Unit 4: Food and Health 5th grade Name: Ivonne Hidalgo Professor: Mº Edith Larenas Subject: Recursos didácticos ACTIVITY

Introduction Description: These activities are related to learning food vocabulary and associated them in their respective food groups through both individually and in group activities which facilitate the capacity of students to develop communicative skills. Duration: 90 minutes Objectives: Students will be able to … Learn to spell different words and associated them with their respective images. Name and categorize foods into the correct food groups. Select a variety of food items from one food group and determine whether they are nutritious choices.

Pre-activity The teacher introduce food vocabulary essential to understand the basic meaning of the food pyramid. Ex. Words: chicken, bread, orange, grapes, beans, fish, apple, peppers, potatoes, eggs, squash, broccoli, strawberries, corn, mushrooms, etc. Individual activity. Activity outcome: The students will have 4 worksheets of both matching and spelling activities that help them to internalize the new vocabulary and will guide him to the next activity.

Time of the activity: 15 – 20 minutes. Materials: the worksheet will be distributed by the teacher, pencil.

While activity The teacher introduce the five main food groups, those are: Grain, fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat and proteins, and fats, oils and sweets.

The teacher opens a class discussion on eating habits. Examples of questions: What are your favorite foods? Which of these five types of foods should be eaten less and why? This activity will help the teacher to keep students' attention and to know if they're understanding the new terms

Group activity: no more than 3 students per group. Time of the activity: 35 minutes. Activity Synopsis: A fun game of Bingo provides students practice the names and food categories into the Five Food Groups. Activity Outcome: Students will be able to: Name and categorize foods into the correct food groups

Materials and Advance Preparation: Bingo card - 1 per student Food Models that will be brought by the teacher A bag or large basket Place Food Models in bag or basket Pencils

What To Do Distribute one Bingo Card per student. Randomly select a Food Model from the bag or basket. Ask students to identify the food. Have participants write the name of the food in one of the squares for that food group on their cards. For example, if an apple is shown, students write ‘apple' in one of the Fruits Group squares. Inventive spelling is acceptable. Note: The food group icon on the back of the food model indicates to which food group it belongs. The first player to fill five squares horizontally, vertically or diagonally wins. As a check, have the winner read off the name in the winning food/food group squares.

Post-activity Group activity: no more than 3 students per group. Time of the activity: 35 minutes. Activity: Guess – who In relation to the vocabulary learn in this class each student group could select the most unusual fruit, vegetable, meat or some food of the five main groups from their list of vocabulary and perform a “Guess what I am? Style presentation with question and participation from the class.

After they have thought their food and their main characteristics to describe, one representative of each group will have to present in front of the class and all the students will play the game.

At the end of class students will be able to recognize different types of food and place them in their respective food group. Through these activities the students were able to put into practice their knowledge and to internalize the information in a positive way. CONCLUSION

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