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Food Labels: Grades 3-5

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This Food Labels: Grades 3-5 lesson plan also includes:

Bring awareness to the ingredients scholars ingest daily with two lessons that look deeply into food labels. The first lesson explores the difference between processed and fresh foods while the second lesson focuses on sugar content.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
Nutrition, nutrition labels, food, food labels, healthy eating, healthy habits, compare and contrast, eating habits, food processing, greater than, less than
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Additional Tags
health
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Instructional Ideas
  • Post discussion questions on a classroom blog; encourage learners to answer questions and reply to at least one of their peers 
  • To save time, direct pupils to bring in one food item
  • Conduct a taste-testing and discuss the preference of fresh or processed foods 
Classroom Considerations
  • Take allergies into consideration prior to bringing in food 
  • Copies are required of the nutritition worksheets 
Pros
  • Extension activities are listed to continue the learning experience 
  • Plans offer a modification if you do not wish to bring food into the classroom 
  • Healhty eating is promototed 
Cons
  • None