lesson_food_pyramid

=Names:= Kattricia Outlaw Erica Martinez Katherine Nelson Liza Cancel

Standards:
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 * **New York State** – Health- S1, KI 1; PI 2, PI 3 and PI 6


 * **New York City** – Student success depends on a blend of academic skills, good health, and physical and mental fitness. New York City schools offer a wide range of fitness and health instruction during the school day, along with before- and after-school activities, to help children develop the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors that lead to lifelong physical, mental, emotional, and social wellness


 * **National** – Health-S3,KI1,PI3.5.1, and PI3.3.2; S7,KI1,PI7.5.1,PI7.5.2,and PI7.5.3


 * Uploaded Lesson Plan:**


 * Lesson Plan Summary:**Overall, we feel that by using the food pyramid it will provide children with better eating habits, promote awareness to a healthy life style, and prevent diseases.

Lesson Plan Template Source:
[LessonPlans4Teachers.com] > This template was easy to download, it is simple and it has space for the objective,standards and aim of the lesson. It also has space for what the teacher will do and what the students will do through out the lesson as well as space for materials needed, other resources and additional notes.
 * Why did your group choose this specific format for your template?

> > **Article Summary:** We choose this article because the article is simple and to the point. Though the information is meant for Day Care Providers, educators for children who are school age can incorporate the information from the article into their lesson plans. The article discusses obesity, "picky" eaters, and how parents influence what their children eat and their child's health. The article also states one of the reasons for children to be overweight is poor food choices There are two ideas we would like to incorporate in our lesson plan from this article. The students can create their own food pyramids on aprons and then take the aprons home to prepare a healthy meal with their families and use the food pyramid on the apron as a guide. > > **Article Summary: "**We're trying to connect children to the earth and the source of their food, and in the process, teach them the link between nurturing their bodies with healthy food and nurturing the environment through growing food in ecologically healthy ways." This quote is from the Fresh Food Program Promotes Healthy Eating Habits Among Children article. "Fresh from the Farm," is a program which promotes healthy eating and habits for children. The program's focus is to connect the idea of what is grown from the earth is not only good for your body and keeps you healthy, but is also environmentally safe and promotes sustainability. The program also incorporates parents and teachers and how they can live healthy lives and be role models for children. The article points out healthy foods are not as accessible or frequently marketed to children the same way fast foods are. The children in the program grow fruits and vegetables and take a hands on approach to learning and understanding what is good for them and the earth. According to **NIFA's Educator Resource's** food, nutrition and health programs strengthen the nation's capacity to address issues related to diet, health, food safety, food security and food and service technology. We can incorporate ideas from the article in our lesson plan about the food pyramid by showing children where food comes from and how growing food can promote healthy living and healthy choices. > > **Article Summary:** This article gives ideas for schools on how to prevent childhood obesity through proper nutrition and physical activity. Starting on page three; the article gives suggestions on programs which can be used to help implement the changing of attitudes for the positive, regarding physical activity and nutrition. The article states one way to promote healthy living is to get staff involved through workshops. There are ten strategies listed. The first four are, "Building the foundation". The other six strategies are,"Taking action." Childhood obesity has increased throughout the years. The adding of vending machines and other food sources children have access to in schools besides school lunch has promoted the intake of higher fat foods. In our lesson plan we are discussing the food pyramid. By introducing the food pyramid and the amounts of food recommended we intake from the food groups; children will be able to make better decisions when it comes to food. They can choose healthy foods and change their behavior and attitude towards staying healthy. This article also gives the names of books which can help schools or individual teachers promote healthy living.This can help us in writing our lesson plan because it reminds us to implement physical activities for our students in the lessons. If we are teaching about health and nutrition our lesson plan can give the students an activity, they may have to come up with a menu based on the food pyramid. This will allow students to feel like they are a part of the lesson being taught and finally, our lesson plan could emphasize that healthy foods are delicious by having the teacher bring in some foods off the food pyramid and have the students taste it.
 * ERIC article summaries and APA Citation:**
 * 1) **APA Citation:** Viebrock, M.and Berry, H. Growing Healthy Bodies(1998): Nutrition Education for Day Care Providers.(Report NO. PNW0394) Idaho Univ., Moscow. Cooperative Extension Service.; Oregon State Univ., Corvallis. Cooperative Extension Service.; Washington State Univ., Pullman. Cooperative Extension Service.(ERIC Document Reproduction Service NO. ED 366 452
 * 1) **APA Citation:** [Kish,S. Fresh Food Program Promotes Healthy Eating Habits Among Children (2006)Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.(ERIC Document Reproductive Service No. ED 503 735.]
 * 1) **APA Citation:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Make a difference At Your School! CDC Resources Can Help You Implement Strategies to Prevent Obesity Among Children and Adolescents. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(2008).(ERIC Document Reproductive Service NO. ED 505 189.

**Lesson Plans: Food Pyramid Book and Game**
> **Lesson Plan Summary:** We chose this lesson plan because it incorporates learning with fun and games. Not only will the students be making their own food pyramid booklet out of pictures they find in magazines and newspapers, the students will also learn the foods that would keep them healthy and strong. To expand on the students comprehension of what they made, the lesson plan offers a game of 'Name That Food' at the completion of their booklet. The teacher would divide the students into small teams, then select a section from the food pyramid and a letter from the alphabet, the students would have one minute to list all the foods that begin with that letter, when the minute is up each group read their list, the teacher records the number of items on each group's list,and another category and letter is selected. The games continue until all the sections of the pyramid is covered. The group with the highest score wins the game. > > We can incorporate a lesson plan such as this one into our lesson plan by making learning fun for students. Besides games like the one mentioned above, we can make up songs, dances, rap music etc, to keep our students engaged in whatever subject we are teaching and by doing this, we can help alleviate some of the boredom that students sometimes feel in the classroom. > > **Lesson Plan Summary:** Our group chose this lesson plan because we though our 3rd graders would enjoy having their own restaurant. This lesson plan calls for the students to be divided into groups and for them to make up their own menu for their restaurant based on the food pyramid. Not only would the students make the menu, they would come up with creative names for their restaurant as well as design the menu covers. The team work aspect of this lesson plan is great but the high light of it is, that the students would, as a class, make a new lunch menu for a week for their school. The teacher would then submit that menu to the principal, and if she agrees, the school lunch would be based on the 3rd graders menu. Imagine how proud those students would feel to know they had a hand in the food all the other students are eating. > > This lesson plan could help us to write our lesson plan by serving as a reminder to us that we need to come up with lesson plans that sparks our students imagination. Students need to be involved in our lessons, they need to participate and feel like they are a part of what we teach, if we can do that, it makes learning fun for the students and easier for us as teachers. > > **Lesson Plan Summary:** This lesson plan was chosen by our group for three reasons, it is an example of teaching a lesson over a couple of days which is something as teachers we will be doing a lot of. Second, it incorporates team work among the students. We believe that our 3rd graders have the capacity for this level of focus if the lesson is fun and if they are actively involved. This lesson plan gives the students both options. The third and primary reason for choosing this lesson plan is because it emphasizes how important good nutrition is for the students. It points out that nutritious food could also be delicious. > > The students are allowed to be actively involved because on the first day they will broken up into groups and each group is responsible for two foods from the food pyramid. On the second day of the lesson each group will select one member from their group and that member will go in front of the class, give the name of the food his group his chosen, tell the class where on the food pyramid that food can be found and why his/her group chose that food. > > This lesson plan can help us write our lesson plan because it shows that the students must always be engaged, if students are responsible for certain parts of the lesson they focus more. By putting the students in teams it naturally fires up their sense of competitiveness in a healthy way and so they would naturally try to work harder to best the other groups. Making learning fun and competitive is a good way to teach a lesson. > **Lesson Plan Summary:**This lesson plan seemed like fun to members of our group because it involves students making their own snacks and there is also a need for parent participation. The snack they will be making is called Spudnicks. A lot of times when students get home from school they are hungry but either there is no one around to get them something to eat or they are too busy to make something healthy. Students need to know how to make their own healthy snacks. > > In this lesson plan students gets to demonstrate the different steps to follow in assembling their snack by making a spudnick in the classroom. Students will demonstrate taking the initiative to assemble the snack on their own by making the snack at home and having a parent sign a form. Two of the main ingredients in this recipe is Rice Krispies and Marshmallows. The teacher will write the steps for making the snack on the board and each student will make a spudnick for the teacher to observe whether or not the steps are being followed properly. Because this is a quick and nutritious snack to make, when a student come home from school it gives him a healthy option if he is hungry rather than sitting down and eating junk food. > > This lesson plan can help us to write our lesson plan because it reminds us of the importance of parent participation. When we send students home with projects and the parent has to sign a form that they have done what we ask, it forces some parents to take a look and be involved in the students academic work and they also see what their child is doing in class. They can give us feedback based on what they observe and that opens a door for great communication between teachers and parents. > > **Lesson Plan Summary:** This lesson plan was chosen because of is back-to-basics approach to introducing the food pyramid to students. The lesson plan is being broken up into two 40 minutes sessions and students are taught the basis of good nutrition. Students will list the 6 food groups that make up the food pyramid and learn how to use the pyramid as their guide for making healthy choices. > > The teacher will explain the purpose of the food pyramid and define and give an example of of each food group. The teacher will then separate a group of mixed foods into the proper food groups in order to give the students a visual idea of how to separate food into the proper category according to the food pyramid. The teacher will list the 6 categories shown on the food pyramid and provide examples and explain from which group they came. > > For the assessment part of the lesson plan the teacher will divide the class into groups and give each group a box of assorted food products, the groups will then divide the products into the correct 6 categories and then list them on a separate sheet. > > This lesson plan can help us to write our lesson plan because it incorporates simplicity and easy to follow instructions for the students. Many times teachers want to impress their principals by writing these elaborate lesson plans and they forget that simplicity is the best tool for young students. Sometimes teachers need to dumb down their lesson plans and make it simple, if they do this they would see how much easier it would be for students to get what it is they are teaching.
 * 1) **Lesson Plan Link**: Nutrition – Food Pyramid Book and Game
 * 1) **Lesson Plan Link**: Nutrition Lesson Plan
 * 1) **Lesson Plan link**: Nutritious and Delicious
 * 1) **Lesson Plan Link**:Spudnicks - A Rice Krispies and Mashmallow Snack
 * 1) **Lesson Plan Link:** The Food Groups: The Food Pyramid


 * Assessment Questions**

Our group definition of Educational Blogs are web diaries written by someone for educational purposes. These blogs may be written by or for educators and the blogs are maintained for the purpose of classroom instructions or these blogs may be written about educational policy. These blog sites are mostly free. Students, teachers, as well as the general public, can go on these educational blog sites and read what teachers and students are blogging about. Edublogs are also a way for teachers to share ideas with each other as well as get advice from each other. A teacher may experience a frustrating day and writing it down in a blog may help. Teachers can also share the positives they experience in their careers and help others look at teaching in a positive light. The teacher may also come to find out that other teachers experience the same things. Teachers can also look at student edublogs and get ideas of students likes and dislikes. Blogs are cool.

Edublogs
Kattricia Outlaw
 * Name & Web Address: [7 things you should know about Clickers. http://www.educause.edu/ELI/ 7 things you should know about Clickers]
 * Article #1: [Interaction and engagement are often limited by class size and human dynamics. A few students may dominate the conversation while most avoid interaction. Interaction and engagement are both important learning principles, that can be facilitated by using clickers. Clickers also facilitates discipline specific discussions, small work group corporation and student to student interaction.]
 * Article #2: [Clickers plus well designed questions provide an easy to implement mechanism for enhancing interaction. The Clicker technology enables more effective, more efficient and more engaging education.]

>> Schools are turning to the number one thing that has portrayed the bane of a healthy childhood but in order to help fight against this, the video games are being used to bring down the large obesity rates in children that live in America. >> In a social media class a professor introduce her students to their cuber selves the look of terror were written on every ones face sitting in her class by looking at their their online activates. The point she was trying to get across was the fact that how some people may come across on line. >> Students and teachers attended a workshop at Qatar in 2009. The students were video taped individually saying a phrase, "The world is flat and that's how we roll! In the video the students were from many different parts of the world. They learned how to communicate with others through technology and the skills they need to keep the communication going once they return to their homes. The workshops promote racial and cultural unity through the use of technology. >> This blog was posted February 11th, 2010. In eleven days Cool Cat teacher is going to another conference in Mumbai, India, they are continuing the Flat Classroom workshops. There will be many 2nd through 8th grade American students attending. There will be a private wiki and Cool Cat's 10th grade computer class will be handling a lot of the technology needed to make the workshop happen through voice threads and blogs. I feel this is an amazing opportunity for all the students attending in India and the students joining in other parts of the world. The teachers are lucky to be a part of this also. They will be a part of bringing together not just technological skills, but also the understanding of different cultures and humanity in general. >>
 * Erica Martinez**
 * Name & Web Address: iste connects
 * Article #1: Fighting Obesity by Increasing Screen Time
 * Article #2: What is Digital Citizenship and Why Should Educators Care?
 * Liza Cancel**
 * **Name & Web Address:** Cool Cat Teacher Blog
 * **Article #1:** How do YOU roll?
 * **Article #2:** Immersing in all things India: The India Immersion Project.
 * Katherine Nelson**

Name & Web Address: Smartboard in the classroom. http://www.mypyramid.gov

//Article #1: This is an interactive computer game where kids can reach planet power by fueling their rocket with healthy food from the food pyramid and physical activity.//
 * //Article #2: Fuel tanks for each group help students keep track of how their choices fit into the food pyramid.//

//**Group Definition of educational Wikis:** Professor Lewis asked us to answer a question about "Poof Papers" in one of our classes. We read the article and then had to give our response on the boricuablog web page. He then read our responses and gave us feedback. This process took no more than about twenty minutes, maybe less. We were impressed. The actual definition for Wikis is Internet technologies expressly designed for collaborative writing projects. Professor Lewis also told us that Wiki means fast in Hawaiin. The meaning of the word cleared up the purpose of what Wikis are for as well. Wikis can be used to get fast responses from students and fast feedback from teachers. They cut down on copying work from other sources because responses to questions are supposed to done in the moment. Students are also more conscious of what they write because other students will see their work.// >> **Teacher:** Jan Abernethy ([|Blog]) >> **Country**: U.S.A. >> **School:** Greenville Area School District, East Elementary >> **Description:** A wikispace created by 5th grade class in Greenville, PA in an effort to make a difference in their community. The goal is to expedite the cleanup process of a hazardous waste site located next to the school.] >> **Teacher:** S. Ibrahim >> **Country**: U.S.A. >> **School:** Elementary School in Southern California, U.S.A. >> **Description:** A site to provide an audience for 2nd graders to share their learning with the world! ] >> **Teacher:** >> **Country**: U.S.A. >> **School:** Adams Middle School, Redondo Beach, California >> **Description:** A site maintained by students to distribute news and other happenings at the school.insert text here
 * //Example #1:// Project Trinity
 * Example #2: 2nd Grade Class Wiki
 * Example #3: Adams News Wiki

**How does your group envision incorporating educational technologies in your classrooms?**
As a group of young aspiring teachers we know that teaching has changed from the way it was 10 even 5 years ago. Students need more stimulation than just sitting in their seats and have their teacher lecture them all day, they need something else to motivate them to learn. The new wave for the past 5 years is video games, whether it is hand held or it is hooked up to the television. It is not surprising to see a 4 year old playing a Nintendo DS or duking it out with older siblings on a wii game on the television. When students are playing those games they are so focused, they learn how to get to the different levels so fast it is amazing.

We as teachers need to harness that same focus and determination of reaching the next level and turn it towards education. One of the ways we can do this is by bringing in educational games into the classroom hooked up to television screens. An example is the interactive Wii games. If a version of those games could be implemented into the learning curriculum and lessons can be built into a game format imagine how exciting those students would be to play and then learn at the same time. Students could interact with math by bowling and counting how many pins are left standing. Language Arts can be done by having students read instructions and write the answer with an interactive pen. The possibilities are endless. We believe students will be more enthusiastic to learn because it would be like playing a game to them, something they are use to doing at home. Students would be more receptive to what is taught and they would get the material faster and enjoyed learning more. Hopefully by bringing interactive technology in the classroom we would be slowly getting rid of this draconian system that has been established and never changed for over a century of having students sit in a row in the classroom and being lectured all day by their teacher at the blackboard. We also feel as teachers using educational technologies will make our lives less stressful.

There are sites that we can look up to help us find lesson plans and lesson plan templates. The ERIC research is useful in looking up background information for a particular topic of interest which can help with a lesson. Using videos to accompany a lesson will help us as teachers as well. This is a way to keep the class interested instead of always listening to the teacher talk. A class wiki can bring students together and help them collaborate their thoughts and writings on a particular subject or topic. They can also get get quick feed back from the teacher instead of waiting a week or more. There are also sites where a teacher can download a book if there is no money in the budget to get the book. Educational technologies can benefit students as well as teachers if used correctly and wisely. These technologies can help bring together students and teachers to help in the learning process and help students become more independent in their learning as well.

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