3rd Grade Nutrition Unit Blueprint
Pacing Suggestions:
1 Day + time to discuss the assessment
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 Eat Smart Assessment (Adobe PDF) |
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What is the food pyramid? Why is it important?
The food pyramid provides guidelines for a healthy diet. It outlines the daily-recommended servings of each food group (grains, milk, fruits, vegetables, meat & beans, and oils). Following the recommendations helps maintain a balanced diet and healthy weight.
Use the Eat Smart with My Pyramid sheet from Lesson 2 in the Level 1 booklet. Also use the teacher-created Part 2 questions available under “Teacher Resources” on the electronic curriculum.
- Use the answer key in the teacher booklet.
- For Part 2:
- Do students know that the stairs represent exercise, which is critical for maintaining one’s health?
- Do students know that for each food group there are foods that are healthy choices and others that should be eaten sparingly, which is represented by the wide/narrow bands on the food pyramid?
- Do students understand the food pyramid is important because it (1) is a guideline for a healthy diet, (2) outlines the amount of foods one should eat from each group, (3) reminds us to make healthy choices for each food group and eat “unhealthy” foods sparingly, and (4) reminds us of the importance of exercise?
2. Bolded sections indicate portion of benchmark addressed
3. Unless noted as a Summative Assessment, the assessments are formative and should be used to guide teaching and learning.