USDA officials have said the
old ‘My Pyramid’ was too
complex and did not give
people an easy way to
compare their meals to the
ideal balance recommended.
“My Plate” promotes fruits and vegetables,
which cover half the circle. Grains occupy
an additional quarter, as do proteins such
as meat, fish and poultry. A glass of milk
rests to the side. Desserts have been
banished to the desert.
2nd and 3rd Grade
5th-6th Grade
Food Plate Activity
Food Plate Activity
The Nutrition Song
Lunch Box
Food Journals
Chef for a Day
Classroom’s Cook Book
Lunch Menu Activity
Healthy Foods Poster
Persuasive Letter to the
Cafeteria
Guest Speakers from BCPSS
Food Division
Persuasive Letter
What’s in your Grocery
Bag?
My Plate Activity
Food Journal Activity
Chef for a Day
Shopping List
Food and Nutrition
Video
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.
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My Plate-Guideline for
Healthy Living.
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.
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
Food Guide Pyramid becomes a Plate
http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/pyramid.html#
Chef for the Day
http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/Educators/ClassroomPrograms/NP_Interac
tives/Chef/Chef.html
 Blast Off
http://www.fns.usda.gov/multimedia/Games/Blastoff/BlastOff_Game.html
 Break Fast
http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/Tools/BreakFAST/BreakFAST_Flash.aspx
 My Plate Match Gamehttp://www.dairycouncilofca.org/Tools/MyPlate/
 Recipes
 http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/index.html

Healthy Habits
My Plates
Food Journals
Healthy Minds
Measuring and remembering appropriate
serving sizes
Learn more about where food comes from
Healthy Bodies
Assess their eating habits to determine if
they are getting the right food to stay healthy
Daily Exercise and Yoga
2ND-3RD Grade
5th-6th Grades
Learning Goals:
Students will be able to:
Learning Goals:
Students will be able to:
1) Learn what a healthy diet is
1) Learn what a healthy diet is
2) Identify the food groups
2) Identify the food groups
3) Compare the food pyramid to my 3) Compare the food pyramid to my
plate
plate
4) Measuring and remembering
appropriate serving size
4) Measuring and remembering
appropriate serving size
5) Assess their eating habits to
determine if they are getting the
right food to stay healthy.
5) Assess their eating habits to
determine if they are getting the
right food to stay healthy.
6) Learn about the relationships
among metabolism, calories, and
diet.
2ND -3RD Grade
5th -6th Grades
Students will be able to:
Students will be able to:
6) Identify the economic principles and
processes that are helpful to producers and
consumers when making good decisions.
7) Determine the approximate sum
and difference of decimals
8) Read circle graphs
7) Write a persuasive letter or create a
persuasive lunch box
8) Investigate and describe that seeds change
and grow into plants.
9) Provide examples, using observations and
information from readings that life cycles
differ species to species.
9) Reading Informational Text
10) Read, write, represent fractions
and mixed number
11) Estimate and determine capacity
12) Write a persuasive letter or
create a persuasive poster
10) Describe what can be learned about things 13) Use technology to maintain or
by just observing those things carefully and
and to extend skills
adding information.
2nd and 3rd Grades
5th Grade
1) Students should identify different
the five food groups and tell the
importance of eating a well
balanced meal.
Begin the learning unit on Nutrition by
discussing what they eat on a daily
basis. Allow student to
Have student view 4 pictures of lunches
and have them determine if each lunch
is healthy or unhealthy.
Have students write a hypothesis on
what lunches are or are not healthy.
2) Students should be able to classify
fruits and vegetables (using a
comparison and compare chart-Venn
diagram).
3) As the students taste the fruit and
vegetables, discuss the following.
4) Students will complete a graphic
organizer on taste, color, texture,
smells of the items they have tested.
Nutrition Song
http://youtu.be/6fhSGWdbm9g
View videos on, Food and Nutrition,
and The My Food Plate Guide Line for
Healthy Living.
5th Grade
Have students identify the foods
groups and identify a least 3 types of
foods that would go into each group.
Students will explain the importance
of eating foods from each group and
the vitamin, minerals, and proteins
they provide.
Have students investigate and
discover were they could locate and
buy fruits and vegetables from local
farmer markets. Have students think
about were their food comes from.
How much of their food comes from
out of their state or even out of the
USA. Create a chart that explains
how their food gets to their market
or table.
Food Journal Logs
Compare and Contrast
Using my Plate
Compare and Contrast
Using Nutritional Labels
Healthy Foods Posters
Trip to the
Farmer’s Markets
Class Cook Book Activity
Persuasive Letter Activity
 Performance-Based
Activities:
1. Social Studies Lesson Plan on Assembly Line
2. Science Lesson Plan with the Maryland
Agricultural Education Foundation
2nd and 3rd Grade
5 th Grade
1) Students will be assessed using a Fruit
and Vegetable rubric with the following
categories
1)Give students immediate feedback daily
when appropriate. Feedback maybe by
using stickers, verbal, PBIS bucks verbal
praise.
2)They could discuss changing their eating
habits by adding more fruits and
vegetables decreasing their intake of
candy, chips and soda by drinking water.
3) We will also complete a self- reflection
as to the content and delivery of the
esson.
4) Finally, students will take a teacher
made unit assessment to determine
complete understanding and mastery of
the unit.
2) Students will be assessed using a rubric
with the following categories: Neatness,
completion, accuracy, and
cooperative/teamwork, content and
vocabulary.
3) Students will have the opportunity to
evaluate themselves, either through a
short paragraph, or a drawing of their
performance
4) Jeopardy