Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF QUEZON CITY
BAGONG SILANGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VILLAMOR ST. BRGY. BAGONG SILANGAN, QUEZON CITY

I. Objectives
A. Content Standards
B. Performance Standards
SCIENCE 4
1.2. Importance of interpreting product labels
The learners demonstrate understanding of grouping different materials based
on their properties
The learners should be able to recognize and practice proper handling of produ
Identify the effects of decaying materials on one’s health and safety;

S4MT-Ib-2
C. Learning Competency
w/Code 1. read product labels
2. Explain the importance of reading product labels

determine how safe a food product is based on the label.

1. Knowledge
read the product labels
2. Skills
display cooperation in doing group activity
3. Attitude
awareness on reading product labels
4. Values
Reading Product Labels
II. Content (Subject Matter)
III. Learning Resources
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide pages 18-21
pages
2. Learner’s Material pages 17-20
pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Materials from LR
Portal
Materials: different products: milk, cereals, sardines, meat loaf, empty bottles
B. Other Learning
Resources boxes of medicines, wrappers of detergent soap/disinfectants and pesticides.

IV. Procedure
Pupils Activity
Teacher’s Activity
Preparatory Activities
1. Prayer
Are you ready to pray classmates?
Who will lead our Yes we are!
opening prayer? Close your eyes and bow your heads.
Please come in front.

2. Checking of
Attendance Good morning teacher! We’re glad to see you!
Nobody is absent today teacher.
Good Morning class!

Who are absent today?

Very Good class! No

one is absent today. Yes Teacher!
 3. Setting of Rules

Before we begin class,

I want everybody to sit
properly, lean at the
back of your chairs and
listen attentively.

Are you ready to listen

now?
Yes Teacher

Play 4 pictures one word.

A. Introductory Activity 1.
Reviewing Previous Lesson
Presenting New Lesson
• Drill
• Review
• Unlocking of
Difficulty

Review:

SAY: What properties of a

material affects one’s health?

What common materials at

home undergo decay?

Answer s vary

2. Establishing a purpose
for the lesson
• Motivation
• Introduction
• Stating the Objectives

There are materials at home

which are manufactured
products. Most of these
products are sold in plastic
packages, boxes, glass
containers or tin cans.

SAY

What comes to your mind

when you hear these words?

1. Grocery
2. Supermarket
Answers vary
3. Sari Sari Store

Commercial break

Present a TV commercial of
the following products.

A. Milk for children

B. Toothpaste
C. Laundry Soap

Ask:

1. What important
information was
emphasized in the
commercial for
children’s milk ?
Answers vary
2. What important
information was
emphasized in the
commercial for
toothpaste ?

3. What important information

was emphasized in the
commercial for laundry soap?
Answers vary

3. Presenting Examples
• Teacher Modeling
• Group Activity

Show materials that are

commonly bought in the
grocery.
Show examples of product
label showing the information.

Exploration

Group Activity

1. Group the class into

three.
2. Get the materials from
your teacher.
3. Group the materials
based on the products.
(food products, Group Activity
medicine/drugs,
housekeeping products) Record it in the data chart below
4. Get food products first.
5. Look for the product Medicine & Use Date Expiry Date Warning
Household Manufactured Signs/Symbols
label in each of the Chemicals/ Brand
materials.
6. List any information
you can get from the
product label in the          
data chart below          
7. Get the empty          
boxes of over-the-counter          
medicines/ drugs. Read the
labels.

8. Look for the information

you get from the product
labels.

9. Record it in the data

Present their group work in front of the class.
chart below

Let the group present their

work in front of the class.

B. Analysis

1. Analysis of the
Presentation
2. Teacher Inputting

Ask:

1. What information are given

by the labels of the products?

2. What are the manufacturing

dates and expiry dates of each Answers vary
of the product?

3. Do all the labels provide

enough information about the
food products?

4. If you will compare the

labels of the food products to
the labels of drugs/medicines
and housekeeping products,
what similarities will you find? Answers vary

5. Which information found in

the product labels do you think
is the most important? Why?

6. What is the importance of

knowing how to read product
labels?

C. Abstraction
Why do we need to read the
product label?
REMEMBER:
1. Generalization
 Food labels can help you limit the amount of fat, sugar
and cholesterol in your diet by making it easy for you to compare one
item with another and choose the
one with lower amounts.
 The nutritional information found on a food label is based
on one serving of that particular food.
 Food label indicate the manufacturing date and expiry
date of the product.
 As you read the following labels of the packages don’t
forget to look for the content, manufacturing date,
expiration date and precautions or warnings of the
product .
D. Application
1. Developing Mastery
• Practice Activity

Pair Activity:

Given are the drawings of the

products. Do products have
labels? What information can Answers vary
you get from the product? List
5 important things

2. Finding Practice
• Application of
Practice to Daily
Living

Why do you think it’s

important to read the product Answers vary
labels?

Why do you think people need

to consider the information on
product labels when buying
products to be stored at home?

E. Assessment
I. Write TRUE if the statement
is correct and FALSE if it is
not correct.

1. Product labels warns

people possible
dangers.
2. Product labels describe
proper way of storing
the product. Answers vary
3. Product labels gives us
information on how to use it.

4. Product labels displays

unnecessary information.

5. Buy products with

unlabeled information.

1. Evaluating Learning

II. Given the picture, List 5

important things (information)
that you can get from the
product.

Answers vary

F. Assignment
Cut samples of the product label

1. Principal Display

1. Additional Activities for 2. Manufacturer

Enrichment or
3. List ingredients of the product
Reinforcement
4. Expiration Date

5. Nutrition Facts

Prepared by:

MARIA MARIVEL S. FADEROGAO

Teacher 1 Applicant

Checked by;
CAROLINE S. SONQUIT, DEM
Principal IV