Lesson Plan Format
Name:_Danette Ford Date: June 20,2005 Age/Grade Level:_Kindergarten_________
Subject:__Health________________ # of Students: ____20____ # of IEP Students:_0________
Major content:Nutrition____________ Unit Title: ___Healthy foods_________________________________
ACTIONS—Children will work closely together to classify foods into the four food groups in order to make good choices when choosing which foods to eat.
Goals and Objectives-
Children will learn to select healthy food choices upon mastering classifying different foods using the food pyramid. They will demonstrate an ability to evaluate whether snacks would be good for their health or not. They will be able to plan a balanced meal based on the food pyramid.
Connections-
These are the Kentucky Standards that will be met through the objectives in this lesson:
· HE-P-23 Students will classify foods according to identified food groups.
· PL-E-1.4.2 The food guide pyramid has an organizational structure that recommends the number of servings at each level.
· HE-P-25 Students will describe and select healthy snack foods.
· PL-E-1.4.3 Nutritious snack choices for health and well being.
Context-
This lesson will focus on introducing the children to the food pyramid as an aid in selecting what foods they would eat each day. They will learn how to classify foods in order to help them plan balanced meals.
Resources-
Mitchell Sharmat (1989). Gregory the Terrible Eater . Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590433504
food pyramid
Loreen Leedy The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Everyday.
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Nutrition/NUT0017.html http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Nutrition/NUT0015.html http://www.coolmeals.co.uk/index.html
grocery bags
plastic foods
poster board pyramid
food pictures
poster board pyramid with envelopes on each section
poster board of Gregory the goat
magazines
scissors
glue
paper plates
felt board
felt food pictures
bean bags
apples
green peppers
paint
paper
computer
internet
mini books
crayons
markers
pencils
assessment rubric
1. The teacher will read The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Everyday by Loreen Leedy to the class. Teacher will have a poster of the food pyramid up as a visual aid. The teacher will then hold up a grocery bag of plastic foods. To review the food pyramid, the students will call out the food group that they believe each piece comes from.
2. Students will then play the Food Pyramid Relay. The class will be divided into two teams. One student at a time from each team will take a food picture out of a basket. They will then run up to the food pyramid poster and place the picture in the envelope that is glued on the appropriate section of the food pyramid. When the teams are done, teacher will check cards to see which are correctly placed. The team with the most correct cards (indicated by team colors on the cards) wins.
3. The teacher will read the story Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat. Class will discuss what are healthy and unhealthy foods. The teacher will have a poster board of Gregory the goat with a big hole for his mouth, and a plastic bag behind his mouth to catch the plastic foods. Students will take turns grabbing a plastic food out of the grocery bag. If the food is healthy or from one of the five food groups, they will put it in Gregory’s mouth. If it is an unhealthy food, such as from the fats, oils, and sweets group, they will place it in a small trash can.
4. Students will then go to their seats and cuts out foods from the five food groups from magazine. They will find foods that would create a healthy meal, and glue them on a paper plate.
5. Students will each be given one felt board food. Students will be asked to raise their hand if they have something from the grain group. A student will be called on to place their grain product on the felt board. The teacher will do this same procedure for each of the food groups until they have a balance meal on the board. Class will talk about why this represents a balanced meal. They will repeat this procedure until all have had a turn. The class will then review the food pyramid and how it can help you to eat healthy.
6. The class will then be divided into 5 groups that will do an activity lasting 20 minutes. They will be rotated every 20 minutes until children have completed all the activities.
Group 1: Students will play beanbag toss using beanbags with pictures of food on them. They will toss the bags into one of two milk cartons. One will be labeled healthy foods, and the other will be labeled unhealthy foods. Students can self check them when they are finished by looking at pictures on the bottom of the milk cartons.
Group 2: Students will make a vegetable print using green peppers and apples.
Group 3: Students will play Vending Machine Mania or Snack Man on the Dole 5 a day web site.
Group 4: Students will make a healthy foods book. Each page will contain a different food group. They will draw the correct number of foods on each page. Higher-level students will add text to the pages.
Group 5: the teacher using the felt board will assess these students. Students will be asked to place the felt food on the appropriate spot on the pyramid.
Students will be assessed by the teacher on the felt board. They will be asked to classify foods into their appropriate groups and to create a balanced meal. They will also be assessed with their mini books. The teacher will check to see that each page has the appropriate number and type of food on it. The teacher will use a rubric to help assess both activities.