Class: Health
Teacher: Heather Jefferson
Lesson Plan
Week: 3/30-4/3
Monday:
Standards/TEKS: 4A
Title: Nutrients for Wellness
Objectives:
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List the six types of nutrients and explain how they body uses them
Identify the sources of different nutrients
Discuss the daily need for water and fiber
Identify the substances in food that need to be limited
Materials/Resources: paper, pen or pencil, journal notebook, text book
Procedure: Chapter 8, Lesson 2
-Read/discuss chapter 8, lesson 2
-Warm-up: Discuss calorie intake and Review Nutrition Logs. If you had a choice between eating fruit or
potato chips, which would you choose and why?
Chapter 8, Lesson 2 of text book
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Review Previous Lesson
PowerPoint/ student take notes
Option chosen for project?
Activity: Applying Skills: 25-30 grams of fiber each day, print and look at nutrition labels on breakfast
cereal to calculate how many bowls it would take to meet requirement. Fiber is not just in cereal.
Assessment/Assignment: Review chapter 8, lesson 3, Eat healthy meals and get some sleep for STAAR
Test tomorrow!
Review: Ask and answer questions about Nutrition Project or Log?
Other:
Tuesday:
STAAR Test!
Wednesday:
Standards/TEKS:
Title: Following Nutrition Guidelines
Objectives:
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Identify and discuss resources that can help them make wise food choices
Discuss ways to balance the different foods they eat
Describe how to use the nutrition information on food labels
Materials/Resources: paper, pen or pencil, journal notebook, text book
Procedure: Chapter 8, Lesson 3
-Read/discuss chapter 8, lesson 3
-Warm-up: Discuss calorie intake and Nutrition Logs. List the foods that you eat most often. Then
describe why chose them. Do you consider their nutritional value? How they look and taste? The
convenience? Bar Graph???
Chapter 8, Lesson 3 of text book
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Review Previous Lesson, Chapter 8, Lesson 2
PowerPoint/ student take notes
Activity: Cooperative Learning: Ask students to name their favorite foods, and record them on the
board. Have students form groups to evaluate and identify where the foods fit in the Food Guide
Pyramid. How frequently should they be eaten? Have each group discuss evaluations. (give students
printed pyramid)
Assessment/Assignment: enrichment activity, review chapter 8, lesson 4
Review: Nutrition Project Reminder. Show students examples of previous projects. Identify and
summarize three nutrition guidelines discussed in this Lesson.
Other: computer lab?
Thursday:
Standards/TEKS: 8A, 12B
Title: Planning Meals and Snacks
Objectives:
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Describe how to use the Food Guide Pyramid to plan meals and snacks
Identify the benefits of a healthful breakfast
Explain the importance of eating regular meals
Explain how to choose nutritious snacks
Materials/Resources: paper, pen or pencil, journal notebook, text book
Procedure: Chapter 8, Lesson 4
-Read/discuss chapter 8, lesson 4
-Warm-up: When do you generally reach for a snack? What types of snacks do you usually choose?
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Review Previous Lesson, Chapter 8 Lesson 3
PowerPoint/ student take notes
Activity: Visual Learning: have volunteers describe the snack foods in the photos and read aloud the
names of the food groups and the examples from each group. Which group from the food guide pyramid
is not included? Why do you think that food group has been left out?
Assessment/Assignment: Chapter 8, Lesson 4 Quiz, Finish project, review chapter 9, Lesson 1
Review: summarize strategies for making healthful food choices for meals and snacks
Other: computer lab?
Friday:
Standards/TEKS:
Title: Nutrition Project Presentation
Objectives:
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Present Nutrition Project
Share Food with Class
Materials/Resources: paper, pen or pencil, journal notebook, project packet, food
Procedure:
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Warm-up: review previous lesson, Chapter 8, Lesson 4
Each student will present project and share food
Activity: None
Assessment/Assignment: Evaluate each student on Nutrition Project, Review Chapter 9, Lesson 1
Review: Talk about Chapter 9, Fitness
Other: