ways to keep water and
2. Clean air: prevention of air air clean and safe
pollution, tobacco control, anti-  explains the effect of a noisy
smoke belching drives environment
3. Control of noise pollution  suggests ways to control/manage
Control of pests and rodents noise pollution

Grade 6 – CONSUMER HEALTH – 4th QUARTER
A. Importance of Consumer Health The learner…
1. Wise and informed decision in
purchasing products or availing
services
2. Protection from fraud and
malpractice
3. Ability to differentiate valid
health information from myths
and misconceptions
B. Components of Consumer health
1. Health information (sources
include books, print ads, radio,
television, internet)
2. Health products
(pharmaceutical, cleaning
agents, food, personal care
products)
3. Health services (health
professionals, health units,
health care plans and programs)
C. Medicines as Health Products: Types
and Uses
1. Over the Counter (such as
antacid, analgesic, antipyretic,
antidiarrheal, laxative, and
decongestant)
 practices ways to control/manage
noise pollution
 explains the effect of pests and
rodents to one’s health
 identifies some common diseases
caused by pests and rodents
The learner… The learner…
 understands the  consistently  explains the importance of
concepts and demonstrates consumer health
principles of critical thinking skills  enumerates the components of
selecting and using in the selection of consumer health
consumer health health products  describes the different components
products of consumer health
 differentiates over- the- counter
from prescription medicines
 gives example of over the counter
and prescription medicines
 explains the uses of some over the
counter and prescription medicines
 identifies the common propaganda
techniques used in advertising
 Identifies the common propaganda
techniques used in advertising
analyzes packaging and labels of
health products
 practices good decision-making
skills in the selection of health
products.
 discusses ways to protect oneself
 2. Prescription (such as antibiotic, from fraudulent health products
antidepressant, and
antihypertensive)
D. Evaluating Health Products
1. Ask questions (What is the
motive of the ad? What is
misleading about the ad?)
2. Identify the propaganda
techniques used (testimonial,
reward, bandwagon, scientific,
novelty, humor, fear, plain
folks, snob, glittering generality,
slogan, false image, and others)
3. Read packaging and label
E. Use the modified DECIDE Model in
the Selection and Purchase of Health
Products
D - determine the essential
product to purchase.
E- explore the alternatives.
C - consider the consequences
of each option
I - identify the factors that you
consider important
D - Decide what to buy.
E - Evaluate your decision.
F. Protection from Fraudulent Health
Products
1. Awareness and Vigilance
2. Know How and Where to Seek
Help