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Lesson Planet Article
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Eight Ways to Celebrate Fruit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Activities designed to incorporate the study of fruit into your classroom during National Fruit and Vegetable Month.
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Lesson Plan
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Way to Go Bananas

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore bananas. In this interdisciplinary lesson, 5th graders discover the dietary benefits of bananas, complete a fruits word search, write banana myths, research banana recipes, and use their problem solving skills to...
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Lesson Plan
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Going Bananas!©

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss importance of eating five servings of fruits and vegetables for a healthy lifestyle, and identify bananas as an excellent source of energy.
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Interactive
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Beginning Sentence Completion: 4

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence completion worksheet, students fill in the blank to the sentence about bananas. Students complete 10 multiple choice question.
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Worksheet
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Banana activities

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this banana worksheet, students write, count, color, and sort mini activities involving bananas. Students complete four activities.
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Worksheet
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Trace and Color: Bananas

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this fruit-themed coloring worksheet, students color the picture of bananas and then practice printing the word bananas by tracing the dotted lines.
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Lesson Plan
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Go Bananas! (Lesson One)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research the historical and present movements of bananas. Using maps, they locate the countries in which the fruit is grown and identify common characteristics between the banana-growing countries. They also trace the movement...
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Activity
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Banana Grams

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students receive bananas that are decorated like cartoon characters to have a fun and healthy snack. In this healthy snack lesson plan, students can create banana characters with permanent marker.
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Worksheet
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The Great Big Yellow Banana Quiz - Fun Facts about Bananas 1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this research skills instructional activity, students read the questions about bananas and research to answer the 10 multiple choice questions.
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Worksheet
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Banana Dot to Dot

For Students K
In this connect the dots worksheet, students connect the dots and draw a line using the numbers 1-20 to outline the picture of a banana.
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Lesson Plan
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Fruit Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review their notes on fruit as provided by the teacher. They then play a game called Fruit Bingo to identify the different types of fruit and their classifications. Each student receivec a bingo card. Finally, students identify...
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Lesson Plan
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Honduras: Going Bananas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the popularity of bananas. They conduct a survey to understand the reasons for their popularity. Students research a banana's journey from the farm to school lunch. They compose a children's book about bananas explaining...
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Lesson Plan
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People and Plants

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the uses of plants from many different biomes, particularly, rain forests to uncover data about the production of new drugs and the cross-cultural sharing of foods. A rain forest food festival reinforces the concept of...
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Website
Oxfam

Oxfam: Bonkers About Bananas

For Students 3rd - 8th
Colorful resource presents the story of bananas and their travels all over the world. Meet banana farmers from the Windward Islands and try out a delicious banana cake recipe.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Go Bananas for Fair Trade

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A fair trade quiz for primary schools with web links to a couple of videos, and with reference to the Oxfam fair trade site.