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Simple Keys and Nutrition

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An inventive and engaging instructional activity on nutrition, food groups, and the food pyramid is here for you. In it, young dieticians learn about the basics of nutrition. They use the book, Frog and Toad are Friends, to help them foster discussion about healthy eating, and utilize a nifty worksheet embedded in the plan that helps them understand what food group certain foods belong in.

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food groups, food, the food pyramid

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food groups, food pyramid, Nutrition, english language arts
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Grade
3rd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Modeling
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