Activity #2 - No Fries With That
The Process:
You will be asked to create a menu that
sums up the key points of healthy eating. You can include breakfast,
lunch and dinner. Visit your library to find out more about healthy eating guidelines.
The library has many useful cookbooks and resources! Use the
Information Management System to help
you create your menu.
Your menu
must include the following: Please refer to the
Menu Rubric!
- Number of servings:
Correct number of foods
listed for each food group
- Each meal must
contain a maximum number of different foods (except milk) from
each group. Foods should be appropriate for meals
- Grammar and spelling count!
The Task: No Fries With That!
Please!
Two 45 minute lessons in the library media center
Grades 3-5
Students will plan a healthy meal which will include a recipe found in a
cook book.
Materials needed:
Variety of cook books
Food pyramid chart
Menu worksheet (has the placemat) for each student and a transparency
Recipe sheet (has the chef hat) for each student and a transparency
Step 1: Review with the students what they have learned in the
computer lab about the need to eat healthy. Discuss what type of food
are fries and hamburgers from fast food restaurant. Discuss what they
learned about fast food.
Step 2: Review the food pyramid.
Have the students label the foods at the bottom of the recipe sheet and
the daily requirements.
Step 3: Students will choose one meal to plan a menu. Put the
name of the meal at the top of the placemat.
The teacher book talks some of the cookbooks. Explain how they will use
the cookbook in planning their menu to include one recipe from one
cookbook they choose to use.
Step 4: Model with the students on the menu placemat the graphic
organizer they will use to create their healthy menu. Under the
placemat write:
Drink-
Main dish-
Side dish (es)-
Dessert-
Of course breakfast will be different. Great time to discuss why
breakfast is different!
At the bottom of the sheet write: Cookbook: (to be reference) and page
#.
Step 5: Model for students how to create a menu for a meal.
Think out loud each part of the menu and model how to use a cook book and
reference it at the bottom of the sheet. Stress how to find and make
healthy choices for the menu.
An illustration of the meal will be drawn and colored on the placemat.
Step 6: Have students select a cook book and begin planning their
meals.
Step 7: Teacher checks meals to be healthy and may make
suggestions to menu to help make the meal healthy.
Step 8: Recipe
Model for the students how to read and copy the recipe they have chosen
for the meal. Be sure to point out ingredients and the steps to the
recipe. The recipe will be written on the sheet with the chef hat.
Step 9: Draw and color the menu on the placemat.
Step 10: Share the menu with your table. YUM!!!!! |
