1. Higher order questions
Lesson Topic(s): Health
2nd Grade
Week of: 4/8-12
Objectives: Students will learn the food groups and how food affects their bodies.
TEKS: a2a b1A, 1C,D, G, food groups, healthy eating affects body and helps you stay healthy, healthy foods and snacks
ELPS: 2.G (Listening/Speaking); 5.B;5.G (writing)
Essential Question(s): How does what
I eat affect my life?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Lesson Plan
Activity 5
Queen Banana’s food group
Activity 6
Prince Waffle’s Grain Group
Activity 7:
We need all Five food groups
Food group word search
Test
Create a meal with food from all five food groups.
Vocabulary
Fruits
Vitamins
benefit
Grain
Bread
Pasta
Rice
Wheat
oats
Balanced diet
Meat
Dairy
Fruit
Vegetables
Review vocabulary
Higher order questions
How are fruits different from the dairy group?
Analyze a hamburger. What part of the hamburger is in the grain group?
Explain why your body needs foods from all the different food groups.
Explain whether or not one food group is more important than the other food groups.
Defend why each food is included in your meal.
Assessment Strategy
Sort fruits into groups
Fruits I eat
Fruits I have never eaten
Grains to Go activity
Sort foods made from meats from plants.
Choose a vegetable and explain how eating it will help your body.