Grade Level:

th

Subject:

Health

Prepared By:

Daphnie Peterson

Purpose- For students to be able to make healthy food choices and to determine which food choices are not. But also to know where snacks and sweets fit into a balanced diet Overview- Create a KWL chart about healthy eating including snacks and sweets..

Education Standards Addressed

Standard 2: Physical and personal wellness CH09-GR.4-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a- Set goals for healthy eating CH09-GR.4-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b- Explain the importance of healthy foods CH09-GR.4-S.2-GLE.1-EO.c- Identify appropriate sizes of food

Teacher Guide Objectives Get students to think about what healthy eating is and how to improve their eating habits both at home and school. And what is an appropriate portion size. Place some foods eaten over the past couple of days from teacher and students onto a food pyramid. Followed by discussion of why foods were placed into those categories Members of the group

Student Guide/ Students will write in pairs (think-pairshare) about what they have eaten over the past 24hrs. They will then create a food pyramid of their own talking about good choices and bad. Coming up with what they could have done better. Students will share their groups poster and explain their findings. Materials Needed Paper Pencil Magazines Glue Scissors Poster paper Markers Tape

Information
(Give and/or demonstrate necessary information)

Verification
(Steps to check for student understanding)

Assessment Group Self-Evaluation Teacher Group Evaluation

Other Resources
(e.g. Web, books, etc.)

CDE website Colorado department of health

Activity
(Describe the independent activity to reinforce this lesson)

Have group work on worksheet about what was learned in class. To be turned in by each member of the group.

Vocabulary Choices, goals, habits, variety, responsibility, signals, health, wellness, portion sizes, nutrients Did everyone in the group pull their weight of the work? Was the activity well received? What would they change about the lesson Additional Notes Poster activity- 15 min Sharing of poster- 15 min Group worksheet- 15 min

Summary

Did this activity bulid upon their prior knowledge? Did the groups work well together? Was more time needed? What would I do differently..