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 * Unit Theme**: Nutrition
 * Conceptual Lens:** Balance
 * Unit Length:** 4 weeks


 * ===Unit Overview=== ||
 * What types of foods do you like? Which foods do you not like? How healthy are you? Could you become more healthy by choosing better foods to eat? These questions and more will be answered in your next study, nutrition. You will explore the foods you eat by learning about the food pyramid. You will be able to label the food pyramid and give examples of foods in each group. This will allow you to create healthy and nutritious meals for yourself and others. It is important that you are healthy. Being healthy allows you to move and exercise, learn things in school, and live for a long time. Being healthy also means that you will not be as sick as an unhealthy person. Eating healthy foods is one way to be healthy. You will learn about many foods through reading nonfiction books, singing food songs, and reading food poems. You will also be keeping track of what foods you eat in a food diary. By looking at what you eat each day, you may find meals that you can improve on. Your goal will be to learn about healthy foods and use the new information to make better food choices. ||

-Keeping a food diary -Writing piece -Food songs -Food poems -Labeling pictures ||  || -Recognize the food pyramid -Use the food pyramid to make good food choices -Label and color the food pyramid -Sort foods into the food groups -What does each food group do for our body? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * English || Mathematics || Health * || Social Studies || Second Language || Art || Insert Integration Area ||
 * -Nonfiction elements

Designer(s): Lisa Gagnon (Grade 1) and Tonnie Condon (Grade 1/2)
Students will understand that what they eat influences how healthy they are. Students will understand that making healthy choices is important. Students will understand that some foods are more healthy than others.

Essential Questions: What is healthy eating? How can I be more healthy? What foods are good for me?

MBRSD is committed to providing a safe, nurturing, and accepting environment where students can explore and develop their creative and intellectual abilities. We shall educate students, promote their self-esteem, and encourage them to achieve their maximum potential. Students will demonstrate the ability to solve problems and to be self directed life-long learners. As productive members of our society students will demonstrate compassion and ethical judgment.
 * MBRSD - District Mission Statement**