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Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward Lesson PlanFood Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward Lesson Plan
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Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward

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Students show their knowledge of properties of objects as it pertains to sorting and creating patterns. In this food pyramid power instructional activity, students show their ability to use whole numbers in different representations by appling strategies for addition and subtraction in order to solve single and double-digit addition and subtraction problems.

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the food pyramid, food

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addition & subtraction, food pyramid, sorting & classifying, math
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Grade
Pre-K - 2nd
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Year
2011
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