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Teacher Resources

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Teacher Resources

Commodities

Gardening

Grade Levels:

kindergarten-second

Subjects:

Science,Language Arts,Health,Physical Education

Keywords:

My Garden, MyPlate

Students will become familiar with the foods they eat and healthy eating habits while learning about the MyPlate food categories. Objectives: Write a name of a food in the correct area of the MyPlate handout. Draw a picture of that food item for each section of the MyPlate diagram. Identify where the fruits and vegetables grown in the school garden should be placed on the MyPlate diagram Time: 15 minutes for collection of food pictures/magazines 1 hour activity – may be broken into several lessons, depending on time frame or grade level