Healthy Habits

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Healthy Habits

• Stephanie Thomas
• CECS 4100.007

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Nutrition

• Learning About Healthy Eating Habits
• First Grade

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Essential Questions

• Why do you think it is important to eat healthy
  foods
• What do you think Nutrition is

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• Unit Questions
• What are the five food groups
• What group does the carrot belong to
• What is the daily recommended serving for the
  meat group
• What food group makes helps to build strong bones
  and teeth
• What food group will give you healthy skin and
  helps you see in the dark

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Activities
Menu of what you eat at home
Making a Food Pyramid
Research on internet about Nutrition
http//www.exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/more/more
.html
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Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to
• Associate foods from the Five Food Groups as
  nutritious foods that are good for them
• Name all Five Food Groups of the Food Guide
  Pyramid
• State one way each food group keeps them healthy
• Name at least three foods that belong to each of
  the Food Groups

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The Nutrition Café glossary
The Interactive Food Guide Pyramid
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
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T E K S
115.3. Health Education Grade 1. (a)
Introduction. (1) In health education students
acquire the health information and skills
necessary to become healthy adults and learn
about behaviors in which they should and should
not participate. To achieve that goal students
will understand the following students should
first seek guidance in the area of health from
their parents personal behaviors can increase or
reduce health risks throughout the lifespan
health is influenced by a variety of factors
students can recognize and utilize health
information and products and personal/interperson
al skills are needed to promote individual
family and community health. (2) In Grade 1
students learn more about their bodies and how to
care for themselves. Students also begin to learn
that relationships exist between behaviors and
health and that there are community helpers such
as nurses and doctors who help them stay healthy.
In Grade 1 students also learn skills to help
them make friends resolve conflicts and solve
problems.
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National Standards

• Standard 1- Students will comprehend concepts
  related to health promotion and disease
  prevention to enhance health.
• Standard 2- Students will analyze the influence
  of family peers culture media technology and
  other factors on health behaviors.
• Standard 3- Students will demonstrate the ability
  to access valid information and products to
  enhance health.
• Standard 4- Students will demonstrate the ability
  to use interpersonal communication skills to
  enhance health.

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National Standards

• Standard 5- Students will demonstrate the ability
  to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
• Standard 6- Students will demonstrate the ability
  to use goal setting skills to enhance health.
• Standard 7- Students will demonstrate the ability
  to practice health-enhancing behaviors.
• Standard 8- Students will demonstrate the ability
  to advocate for personal family and community
  health.

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WEB RESOURCES

• NUTRITION CAFE
• This site offers interactive games help students
  understand the importance of nutrition and
  healthy eating. In Nutrient Sleuth students
  must follow clues to find the missing nutrient.
  Grab a Grape requires visitors to match
  nutrition-related questions and answers in a
  Jeopardy-like format. The eye-opening Have a
  Bite activity asks students to build a meal from
  a menu of choices and find out how nutritious it
  actually is.
• FOOD SMARTS- http//pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/foo
  dsmarts/
• This site walks students through each level of
  the food pyramid and explores serving sizes
  food labels and some surprising food myths.
  Includes a printable journal page discussion
  questions for kids to bring up with adults in
  their families and a Foodsmarts word search.

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WEB RESOURCES

• EAT YOUR VEGETABLES- http//5aday.nci.nih.gov/
• The National Institutes of Health offers this
  site containing lots of resources to encourage
  folks to eat vegetables in appropriate
  quantities. While the subject may not be popular
  with young people health and nutrition teachers
  will find a number of resources that can be used
  to help students make more intelligent choices
  about the foods they eat.
• NUTRITION FOR PARENTS- http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/
  Parents/index.htm
• This US Department of Agriculture site provides
  valuable information for parents interested in
  teaching their children healthy eating habits.
  The site has a seasonal guide for healthy eating
  ten tips for planning healthy school lunches
  activities that parents and children can do
  together and a list of health conscious reading
  resources sorted by age-group.

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WEB RESOURCES

• FIVE A DAY NUTRITION- http//www.5aday.gov/
• The National Cancer Institute now offers this
  venerable site as an encouragement to make fruits
  and vegetables a central part of the American
  diet. Though not designed specifically for
  students the site includes complete resources -
  recipes promotional ideas local contact
  information etc. - and could be useful for
  health and nutrition classes.
• BILINGUAL HEALTH INFORMATION- http//www.ncfh.org/
  pateduc.htm
• The information on this site was originally
  developed for limited literacy Spanish and
  English speaking patients. It offers basic
  health nutrition and lifestyles information in
  a context which may be suitable for either
  students or parents in certain specific settings.
  Lots of illustrations and minimal use of text
  help make these resources easy to use.