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The class develops number sense, while composing and decomposing numbers up to 5, by creating meals with items from the food pyramid. On paper plates, they draw or glue pictures of different foods from two groups (or more) making addends that create a larger number. On the back, they write number sentences to represent their "meals." Various practice activities with 10-strips reinforce the concepts.
Me gusta! Spanish speakers discuss the food pyramid, their daily eating habits, and foods they like or dislike. Before exiting, provide learners with a short informal assessment to gauge vocabulary development.
Students record the foods they eat during one day to analyze how well they follow a healthy diet according to the USDA Food Pyramid. They calculate the servings of each food group they ate throughout the day then work in pairs to identify how they could improve their diets.
Third graders study the food pyramid. In this diet lesson, 3rd graders discuss healthy foods, food servings, and food groups. Students cut out a few pictures from magazines representing each food group and create a mobile of the food pyramid gluing each picture to its correct space on the pyramid.
Third graders learn how to create a double-sided stuffed sculpture using up to four different types of media. Students also become familiar with the basic food pyramid model and the names of each level of the food pyramid, plus the foods on that level.
Students explore the USDA Food Pyramid. For this nutrition lesson, students read the book The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food and identify the food groups in the food pyramid. Students assemble a food pyramid puzzle.
Students review information on the food pyramid, either in printed works or on the Internet, to research healthy eating habits.
Sixth graders explore nutrition. For this nutrition and food pyramid lesson, 6th graders view a PowerPoint presentation about the food pyramid. Students construct and complete a food pyramid following the directions on an interactive website.
Learners identify the five basic food groups. They use their knowledge of the food pyramid to plan a full meal that incorporates at least one serving of food from each group. Pupils classify their ingredients according to the food groups.
Young scholars discuss food pyramid, name parts of pyramid, discuss dairy products and how they are beneficial to people, and participate in dairy taste testing.