Topic/Big Idea
What can we do to help our body stay healthy?
5th Grade
Content or Essential Centers
Subject Area Questions (Activities)
Physical What can The students will have
Education and we do to previous knowledge that
Health maintain some foods are bad for
Education healthy them, but they may not
eating? know why. The day
before the activity I will
ask the student to bring
their favorite healthy and
unhealthy snack, to bring
to class. The student will
then come to class with
the two snack. The
student will research on
the back of the label the
fats, oil, calories, amount
per serving for the snacks
and understand that even
a healthy snack can be
bad. The student will use
the smartboard to help
them create their own
plate on the
choosemyplate.gov
By: Audrey Duran
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix
Technology Assessment Student Standards:
Integration and/or Products or The ISTE NETS and
(Must include at Rubric Scale Portfolio Performance Indicators for
least 2 Web 2.0 Teachers and Students
tools) TEKS
The students will The students will Student will ISTE NETS- Students
watch a video on complete the determine on their 6. Students communicate clearly and
what a healthy diet assessment own snack if it is a express themselves creatively for a variety
consist of containing health snack or of purposes using the platforms, tools,
https://youtu.be/Yi questions as to unhealthy snack. styles, formats and digital media
muIdEZSNY. The which fats or appropriate to their goals.
students will also good and bad, ISTE NETS-Teachers
use the smartboard and what food 1. Facilitate and inspire student learning
to create their own may seem and creativity
plate of what they healthy but are a. Promote, support, and model creative
usually eat and see not. and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
how much fat,
calories,
cholesterol. TEKS:116.7 Physical Education4.
Physical activity and health. The student
knows the benefits from involvement in
daily physical activity and factors that
affect physical performance. The student is
expected to: (F)identify the relationship
between optimal body function and a
healthy eating plan such as eating a variety
of foods in moderation according to U. S.
dietary guidelines;
115.7(1) health Education
Health information. The student knows
ways to enhance and maintain personal
health throughout the life span. The
student is expected to: (A) examine and
 Content or Essential Centers
Subject Area Questions (Activities)
Mathematics How many The students will then
calories do create a chart of the new
we need to information from each
burn to snack and compare the
maintain a data on Excel. Using the
health equations from the calorie
body? burner calculator. They
will also use the smart
board to play a game
deciding what they
believe is healthy eating
and know how many
calories they will need to
burn.
Reading How can we The students will watch a
help others video of how having a
maintain a healthy diet lead to longer
healthy healthier lives. This will
Technology Assessment Student Standards:
Integration and/or Products or The ISTE NETS and
(Must include at Rubric Scale Portfolio Performance Indicators for
least 2 Web 2.0 Teachers and Students
tools) TEKS
analyze food labels and menus for
nutritional content; (B) apply information
from the food guide pyramid to making
healthy food choices;
The students will The students The students will ISTE-NETS-students
need help will complete compare each 5. Students develop and employ strategies
calculating how an assessment others graphs and for understanding and solving problems in
many calories are containing see how different ways that leverage the power of
burned to maintain a questions as they are from each technological methods to develop and test
healthy weight, the how many snack and what is a solutions.
equation online calories for common factor that ISTE-NETS-Teachers
https://www.hss.edu certain popular most unhealthy 2. Design and develop digital age learning
/conditions_burning chocolates, foods have. assessments and experiments
-calories-with- chips, granola a. Design or adapt relevant learning
exercise- bars and how experiences that incorporate digital tools
calculating- long they will and resources to promote student learning
estimated-energy- need to exercise and creativity.
expenditure.asp. for.
The students will
also use the TEKS 111.7.Mathematics
smartboard to (1) Mathematical process standards. The
determine if the student uses mathematical processes to
snack is worth acquire and demonstrate mathematical
eating for a certain understanding. The student is expected to:
amount of minutes (A) apply mathematics to problems arising
of a certain work in everyday life, society, and the
out such as running workplace; (B) use a problem-solving
for 15 minutes, model that incorporates analyzing given
cycling for 30 information, formulating a plan or
minutes. strategy, determining a solution, justifying
the solution, and evaluating the problem-
solving process and the reasonableness of
the solution; (D) communicate
mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their
implications using multiple
representations, including symbols,
diagrams, graphs, and language as
appropriate;
The students will The students The students will ISTE NETS- Students
watch the video will be compose a short, 6. Students communicate clearly and
https://youtu.be/mM provided a creative story that express themselves creatively for a variety
HVEFWNLMc . rubric describe them of purposes using the platforms, tools,
 Content or Essential Centers
Subject Area Questions (Activities)
diet? help promote them to
start thinking of if they
were in a situation how
they would tell their close
friend to have a healthier
lifestyle.
Technology Assessment Student Standards:
Integration and/or Products or The ISTE NETS and
(Must include at Rubric Scale Portfolio Performance Indicators for
least 2 Web 2.0 Teachers and Students
tools) TEKS
The student can describing the meeting someone styles, formats and digital media
then create a story healthy chooses who is unhealthy appropriate to their goals.
on the digital story that should be and encouraging ISTE NETS - Teachers
book and allow stated as well them too make the 2. Design and develop digital age learning
them the freedom to as certain correct chooses in assessments and experiments
make friends who exercise they their diets as well as a. Design or adapt relevant learning
may need help should exercise that they experiences that incorporate digital tools
making healthy complete at can become and resources to promote student learning
chooses. least 3 times a healthier and and creativity.
week. happier.
TEKS 110.16 English Language Arts
and Reading
.(16) Writing/Literary Texts. Students
write literary texts to express their ideas
and feelings about real or imagined
people, events, and ideas. Students are
expected to: (A) write imaginative stories
that include: revised August 2016 6 (i) a
clearly defined focus, plot, and point of
view; (ii) a specific, believable setting
created through the use of sensory details;
and (iii) dialogue that develops the story;
and