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Section B Lesson Plan Grade 1 Foundation Phase

Grade 1-Foundation Phase

Healthy Eating-Lesson Plan Name of lesson: Healthy Eating Time: 1 week or moreGrade 1 Subject: Life SkillsCurriculum Standards (CAPS) Life SkillsTopic 1: Healthy habits – eating healthy foodDi� erent types of food - for growth, energy, healthTopic 2: Food Foods we eatWhere di� erent foods come from: fruit; vegetables; dairy; meatHealthy eatingCurriculum Standards (CAPS) LiteracyListening and SpeakingListens to simple instructionsReadingUses phonics, context clues, structural analysis and sight words when readingCurriculum Standards (CAPS) MathematicsPatterns around usIdentify, describe in words and copy geometric patterns from modern everyday life

ObjectivesThe learners understand the importance of making the right choices when it comes to healthy food

Prior KnowledgeWe should eat according to the � ve food groups. We can make choices to eat healthy food

Leads on to…Healthy and unhealthy foods, healthy choices and the right amount of food, storing food - fresh, tinned, dried, frozen

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Content Skills ValuesDairy Memory GameDairy products follow instructions

Dairy snap Revise the � ve food groups and work out which one yoghurt and milk � t into, tell stories of experiences with dairy products, listen to and discuss a story about a mouse that liked eating cheese, revise vocabulary words, colour in the cards on the worksheet with the same type of food having the same colour background, paste the worksheet on to construction paper and then cut out the cards, follow the instructions and play ‘snap’

We need to choose the food that we eat carefully

PriorKnowledgeWe should eat according to the � ve food groups. We can make choices to eat healthy food

Leads on to…Healthy and unhealthy foods, healthy choices and the right amount of food, storing food - fresh, tinned, dried, frozen

Teacher preparation before startingNote that all website links are optional extras

* Look through some books and online resources on nutrition before you start this lesson so as to familiarise yourself with content for the lesson. e.g. http://lessons.atozteacherstu� .com* Read through the worksheet and familiarise yourself with it and what resources they require* Identify some of the necessary vocabulary for this nutrition theme and write the words on to � ashcards as follows: - Vocabulary from the worksheet (Worksheet: Dairy snap) such as dairy products, healthy, food, group

Learning Activities and how to teach them1. Introduce the healthy eating theme and mention that you will be focusing on choosing the right foods as an important part of nutrition2. Have an oral discussion to � nd out what the learners know about healthy eating and how they include it their diets3. Work through the worksheet as follows:

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Worksheet: Dairy Snap * Revise the � ve food groups with the learners and work out which food group yoghurt and milk � t into. Allow the learners to tell you stories from their experience about dairy products * Tell the story about a mouse that liked eating cheese http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/stories/cat_mouse.htm* Do some � ashcard revision from the vocabulary cards you have prepared* Talk about the items on the worksheet and let the learners colour in their cards on the worksheet with the same type of food having the same colour background* They paste the worksheet onto construction paper and then cut out the cards* Place the learners in pairs and show them how to play ‘snap’ with their cards. Notice how they follow the instructions when they play

Expanded opportunitiesAs an extra activity make some 3D fruit with the class. These can be hung across the room on a string. You will need:Construction or sti� paper or cardboardScissorsCrayons, paint or markersStringGlue (or a stapler)Fold a piece of construction paper in half and draw the outline half of a fruit on it around the fold line. Cut along the line. Using the � nished fruit as a template, cut two more exactly like it. Slit the fruit halfway up the fold line so that the pieces � t together. Colour them in. Each fruit will have two pieces running at an angle to give the 3D e� ect. This makes a very attractive room display

Section B Lesson Plan Grade 1 Foundation Phase

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Dairy snap

Dairy products are healthy for you. Colour in your cards using a di� erent colour

background for each type of dairy food. Play the Dairy Snap Game with a partner.

Paste your worksheet on to construction paper and cut out the cards. Shu� e the

cards and deal the cards out equally between you and your partner. Each players

should keep their dealt cards in a face down pile in front of them. Each player then

picks the top card of their facedown deck, and places it upright beside their other

cards. This goes on until a matching pair is created, and when this happens the � rst

to yell out “snap” and description of the card, wins.

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