Heather Buckner

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Health and Nutrition

• Heather Buckner
• CI 350

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Analyze Learners

• This unit is for Kindergarteners (Class of 15-20)
• Age ranging from 5 to 6 years old
• At this age students need to learn how to pick
  out a healthy snack

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State Objectives

• HE.K.1.3- to be able to identify characteristics
  of healthy snacks
• HE.K.1.5- to be able to describe the role that
  healthful food plays in developing and
  maintaining a healthy body and mind.
• HE.K.4.2-to list favorite foods (e.g., pizza,
  tacos) and discuss the origins of each.
• HE.K.6.1-to set a goal of eating a healthy snack
  everyday

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Select Methods, Media, and Material

• Sites Used

http//www.angelfire.com/fl/preschoolfunzone/food.
html http//www.dole5aday.com/Teachers/T_Index.js
p http//www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/l
esson054.shtml http//www.healthychoices.org/.
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Materials

• Large food pyramid cut-out
• Plastic/fake foods
• Cut out shapes of food from each food group
• Large paper chart
• Markers or Crayons
• Coloring sheets (different foods, food pyramid,
  healthy/unhealthy food chart, and blank paper)
• Computer w/ internet access

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Utilize Media and Materials

• Day One
• Introduce the 6 food groups and foods from each
• Explanation of what a pyramid is and how the Food
  Pyramid Works
• As a class, students will place clip art in the
  correct group on a large pyramid
• (Beginning Assessment)-Students will draw food in
  their own Food Pyramid worksheet

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The Food Pyramid
Fats, Oils SweetsUSE SPARINGLY
Milk, Yogurt Cheese Group2-3 SERVINGS
Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs Nuts
Group2-3 SERVINGS
Vegetable Group3-5 SERVINGS
Fruit Group2-4 SERVINGS
Bread, Cereal, Rice Pasta Group6-11 SERVINGS
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Day Two

• Discussion on why eating healthy is important
  (rely heavily on student input)
• Decide which food groups are healthy or unhealthy
• Students will make their own list of foods that
  are healthy and unhealthy and list them on a
  class chart
• As a class, we will decide which group each food
  on the list goes in and if it really is healthy
  or not

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Day Three

• Students will prepare their own healthy meal of
  foods they like
• Using clipart, cut-outs, or hand drawings
• Will present in front of the class

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Day Four

• Review day of everything learned food groups,
  healthy and unhealthy foods, reasons to eat
  healthy
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle will
  be read
• Decide if the foods used in the book are healthy
  or not and which food groups they go in
• Time permitting students could visit the Dole 5
  a Day website

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Day Five Final Assessment

• Students will use a Kidspiration template to
  place healthy foods on a dinner plate
• Homework Assignment students will cut out
  pictures and label Healthy or Unhealthy or
  place them in the correct place of the food
  pyramid

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Require Learner Participation

• Use of many visual aides
• Class participation
• Coloring sheets, cutting and pasting, computer
  use
• Fun, somewhat challenging activities
• Possible snacks each day ?

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Evaluate and Revise

• Basic understanding of the food pyramid and food
  groups
• Class participation
• Reading a book
• Presentations
• Discussions
• Volunteers
• Computer use
• Assessments on the computer and worksheets

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