How can we eat healthy?

This week, we have been learning all about eating healthy and why it's important to choose healthy foods to eat. 

We began by discussing the 3 meals we eat each day and the purpose of those three meals. Our class held a vote to predict which meal they felt was the most important!

 

This group believed breakfast was the most important.

 

This group predicted dinner was the most important.

Nicholas and Jayla predicted that lunch was the most important.

I love all three explanations that the children provided.

We also have been discussing the 5 different food groups. We are using "Choose My Plate" to teach the 5 food groups.

Today, the students were assigned a food group and were asked to create a poster to teach others about the different food items that make up their groups. 

We focused on illustrating and labeling: