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TOPIC
Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas
Essential
Questions
PA/Common
Core/Standards

Objective
Bloom's
Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence

DETAILS
Meghan Mastroianni
Health
First grade
60 mins/First part of a unit lesson
Balanced meals keep us healthy.
Food can be categorized into groups.
What does it mean to eat healthy?
What does it mean to be healthy?
10.1: Concepts of Health: Explain the role of the food
guide pyramid/MyPlate in helping people eat a healthy
diet.
o A: Explain what it means to be healthy
o I: Recognize that there are a variety of foods that
can be grouped
The student will be able to identify four out of five food
groups by demonstrating their knowledge as they
complete their My Food Card.
The student will correctly identify which food group one
food picture belongs to by placing it in the correct
category on the MyPlate diagram.

ISTE Standards
for Students
Framework for
21st Century
Learning
Accommodation
s, Modifications

Formative assessment:
o Observing children as they match the food
pictures to the different categories
o Completion and correct examples on the My Food
Card handout
Summative assessment:
o At the end of the unit lesson on health, food
groups, and exercising, students will complete a
weeklong log, with the help of their parents, on
what they eat and examples of exercise. This log
will tie together all pieces. Students will have the
choice to use either pictures or words.
Using technology for the interactive MyPlate model;
also using music played off of YouTube.
Core Subject-Science
Learning and Innovation Skills- Collaboration
For this lesson, I chose to incorporate accommodations
and modifications for a student that is physically
impaired, specifically having to use a wheelchair.
During the song, I will give him a musical instrument so
that he can participate and dance along.
When the students have to come up to the board, he

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will use the airplay display on the laptop provided to

show us his screen, instead of coming up and physically
moving a picture of food. With assistance, he would be
able to do this on his computer screen.
As the concluding activity, this student will be paired
with a partner who is in close approximation to them so
that he/she will not have to move far to discuss their
My Food Card.

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

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Procedures
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the Learning
Plan
Introduction

Explicit
Instructions

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Activating Prior Knowledge
Ask students what it means to be healthy? What does it
mean to eat healthy?
Students will be encouraged to share personal stories or
experiences they have.
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
We will listen to the song Alive With 5 Food Groups.
After the song is played once, I will tell the students to
use their listening ears even harder this time to try and
hear the different food groups in the song. After the
song, we will identify the five groups on the board by
uncovering the names on the MyPlate diagram.
Big Idea Statement
Balanced meals keep us healthy.
Food can be categorized into groups.
Essential Questions Statement
What does it mean to eat healthy?
What does it mean to be healthy?
Objective Statement
Students will be able to identify four out of five food
groups by demonstrating their knowledge on their Food
Card.
Students will correctly identify which food group one
food picture belongs to by placing it in the correct
category on the MyPlate diagram.
Transition
Standing up to sing and dance to the song.
Moving from their desk to correctly match the food to
the right food group.
Key Vocabulary
Food group
Healthy

Lesson
Procedure

Transition
Stand up and sign along to the Alive With Five Food
Groups song
PreAssessment of Students
We will discuss the MyPlate diagram and the students
will learn that each of the colors on the plate represent a
different food group. In order to eat healthy, they need
to watch what food is on their plate. On the interactive
white board, I will display a poster of the MyPlate model.
Students will have to come up and move the different
magnetic food pictures onto the right section of the
MyPlate.
Modeling of the Concept
As the teacher, I will give an example to the students.
(Ex: I put the chicken in the protein food group because
meat gives you muscles!) Students might have difficulty
with some items, but this is why we are doing it as a
class.
Transition
Moving from their desk to correctly match the food to
the right food group.
Guiding the Practice
One by one, students will come up and chose a picture,
matching it with the right food group. With help from
their classmates, and the teacher, we will correctly put
all of the items in the correct spot. Some may be tricky,
such as a combination dish like tacos. We will save those
for last and break the meal down into its parts (meat,
cheese, lettuce, salsa).
Providing the Independent Practice
Each student will be given a handout titled My Food
Card. Students should chose their favorite food
(preferably not a combination food) and complete the
sentences on the handout as well as draw their favorite
food.

Reading
MyPlate diagram
Materials
Pictures of food
Technology
Alive With Five Food Groups song/CD player
Equipment
My Food Card handout
Supplies
Evaluation of
Formal Evaluation
the
Completion of My Food Card and it correctly depicts a
Learning/Master
specific food grouped into the right category.
y of the
Explanation of why they put the food picture into the
Concept
specific category.
Informal Evaluation
Observing students as they work on their My Food Card
Watch as children brainstorm the five food groups after
singing the song.

Closure

Teacher
Self-reflection

Summary & Review of the Learning

Students will share their My Food Card with an assigned
partner. They will read theirs to their partner and then
visa versa. By doing this, students will verbally express
and show their understanding and mastery of the
subject.
Homework/Assignments
Send home a healthy eating handout with students and
encourage parents/families to get involved and use the
MyPlate diagram at home. Encourage families to
incorporate balanced meals and healthy eating.