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Alex: Three Meals for Gregory Lesson PlanAlex: Three Meals for Gregory Lesson Plan
Publisher
Alabama Learning Exchange
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Pre-K - 1st
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Physical Education
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1140L
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Alex: Three Meals for Gregory

Curated by ACT

Lesson begins with a review of the food guide pyramid. The book Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat (not provided through lesson plan) is read and discussed in light of healthy eating. In groups, learners create healthy meals from pictures in magazines and newspapers and then prepare a podcast to be shared with the class about their meals. Lesson ends with exploration of a website about healthy eating.

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Concepts

healthy eating, meal planning

Additional Tags

eating right, food guide pyramid, food pyramid, "gregory the terrible eater", alex, alabama learning exchange, mitchell sharmat, daily food guide, food group

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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