Title: Food fun

Subject: Nutrition and math

Grade: 2nd or 3rd grade

Complete this activity during March the month for health and fitness awareness

Objectives/Learning outcomes

The students will be able to identify the five different food groups

The students will be able to place foods into the proper food group that it belongs

The students will be able to make a healthy snack

The students will be able to use measuring cups

The students will be able to identify the benefits of exercise

Materials or Equipment required: identify all the materials needed to conduct the

lesson

a. Computer

b. Bowls

c. Measuring cups

d. Dry erase boards and markers

e. List food in recipes:

f. Copy of recipes

g. Yogurt

h. Granola

i. Graham crackers

j. Sun butter

k. Exit ticket (A piece of paper with questions for each student)

Procedures:

l. Have food already proportioned out for students in bowls ready for

preparation (Use recipes to separate food out for each table making sure

there is enough for each student that will be at the table)

m. Have students come directly to carpet or whole group area

n. Have students watch video on the different food groups

i. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ymkJK2QCU (4 minutes

long)

o. As the video plays write the food groups mentioned on the board

i. Fruits, Grains, Vegetables, Proteins, Dairy

p. Three minutes into the video kids will be able to identify which groups

foods belong to. Take the time to pause the video and allow the students to

answer the question before the video gives the answer away. Give every

student a white board or something to write their answer on and have them

hold it up when they finish so they can check their answer with the video.

If students incorrectly answer the question briefly pause and explain why

the food belongs to that group.

q. After the video show students ingredients that they will use to make a

healthy snack.

r. Ask students which food groups that they believe each item belongs to and

discuss.

s. After have students go back to their seats

t. Pass out bowls of food to tables

 u. Tell the kids the first rule is DONT YUCK MY YUM

v. Pass out place mats

w. Have students take a graham cracker and smash it into small pieces

x. Have students put graham cracker pieces into cup

y. Have students measure one cup of Greek nonfat yogurt then scoop it into

their cup on top of their graham crackers

z. Next have them scoop 1/4th cup of sun butter into their cup

aa. Have them stir the graham crackers, yogurt, and sun butter together

ab. Have students add granola topping

ac. Have students eat the recipe

ad. While students are eating talk to them about how a healthy diet and

combined with physical activity is a great way to stay healthy and have a

healthy life

ae. Talk about benefits of a healthy diet

af. Talk about benefits of exercise

ag. Have students complete exit ticket in which they answer questions on

measurement. Add an area where they write two facts they learned about

nutrition and two benefits of exercise combined with a healthy diet

EXIT TICKET

Name:

Date:

Word bank: Grain, Fruit, Vegetables, Protein, Dairy

 Include 5 pictures of food, one belonging to each food group. Have students write the

food group that the food belongs to next to the picture.

Two facts learned about nutrition

1.

2.

Two benefits of combining a healthy diet with physical exercise

1.

2.

Class organization: The first 10 minutes of the lesson will be whole group where they

all are seated on the carpet or whole group area where they can see the video being

projected. The last 10- 15 minutes of the lesson will be done at students tables where they

work together but make their own individual snacks.

Evaluation: After watching the video you will be able to assess how much students have

learned from the video by having them answer on their own individual dry erase board

what group each food they are presented belongs in. At the end of the lesson have

students complete an exit ticket independently. The exit ticket will evaluate if students

can identify which group food items belong to along with two facts they learned about

nutrition and the benefits of combing a healthy diet with exercise. As a visual assessment

you will be able to see how well students work with measurements as you walk around

class and watch them prepare their individual snacks.

References or Resources needed:

 Kids, S. (Director). (2016, January 13). The 5 Fabulous Food Groups [Video file].

Retrieved April 27, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=L9ymkJK2QCU

Modifications: If students were unable to use their arms for measuring the amount

needed for each ingredient then partner them with someone and have them tell the student

which measuring cup to use for each ingredient and how many scopes to put in. If a child

is unable to use the dry erase board for communicating their answer extend whole group

time and set up the room into five sections label each food group as A-E and then have

students go to the area designated for the food group they think the food belongs too. But

in this case I believe the student would have someone who would work one on one with

him who could whisper his answer to said person and have them write the answer on the

board.

Any food allergies that are present should be documented so you can change the

recipe to something that wouldnt harm a students. Or leave a certain ingredient

out of the recipe when that student makes it possibly use a substitution.