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Honoree: Esau Jenkins Subject: Health Grades: 3‐5 Title: Eating More Fruits and Vegetables Standards Addressed: N‐3.1.3 Describe the difference between recommended serving size and portion consumption. N‐3.1.4 Use the federal dietary guidelines to identify the number of servings from each food group that children need daily. N‐3.1.5 Categorize his or her food choices by food group. N‐3.6.1 Set a goal to eat a healthy breakfast daily. N‐3.6.2 Set a goal to choose healthy foods and be physically active. N‐3.8.1 Explain to others why healthy eating and physical activity are important. N‐4.1.1 Identify the six essential nutrients and the food groups in which they are present. N‐4.1.3 Explain the importance of following the federal dietary guidelines for Americans with regard to portion sizes. N‐4.6.1 Set a dietary goal and track his or her progress toward its achievement. N‐4.8.1 Advocate for others to eat healthy foods and to engage in regular physical activity. N‐5.1.1 Examine the six essential nutrients, their function, and foods or food groups in which they are present. N‐5.1.2 Identify the benefits of following the federal dietary guidelines. N‐5.4.1 Discuss with family members and peers ways to make healthy food choices. N‐5.8.1 Encourage peers, family, and others to choose healthy foods and be physically active. Goals and Objectives: 1.
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Students will learn to record data in tables and show data in graphs. Students will set goals to eat more fruits and vegetables. Students will use tables and graphs to track their progress. Students will understand that fruits and vegetables are healthy options for a snack. Connections to Other Subjects: Math: Data Collection, Graphing, Calculating Percentages, Spending Money, Number Operations Lesson activities provided by the South Carolina Department of Education.
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Essential Questions: 1. What are your favorite fruits and vegetables? 2. How many fruits and vegetables do you eat a day? 3. How can you plan to eat more fruits and vegetables each day? Resources and Materials 
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Eating More Fruits and Vegetables handout (attached) Fresh from the Farm handout (attached) Shopping List handout (attached) pencil paper calculators Instructional Activities 1. Read the biography of Mr. Jenkins from the 2011 South Carolina African American History Calendar. 2. Remind students that fruits and vegetables are an important part of staying healthy. 3. Ask students to think about how many fruits and vegetables they each ate yesterday. 4. Explain that over the next week, they will use a table to chart the fruits and vegetables they eat each day. 5. Give each student tracking chart handout. 6. Tell students that their goal is to eat more fruits and vegetables by the end of the week than they did at the beginning of the week. 7. At the end of the following week, have students use their table data to create a day‐by‐day line or bar graph to show how many fruits and vegetables they ate each day. Extensions
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Explain to students that colorful fruits and vegetables contain special nutrients called antioxidants. Antioxidants (such as beta‐carotene, found in orange fruits and vegetables) may help protect a number of one’s organs and body tissues from wearing out. Next, review equivalent forms of fractions (and/or percents). As an example, ask students to try to remember how many differently colored fruits and vegetables they ate yesterday, then to describe how many of each color they ate as a fraction (or percentage) of the total. Distribute the handout and ask students to record the different colors of fruits and vegetables that were consumed in a week. Students may use calculators to calculate the percentages. Lesson activities provided by the South Carolina Department of Education.
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Ask students to construct a pie graph to illustrate the percentages of different colored fruits and vegetables that were consumed in a week. Distribute the Fresh from the Farm handout and tell students to spend $20.00 ‐ $30.00 and purchase a week’s supply of fruits and vegetables. Students are to make sure that 5 different fruits and vegetables are available for each day. Students are to record their purchases on the attached Shopping List handout. They are to calculate the balance after each purchase. Lesson activities provided by the South Carolina Department of Education.
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Name ___________________________________________ Date ______________________________ Eating More Fruits and Vegetables
Week _________ Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snack Sunday F V F V F V F V F V F V F V F V F V F V F V F V F F V F Saturday F V V F V V V F F Friday V F F V V V F F Wednesday Thursday V F Tuesday V F F Monday F V V V F V Total Number of Fruits Eaten in a Week: _____________________________________ Total Number of Vegetables Eaten in a Week: ________________________________ Goal for Next Week: Fruits ____________________ Vegetables _______________ Lesson activities provided by the South Carolina Department of Education.
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Photos: grocery store produce display © BananaStock/jupiterimages;
dried chili bunch © Brand X Pictures; jug of apple juice © PhotoSpin/
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Welcome To The Market! What looks good today?
FRUITS
OraNges:
apple juice: $2.99
$1.65/bag or 18¢ each
apples, GreeN: 67¢
Peaches:
each
apples, Red: 48¢ each $6.50 for 10 or 70¢ each
PINEapples: $2.50 each
Kiwis: 79¢ each
plums, red: 30¢ each
MaNgos: 94¢ each
plums, Yellow:
55¢ each
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VEGETABlES
GreeN beaNs:
asparagus, GreeN:
45¢/haNdful
$2.75/buNch
mushrooms: 33¢ each
asparagus, White:
$3.25/buNch
Red peppers:
85¢ each
Avocados: $1.05 each
Dried chilies: 87¢ for 3
ENdives:
$1.69/package or
each
Lesson activities provided by the South Carolina Department 65¢
of Education.
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Shopping List
Cost
Fruit/Vegetable
Balance
(Beginning Balance is $30.00)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Name __________________________________________________ Ending Balance _____________ Lesson activities provided by the South Carolina Department of Education.
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Name ________________________________________________
Date________________________
Colors of Fruits and Vegetables Eaten in a Week
Colors
black
Fruits
Tally
Number
Vegetables
Tally
Number
blue
brown
green
orange
pink
purple
red
white
yellow
Lesson activities provided by the South Carolina Department of Education.
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