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Primary Subject Area: Health Education |
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Grade Level: K - 2
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Overview:
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The students will design personal placemats that illustrate a variety of breakfast food choices. They also will learn to identify healthful breakfast foods. This lesson can be used to teach health, nutrition, or food - related topics. |
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Approximate Duration: 1 class period (50 minutes) |
Content Standards:
- Standard 1
Students will comprehend concepts and strategies related to health
promotion and disease prevention.
- Standard 3
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice positive health
behaviors and reduce health risks.
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Benchmarks:
- 1-E-3
compare and contrast personal health behaviors and individual well being; (1,2,4)- 3-E-1
identify personal health needs; (1,4)
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Interdisciplinary Connections:
- English/Language Arts : Standard 4
Students demonstrate competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning and communicating. - Science : Life Science
The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment.
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Educational Technology Standards:
- Use technology tools (e.g., publishing, multimedia tools, and word processing software) for individual and for simple collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities for a variety of audiences.
( 1, 3 )
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Objectives:
The students will name their favorite breakfast foods, identify healthful and unhealthful breakfast foods, and discuss why breakfast is important. |
Lesson Materials and Resources:
Placemat template
Pictures of food from magazines and other periodicals
Clear contact paper
Glue and colors |
Technology Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Computer
Software:
Kids' Works Deluxe
Other:
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Background Information:
The students should be aware of MyPyramid recommendations for healthful food choices. |
Lesson Procedures:
- Ask children to sit in a circle on the floor. Explain to them that they will use the Kids' Works Deluxe program to create placemats. If software is not available, photocopy the placemat template from reproducible materials for each student. Ask the students to cut out food pictures from magazines, draw pictures of food, or create in Kids' Works Deluxe food pictures that they might choose for breakfast.
- Talk briefly about breakfast foods. Provide glue and colors to supplement the computer clip art. Ask the students to glue or draw their favorite food choices on their placemats.
- Ask the students to explain their choices orally.
- Discuss the importance of eating a healthful breakfast and talk about which breakfast foods would be unhealthful. Explain to the students how eating breakfast every day helps them to learn better.
- Applaud children for caring so much about eating healthfully. After they have completed their mats, cover the mats with clear contact paper. Students can use their mats while eating in the cafeteria.
- Be sure to remind the students to clean their mats after each use.
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Assessment Procedures:
Questioning
Placemats
Teacher observation of student participation |
Accommodations/Modifications:
Consider different learning styles and abilities when planning this lesson.
----- written by Division of Nutrition Assistance
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Reproducible Materials:
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Explorations and Extensions:
Discuss with the students about germs and how to clean their placemats correctly to prevent illness spread by germs.
Work with the cafeteria personnel to provide samples of healthful breakfast foods. |
Lesson Development Resources:
USDA MyPyramid http://www.mypyramid.gov
Tickle Your Appetite - Team Nutrition's Education Kit for Child Care-K (1998) USDA. Call 1-800-321-3054.
This lesson was reviewed and updated by Diane Cole and Millie Naquin for the SLU Excellence in Health and Education Project in June 2003. |
Reflections:
Research shows that students who eat healthful breakfasts perform better academically. |
Contact Information:
Division of Nutrition Assistance
http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/nutrition/1667.html
Louisiana Department of Education
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Additional Contacts:
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Group: Division of Nutrition Assistance |
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MarcoPolo Lesson: No
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