Running head: NUTRITION UNIT FRAMEWORK

Nutrition Unit Framework Rikki Jo Rhea Ivy Tech Community College

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Unit Plan Framework Theme: Fruits and Vegetables Age Range: 3-5 Unit Goal: Allow children to become more familiar with fruits and vegetables, and to make healthy eating choices. Common Core Standards/Foundations Met: ELA.1.2 Actively attend to things that an adult is showing. ELA.2.58 Associate writing with words M.2.24 Describe addition situations for numbers less than five. M.5.11 Identify when objects are similar SE.1.68 Work and play cooperatively with others P.1.8 Explore the people and objects around us using all 5 senses SC.1.7 Use charts, drawings, and/or graphs to share their findings with others. SC.1.26 Identify plants and animals as living things. SC.1.29 Classify objects by an attribute (characteristic) and share their thinking with another. FA.1.54 Paint with fingers, draw with crayons, and mold with dough. FA.1.66 Use different colors, shapes, and textures to create form and meaning.

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Book List Berenstain, S. (1985). The berenstain bears and too much junk food. New York: Random House. The entire Berenstain family decide to quit eating junk food and begin making healthy lifestyle changes. This book stresses the importance of eating healthy and exercising. Ehlert, L. (1987). Growing vegetable soup. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. A family shows how many vegetables are grown in different ways. They grow, collect, and cook the vegetables to use in a vegetable soup. Ehlert, L. (1994). Eating the alphabet. New York, NY: Harcourt Childrens Books. This book introduces a variety of fruits and vegetables from A to Z. Falwell, C. (1993). Feast for ten. New York: Clarion Books. A family grocery shops and cooks their dinner while counting to 10. Rockwell, A. F. (1994). Apples and pumpkins. New York: Aladdin Books. A little girl goes to the farm to pick apples and get a pumpkin and carves a funny jack-o lantern.

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5 Senses Explore color, shape, texture, taste, smells, etc. of several different fruits and vegetables using 5 senses. Objective: Children will gain new knowledge and curiosity about produce.

Making Graphs Have children sort fruits by different attributes and graph the results. Where do they come from? Discuss the origin of fruits and vegetables. Explain in detail the growth cycle from seed to grocery store. Book: Growing Vegetable Soup Objective: The students with visually experience the growth cycle of the fruits and vegetables we eat. Objective: Children will be able to recognize the similarities and differences of objects.

Grocery Shopping Provide child with grocery list, have the child retrieve what is requested, add up the listed dollar amount, and pay with paper money. Book: Feast for Ten Objective: Each child can find the correct item, get the right amount, and add their total bill.

Science Activities Math Activities

Fruits and Vegetables

Literacy Activities Art Activities
Messy Alphabet Practice writing letters and words in potting soil. Book: Eating the Alphabet Objective: The children will practice and eventually be able to form letters. Food Art Cut and use the fruits as stamps/tools to paint with. Objective: Allow children to explore the exterior shape, and interior patterns of the fruits and vegetables.

Culminating Activity Running From Fast Food Set up a scavenger hunt throughout the room, having children search for food. Children will collect as many healthy foods as possible and run from unhealthy ones. Book: Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food Objective: Assess what the children have learned throughout the unit by challenging them to choose healthy food and run from unhealthy choices!

Letter Matching Match letter tiles to letters on a page to spell out the name of the pictured fruit or vegetable. Objective: Children will begin to associate the spelled word with the appropriate picture.

Clay Time While playing with clay, have the children make 3-d versions of their favorite fruits and vegetables from the unit. Book: Apples to Pumpkins Objective: Children will attempt to recreate fruits or vegetables using their hands.

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References Berenstain, S. (1985). The berenstain bears and too much junk food. New York: Random House. Cindy. (2010, April 16). Preschool Corner: Vegetables and Gardening. Retrieved October 23, 2013, from Along the Way website: http://gironlife.blogspot.com/2010/04/preschool corner-vegetables-gardening.html Ehlert, L. (1987). Growing vegetable soup. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Ehlert, L. (1994). Eating the alphabet. New York, NY: Harcourt Childrens Books. Evans, S. (2013, August 22). Vegetable Math Game. Retrieved October 23, 2013, from Fun Fantastic Learning website: http://fantasticfunandlearning.com/vegetable-mathgame.html Falwell, C. (1993). Feast for ten. New York: Clarion Books. Jessica. (2013, May 1). The cycle of growth. Retrieved from Babba Co website: http://www.babbaco.com/blog/kids-activity-ideas/the-cycle-of-growth/ Rockwell, A. F. (1994). Apples and pumpkins. New York: Aladdin Books. Sarah. (2012, May 18). Posh princess preschool. Retrieved from Mudpies and Makeup website: http://mudpiesandmakeup.blogspot.com/2012/05/posh-princess-preschool-letter-vv.html Stewart, D. J., M.ED. (2012, July 12). A Little Taste of Science in the Preschool Classroom.

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Retrieved October 23, 2013, from Teach Preschool website: http://www.teachpreschool.org/2012/07/taste-of-science-in-the-preschool-classroom/