These are the books that I made for each child for Nutrition theme.

The Grain Group

Materials:

• songs from dole5aday
• The Grain Group by Helen Frost
• Food Pyramid books
• crayons
• pencils
• white board
• white board markers

(child drew a picture of rice)

Procedure:

• listen to two songs from dole5aday (make sure one is the Grain song)
• read Grain Group book
• as a class, make a list of foods in the grain group, draw a picture and label on the white board
• have the children go to their seats and get out crayons and pencil as Food Pyramid books are being handed out
• model writing your name on the model Food Pyramid book
• have the children write their name on their book
• model turning the model book to the first page (orange highlighted page); draw a picture and label it from the white board in the orange section of the Food Pyramid book
• have the children do the same in their book
• to check for understanding, have the children come up to you with their book when they have finished their page and tell you what they drew
• collect the books
• review foods in the grain group
• listen to two more songs from dole5aday

Extra Activities:

• make a graph of the students’ favorite food in this category
• bake bread
• visit a pasta shop/restaurant and watch how they make pasta

As you know by now, the pyramid has been changed to a plate.  You could do the same steps, but make a plate book instead.

I cannot find the series of books I have on this subject, here is what I have found:

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