Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Silly Stories: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 1)
ESL/ELD learners are provided extra support with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on silly stories by this packet of activities, exercises, and practice sets.
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The Dragon's Tail
Second graders read a story about Little D, a baby dragon, and how he interacts with the five food groups. They color, chant, pantomime, and discuss food groups after reading the story. They also consider causes and effects as they make...
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Nutrients by the Numbers
Learners read and discuss an article on the amount of sugar in various food products. They compare the nutritional values of food products, calculate their daily intake of nutrients, analyze serving sizes, and compare/contrast their own...
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You Are What You Eat (Grades 5-8)
Students gain an enhanced understanding of the relationship between proper nutrition and good health. Through use of video, hands-on activities and interaction, students measure energy in food, and recognize sources of vitamins and...
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Let's Make a Meal: A Study of Oats
Learners investigate the history and health benefits of oats. For this food history and nutrition lesson, students describe the origin of oats in America, define nutrition related vocabulary, and read and follow recipes for making...
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Delicious Dinners by Jr. Chefs
Students create a protein-rich dinner. In this nutrition lesson plan, students brainstorm foods that are rich in protein. Students make burritos and identify the color of meat when it is cooked thoroughly.
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Best Breakfast Authors
Third graders write a story. In this breakfast authors lesson, 3rd graders write about a breakfast food and why it is a good selection. Students may illustrate stories and share with their peers.
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You Are What You Eat: Lessons from Alice Waters
Students view the AMERICAN MASTERS episode titled ALICE WATERS AND HER DELICIOUS REVOLUTION. They examine their own eating habits and determine how they can eat food that is both healthier and tastier. Through Guided Reading strategies,...
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The Human Organism
For this digestion and nutrition lesson, 3rd graders test foods to find their vitamin content. Students test for starch and fats then compare their findings on charts and oral reports. The lesson concludes with a teacher directed class...
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What is Hunger and Who are the Hungry?
Students aim to explain why we need food, to know that we need many different foods and to know who is hungry in the world.
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So Sweet
Students compare sugar levels in cereals. In this nutrition lesson, students learn how to read a nutrition facts label, predict which products will have the most sugar, discover which cereals contain the most sugar and discuss their...
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Mended Hearts, Broken Hearts, Healthy Hearts, Half-Hearted
Students integrate locomotor movements with nutrition information. They solve simple math functions related to the calories-per-gram contents of each nutrient and perform fitness activities to match the number of calories contained in...
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A Meal of Endurance
Students evaluate the nutritional value of the explorers' meals. This is done through analyzing caloric intake versus caloric expenditure, describing the trend in diet change that explorers experienced over a two year expedition, ...
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Micronutrient Need Intervention
Students investigate the real world applications of nutrition. They study the problem of starvation and how it affects different populations. Students work in small groups in order to devise and intervention plan. They also search out...
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Good For You?
Learners discuss nutrition and compare nutritional values of a snack product claiming health benefits with a candy product.
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Computation: How can we use rice to solve problem questions?
Fourth graders graph metric tons of rice produced by various countries. In this graphing instructional activity, 4th graders follow problem solving steps to answer questions about rice nutrition and then graph the amount of rice...
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National Priorities for Hunger
In this national priorities for hunger worksheet, students assess the need in their community for food assistance, decide what needs to be done, rank the options, and determine a method for evaluating programs. This page has many...
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The Thanksgiving Meal
Students make a Thanksgiving meal based on the nutrition of the colony they were assigned. In this nutrition lesson plan, students' parents come in to taste the food after the students explain their colony to them.
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Dietary Guidelines
Students study the dietary guidelines and what they do. In this healthy eating lesson students study nutrition labels and calorie needs.
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Preventing Picky Eaters
Students examine how to encourage proper eating habits in children. In this nutrition lesson, students explore ways to encourage picky eaters to eat healthy foods. They discuss eating habits that include behavior and nutrition.
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"Four" Goodness Sake
Fourth graders recognize that ethnicity, religion and geography are reflected in the food choices we make. In this food choices lesson, 4th graders discuss different types of food from different places. Students compare a menu to the...
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What's Cookin'?
Students examine their eating habits. In this nutrition lesson, students will journal their eating habits over a period of three days. They will use a diet analysis web page to determine the nutritional factors of their eating habits.
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Read That Label!
Students explore reading nutritional labels and making good food choices through simulation. They prepare and design a label for a product. In addition, they create packaging and advertising to ensure access to the population.
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What Would You Do?
In this nutrition learning exercise, students answer five multiple choice questions based on their knowledge of proteins and nutritional values of breakfast foods.
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