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Making Healthy Choices, Making Healthy Food: PreK-3 Curriculum Support Unit PlanMaking Healthy Choices, Making Healthy Food: PreK-3 Curriculum Support Unit Plan
Publisher
State of Victoria
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Pre-K - 3rd
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Unit Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
13
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2011
Unit Plan

Making Healthy Choices, Making Healthy Food: PreK-3 Curriculum Support

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From examining how much sugar is in foods and looking at fruit and vegetable varieties to making mini rainbow tarts, this unit provides youngsters with a fabulous overview of proper nutrition and eating habits.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

cooking, fruit, vegetables, food preparation, food labels, sugar, drinking water, meal planning

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Consider carrying out this resource as an interdisciplinary unit, working with home economics and science instructors and principles

Classroom Considerations

  • Hands-on activities will require preparation of other materials, and many lessons offer cross-curricular opportunities

Pros

  • Includes 10 complete lessons, each of which includes vocabulary, activities, and worksheets/graphic organizers
  • Engaging, hands-on learning experiences

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.K.3 RI.K.4 RI.K.6 RI.1.3 RI.1.4 RI.1.6 RI.2.3 RI.2.4 RI.2.6 RI.3.3 RI.3.4 RI.3.6

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