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Part 1You should eat a plateful of color every day! That’s what scientists say.Eating a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables every day helps youstay healthy.

You can remember to eat your colors by putting fruitsand vegetables into fivecolor groups. Color thefruits and vegetables inthe circles. Then cut them out and pastethem in the right color group on the plate.One is done for you in each group.

Put a Rainbowon Your Plate

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Part 2What other fruits

and vegetables go in these color groups? List or draw them on the back of this paper.

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cucumber

banana

eggplant

carrots

tomato

pineapple

cauliflower

broccoli

grapes

strawberries

lemon

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Part 2You can buy many fruits andvegetables in different forms.They come fresh, frozen, asjuices, canned and even dried.They can be found in differentplaces in the supermarket.In the chart, check (3) the different forms in which you might find the fruits and vegetables listed.

Part 1You can find lots of colorful fruits and vegetables in yoursupermarket. Some of them are hiding inthis fruit and vegetableword-find puzzle.Find the ones listed in the puzzle and circlethem.Then color the letters to show whichcolor group each fruit and vegetablebelongs in.

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Part 2On the back of this paper create a meal or snack for yourself.Be sure to have color on your plate.

JamieBreakfast menu: Bowl of cereal,

glass of milk

Ways to add Colorsome color: added:

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ShawnaLunch menu: ham and

cheese sandwich, pretzels, cookies

Randy, Ritaand RhondaRadish

Part 1You should eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day.

A serving can be:

l a piece of fresh fruit like a banana or orange

l 1/2 cup cooked vegetables or raw vegetables

l a 6 oz. glass (3/4 cup) of 100% fruit or vegetable juice

l 1/2 cup canned or frozen fruits (in 100% juice)

l 1 cup raw leafy vegetables like lettuce

l 1/4 cup dried fruit like a mini-box of raisins

l 1/2 cup legumes like beans or peas

The servings should also come from the five color groups. Check out the meal that Jamie is eating and show how he can add color to it. One idea is done for you.Then add color to Shawna’s meal.

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Ways to add Colorsome color: added:

1. Add blueberries to cereal blue/purple

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Part 1 How many servings of fruits and vegetables do you eat every day? Are you eating ones from all five color groups? Find out by keeping track of what you eat. In the chart here, color a block each time you eat a serving of fruits or vegetables. Be sure to color the block the same color as the group the fruit or vegetable belongs in.

TOTAL SERVINGS

TODAY

Servings of Fruits and Vegetables I Eat

Part 2 Check your chart. How did you do on servings? Are you including all five color groups? If yes, great! If no, find ways to add more servings and put a rainbow of color on your plate every day.

Five Color

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Blue/Purple

Green

White

Yellow/Orange

Red

Is There a Rainbowon Your Plate




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Part 1Think about the foods that you eat every day. Do you eat lots of fruits and vegetables? Should you? For each statement, check whether you agree or disagree.

1Agree Disagree

The USDA Food Guide Pyramid recommends you eat o ofive to nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily.

Fruits and vegetables contain vitamins and minerals. o oPhytochemicals (fight-o-chemicals) help keep people o ohealthy and give plants their color.

Fruits and vegetables can be grouped by color. o oBananas belong to the yellow/orange color group. o oGrouping fruits and vegetables by color is an easy way o oto remember to eat a variety of them every day.

Eating fruits and vegetables from each of the five color o ogroups and exercising will help you stay healthy and fit.

The best way to get the vitamins, minerals,and other essential nutrients our bodies need o ois by taking vitamins and other supplements.

It’s easy to add color to your diet every day. o oI eat enough colorful fruits and o ovegetables every day.

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10Part 2 Fruits and vegetables are grouped by color — blue/purple, green, white, yellow/orange,and red. In which group would you put peppers? pineapple? broccoli? grapes? grapefruit?kiwifruit? apples? endive? okra? mushrooms?


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Part 2Wow! You have a list of things toget at the supermarket for mom.But where do you look? You canfind fruits and vegetables all overthe supermarket because theycome in different forms.Pineapples, for example, can befound in the produce section asfresh fruit, in the dairy case as pineapple juice, in the frozenfoods section as frozen juice, inthe canned goods section and in the dried fruit section.

Produce Dairy Frozen Foods Packaged/Canned Goods

Grapes

Cauliflower

Green beans

Mushrooms

Tomatoes

Potatoes

Peaches

Blueberries

Carrots

Oranges

Think about the fruits and vegetables below.Depending upon their form, where might you find them in the supermarket?

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Part 1You’re helping out with the food shopping.Your job is to buy the fruitsand vegetables, but your shopping listgot all mixed up. First unscramble thewords to find out what you need tobuy.Then use Crayola® crayons to circle the words on your list to showwhich of the five color groups eachfruit and vegetable belongs in.

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Part 1You should eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day.

A serving can be:

l a piece of fresh fruit like a banana or orange

l 1/2 cup cooked vegetables or raw vegetables

l a 6 oz. glass (3/4 cup) of 100% fruit or vegetable juice

l 1/2 cup canned or frozen fruits (in 100% juice)

l 1 cup raw leafy vegetables like lettuce

l 1/4 cup dried fruit like a mini-box of raisins

l 1/2 cup legumes like beans or peas

You’ve been hired to produce a food show for the Rainbow FoodChannel.The topic for the show isadding a rainbow of color to your diet.You need to create a day's worth of menus that will give viewers seven servings of a variety of fruits and vegetables from the five color groups.

Work with the group your teacher assigns you to and start thinking — breakfast,lunch, snack, and dinner.Create your menus.

Part 2Now rate your menus on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best. How many servings of fruits and vegetables did you include? How many color groups did you use? How many different fruits and vegetables are on your menu? Are the dishes appealing? Easy to prepare? Present your menu to the class.Then see how the class rates it.

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