Teacher: Ms.

Sharifa Pratt
Lesson number: Lesson Title: Lesson #8 Stable Labels
Grade/Subject: 4th Grade/ Healthy Eating Habits
Learning Segment Essential Question:
How are food labels beneficial in our healthy eating decisions?
(If this is a literacy-based lesson, please complete this box)
Central focus: To read food labels and determine how much sugar is included
Essential literacy strategy: Drawing on useful resources
Requisite skills: Adding, dividing, multiplying, conversions of measurement
Reading and Writing connections: Drawing conclusions based on data given
Content/Common Core Standard(s):
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.7

Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question),

drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for
multiple avenues of exploration.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.A.2

Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid
volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals,
and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.
Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a
measurement scale.
Learning Objectives associated with the content standards:
Students will be able to convert units of measurement while simultaneously drawing conclusions based off
the data and information given.
Academic Language Demands

Academic Language Supports

Vocabulary: Quantity, serving size

Vocabulary: Amount, proportion

Language function: Tier 2

Language function: Tier 2

Discourse or Syntax: Discourse

Discourse or Syntax: Discourse

Student Friendly Daily Learning Targets

Students will become familiar with reading labels and interpreting if the amount of sugar in
these foods is appropriate

Monitoring Student Learning: Formal and Informal Assessments prior to, during & after
learning segment
Introduction of lesson will begin with the question What is a food label? Informal
assessment
Middle of lesson will show an actual food label Informal assessment
End of lesson students will complete a worksheet converting grams of sugar to teaspoons of
sugar to determine if the food is healthy or unhealthy Formal assessment

Description of formal/ informal assessments:

What is being assessed: Knowledge of conversions of measurement (Formal assessment)
Assessment accommodations: Have a conversion sheet to help guide students
Type of feedback that will be given to students: Assessing how well students do with the
worksheet will determine whether or not they understand the content
What students will do with the feedback: Fix any errors they have made, or continue to read
food labels when they go grocery shopping and help parents make the healthiest decisions
when buying food
Instructional Resources and Materials: Computer, Worksheet, Conversion worksheet
Connection to prior academic learning and prerequisite skills: Connection to drawing
conclusions based off of information given. Connection to math, converting measurements
and adding, multiplying and dividing.
Connections to cultural/personal/community assets: Students will have a personal goal of
making the right decisions when purchasing food. Student can in turn help spread the word
about healthy eating to the community
Motivation/Hook/Anticipatory Set: ( 5 min)
Video on YouTube describing what happens when unhealthy eating habits form
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eepc72Gxdtc
Procedure:
Time

Teacher Action

Student Action

5min

Show YouTube video

Students will listen to YouTube video

10min

What is a food label?

Students come up with their own definition

Students will fill out worksheet, converting

grams to teaspoons

15min

Show students actual food label/ Give

students food label worksheet

Closure (5-7 min)

Assessment on student worksheet. Students will talk about what they learned with each
other, then share with the class.
How students will reflect on their own learning
Students will write in their journals about what they learned and how this information can be
beneficial for themselves, as well as their families and communities.
Accommodations/Modifications to requirements in IEPs and 504 plans
Students with IEPs and 504 plans will be in a group that requires extra time spent on labels.
Teacher or assistant teacher will provide the extra help, specifying the importance of labels
and how it helps in making decisions for healthier choices of food.

Differentiation
Foods can be grouped into the categories they belong in. Healthy and unhealthy will be the categories.
Specific labels for each food will be provided. Based off of the labels given, students will determine which
food is the healthiest choice and which food is the unhealthiest choice.
Technology Integration to Support Learning
YouTube video on unhealthy eating habits