I was very impressed with your presentation regarding food groups and food choices. I especially liked the mini power point presentation and other visual aids (info on blackboard, plate diagram) that you guys had as well. Being a visual leaner, it was great to see this because some children learn best when they can see visual aids so I really appreciated this part of the lesson. Also the class activity was great to do because it really teaches students the importance of all food groups and the need to get the required amount. My concern is that when you broke down each food item individually and started to explain what each mineral or process does, I found that younger children (Grades 1-2) might be confused and a little lost when you talk about this. This could be more appropriate for children at a higher grade level (Grade 3-5) because they might have a better understanding of this part. What about for ESL students or special needs students, would there be an alternative lesson plan for these students to learn about the importance of food groups and healthy eating? Overall, your group did a good job presenting about the different food groups and the need to become healthy eaters. Great job guys!
I was interested in this lesson because nutrition studies are a large part of what I want to do later in life. I thought this group did a good job of explaining the 4 food groups and certain nutritional benefits you can gain from each of them. This is often tough to do for older kids, and this group was aiming at grades 1 and 2 children, so I thought it was great that they explained how fibre makes “their tummies happy” !
I also thought that the My plate diagram was helpful for children to see what kinds of food go with each group as a visual, instead of just a word game. Furthermore, that is why I enjoyed the shopping cart activity because it put pictures to the words they were learning about. I’m sure kids could even try placing real foods in their own shopping carts when at the supermarket with their parents to further enforce the lesson.
The lesson plan in this was great! It is simple and easy enough for grade school children to grasp and kids can actually work together on such an assignment! The only criticism I would have is the lack of Canadian sources used. Although similar, Americans and Canadians are a different population with somewhat different health concerns. Over all though, it was a great presentation! informative and engaging for both student and parents!
The lesson plan was good, espeically the visual aspects and the hands-on games but I agree with the first comment. For grades 1-2, breaking down each food and talking about specific minerals/vitamins/etc. might me difficult for them to understand.
I appreciated this lesson since I think it’s important that children start learning about food groups at a young age. I liked your method of getting kids to think about what they do and do not eat. Rather than pointing the finger and accusing children of not eating properly, it helps them realize on their own that they may be missing certain food groups.
Like some other people have said, I think the activities in this lesson may have been better suited to older children. Another way to improve your lesson might have been to include taste tests, where children could have tried different types of fruits & vegetables.
Overall, I thought this was an important lesson that did a good job of including many different learning methods (VORK).
This topic is very important for all of us to learn so why not start at an early age. The age you chose was appropriate however I myself felt overwhelmed with the terminology that you brought up with the discussion on the board. I can only imagine kids in grade 1 feeling the same. This is definitely a lesson that cannot be taught in one session therefore spreading it out throughout the week or even month would be great. You can even make it a long term yearly topic of discussion. For example, something like the goals we did in this class maybe help. You can start off with people making a health goal and then as the year goes by you can record each student’s progress. Having said that, I think the lessons and activities you chose were fun and a great way to get kids to learn the importance of food groups visually. I even went home and noticed how much vegetables compared to protein I had on my plate for dinner (which I never do).
The main thing that I thought your group did very well is to ensure that all learning styles were incorporated into the lesson. You clearly put a lot of thought and planning into it. I also liked that you made props. Great effort.
There were a couple things that I was not so sure about. Firstly, I did not feel like the age group would have been able to keep up with the activity. It seemed advanced, especially the nutrient information. Secondly, I did not understand why you used an American model instead of a Canadian model from the Canada Food Guide. I personally think the consistency that would result from sticking to the Canadian recommendations would be beneficial to avoid confusion with what might be learned outside the classroom and in alignment with what information doctors would be giving families.
Important topic. Great amount of effort. Just a few concerns about the age group's ability to do the activity.
I thought group 2 did a great job targeting an important topic. I enjoyed seeing the comparison between Harvard's and the US guideline. I also liked how you guys touched base on all the different learning styles of each child.
When I volunteered in a class and taught them about the Canadian food guide, I had each individual make up their own Food Guide through the Canada's food guide:
Children are able to find their own serving size (by age) and pick food within each category that they eat or may want to try. Its a great way to get the kids involve and be aware.
The topic about nutrition is always an important and beneficial topic; however, i felt that this topic is too hard for this age group and it needed to be targeting a way older demographic possibly grade 6 students. The varied activities took effort from us university students so i don't believe grade 1 or 2 would be able to finish them although they were very creative and fun to do. I believe allowing the kids to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy food will give them enough knowledge so that they can make some informed decisions when it comes to their meals. However, i also felt that it might be a little important to bring in a concept of cultures and its varied foods in the discussion somehow.
Overall all it was a good presentation with very creative activities :)
Great topic! You can tell that your group put in a lot of effort researching and creating visual aids. As mentioned, the visual aids were very helpful. I liked the dynamic use of visual, oral, reading, and kinaesthetic tools, as students learn differently.
I think younger students would need more of a breakdown, such as focussing on only one food group at a time...then a final lesson discussing how to balance all the groups together. I think that this lesson is something that can be adapted and built upon for future grades. I think if it was geared at older children it would be grasped better.
Overall, the lesson was helpful as it used multilevel tools to discuss nutrition. I fully agree that there needs to be more focus on nutrition in schools!
Group two did a great job. I think it’s extremely important to teach children about eating healthy and incorporating all four food groups into their meals at a very young age. Your lesson plan was well constructed and you did a great job of informing the children on the importance of eating well. I do however believe that the age group you were teaching was a little too young to understand some of the terminology. Perhaps you should have focused on grade 4 or 5 students. I liked the idea of getting the children to place different foods in the four food groups they belonged to as it was a great visual that would help them realize which food they were missing in their diets. All in all, great job group 2!
Group 2 did a great job presenting. Ideas were well presented and clearly you all took some time to create a well thought out presentation. As was mentioned in some of the other comments I had a few concerns over the age group that this was targeted too. It seemed like a month of lessons in one. but I also do not want to underestimate kids ability to understand and it is definitely important to begin teaching about health and nutrition at a young age. just an interesting tidbit- in the states they are now considering doing cholesterol testing at ages as young as three years old and teaching kids as young as 5 about the dangers of smoking thanks for a great presentation
I was very impressed with your presentation regarding food groups and food choices. I especially liked the mini power point presentation and other visual aids (info on blackboard, plate diagram) that you guys had as well. Being a visual leaner, it was great to see this because some children learn best when they can see visual aids so I really appreciated this part of the lesson. Also the class activity was great to do because it really teaches students the importance of all food groups and the need to get the required amount. My concern is that when you broke down each food item individually and started to explain what each mineral or process does, I found that younger children (Grades 1-2) might be confused and a little lost when you talk about this. This could be more appropriate for children at a higher grade level (Grade 3-5) because they might have a better understanding of this part. What about for ESL students or special needs students, would there be an alternative lesson plan for these students to learn about the importance of food groups and healthy eating? Overall, your group did a good job presenting about the different food groups and the need to become healthy eaters. Great job guys!
ReplyDeleteI was interested in this lesson because nutrition studies are a large part of what I want to do later in life. I thought this group did a good job of explaining the 4 food groups and certain nutritional benefits you can gain from each of them. This is often tough to do for older kids, and this group was aiming at grades 1 and 2 children, so I thought it was great that they explained how fibre makes “their tummies happy” !
ReplyDeleteI also thought that the My plate diagram was helpful for children to see what kinds of food go with each group as a visual, instead of just a word game. Furthermore, that is why I enjoyed the shopping cart activity because it put pictures to the words they were learning about. I’m sure kids could even try placing real foods in their own shopping carts when at the supermarket with their parents to further enforce the lesson.
The lesson plan in this was great! It is simple and easy enough for grade school children to grasp and kids can actually work together on such an assignment! The only criticism I would have is the lack of Canadian sources used. Although similar, Americans and Canadians are a different population with somewhat different health concerns. Over all though, it was a great presentation! informative and engaging for both student and parents!
ReplyDeleteThe lesson plan was good, espeically the visual aspects and the hands-on games but I agree with the first comment. For grades 1-2, breaking down each food and talking about specific minerals/vitamins/etc. might me difficult for them to understand.
ReplyDeleteI appreciated this lesson since I think it’s important that children start learning about food groups at a young age. I liked your method of getting kids to think about what they do and do not eat. Rather than pointing the finger and accusing children of not eating properly, it helps them realize on their own that they may be missing certain food groups.
ReplyDeleteLike some other people have said, I think the activities in this lesson may have been better suited to older children. Another way to improve your lesson might have been to include taste tests, where children could have tried different types of fruits & vegetables.
Overall, I thought this was an important lesson that did a good job of including many different learning methods (VORK).
This topic is very important for all of us to learn so why not start at an early age. The age you chose was appropriate however I myself felt overwhelmed with the terminology that you brought up with the discussion on the board. I can only imagine kids in grade 1 feeling the same. This is definitely a lesson that cannot be taught in one session therefore spreading it out throughout the week or even month would be great. You can even make it a long term yearly topic of discussion. For example, something like the goals we did in this class maybe help. You can start off with people making a health goal and then as the year goes by you can record each student’s progress. Having said that, I think the lessons and activities you chose were fun and a great way to get kids to learn the importance of food groups visually. I even went home and noticed how much vegetables compared to protein I had on my plate for dinner (which I never do).
ReplyDeleteThe main thing that I thought your group did very well is to ensure that all learning styles were incorporated into the lesson. You clearly put a lot of thought and planning into it. I also liked that you made props. Great effort.
ReplyDeleteThere were a couple things that I was not so sure about. Firstly, I did not feel like the age group would have been able to keep up with the activity. It seemed advanced, especially the nutrient information. Secondly, I did not understand why you used an American model instead of a Canadian model from the Canada Food Guide. I personally think the consistency that would result from sticking to the Canadian recommendations would be beneficial to avoid confusion with what might be learned outside the classroom and in alignment with what information doctors would be giving families.
Important topic. Great amount of effort. Just a few concerns about the age group's ability to do the activity.
I thought group 2 did a great job targeting an important topic. I enjoyed seeing the comparison between Harvard's and the US guideline. I also liked how you guys touched base on all the different learning styles of each child.
ReplyDeleteWhen I volunteered in a class and taught them about the Canadian food guide, I had each individual make up their own Food Guide through the Canada's food guide:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/myguide-monguide/index-eng.php.
Children are able to find their own serving size (by age) and pick food within each category that they eat or may want to try. Its a great way to get the kids involve and be aware.
The topic about nutrition is always an important and beneficial topic; however, i felt that this topic is too hard for this age group and it needed to be targeting a way older demographic possibly grade 6 students. The varied activities took effort from us university students so i don't believe grade 1 or 2 would be able to finish them although they were very creative and fun to do. I believe allowing the kids to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy food will give them enough knowledge so that they can make some informed decisions when it comes to their meals. However, i also felt that it might be a little important to bring in a concept of cultures and its varied foods in the discussion somehow.
ReplyDeleteOverall all it was a good presentation with very creative activities :)
Great topic! You can tell that your group put in a lot of effort researching and creating visual aids. As mentioned, the visual aids were very helpful. I liked the dynamic use of visual, oral, reading, and kinaesthetic tools, as students learn differently.
ReplyDeleteI think younger students would need more of a breakdown, such as focussing on only one food group at a time...then a final lesson discussing how to balance all the groups together. I think that this lesson is something that can be adapted and built upon for future grades. I think if it was geared at older children it would be grasped better.
Overall, the lesson was helpful as it used multilevel tools to discuss nutrition. I fully agree that there needs to be more focus on nutrition in schools!
Group two did a great job. I think it’s extremely important to teach children about eating healthy and incorporating all four food groups into their meals at a very young age. Your lesson plan was well constructed and you did a great job of informing the children on the importance of eating well. I do however believe that the age group you were teaching was a little too young to understand some of the terminology. Perhaps you should have focused on grade 4 or 5 students. I liked the idea of getting the children to place different foods in the four food groups they belonged to as it was a great visual that would help them realize which food they were missing in their diets. All in all, great job group 2!
ReplyDeleteGroup 2 did a great job presenting. Ideas were well presented and clearly you all took some time to create a well thought out presentation. As was mentioned in some of the other comments I had a few concerns over the age group that this was targeted too. It seemed like a month of lessons in one. but I also do not want to underestimate kids ability to understand and it is definitely important to begin teaching about health and nutrition at a young age.
ReplyDeletejust an interesting tidbit- in the states they are now considering doing cholesterol testing at ages as young as three years old and teaching kids as young as 5 about the dangers of smoking
thanks for a great presentation