EDU 1010

Orientation to Education
Teaching Demonstration
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Name: Jennifer Powell

Date: 10/23/2014

Curriculum Tittle: Health Education- Third Grade

Utah State Standard: The students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can
increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness.

Third Grade Health and Education:

1. Standard 6 Health Education, Objective 2: Students will identify nutrient groups
and understand the key functions of each.
Objective:
Students will identify healthy and unhealthy foods, place foods in the correct food group
they belong in, and perform physical fitness.
Materials:
Healthy and unhealthy foods from each category of the food pyramid, open safe
environment to workout, water, and journal.
Background for Teachers:
Allergies or physical disabilities that students might have, and should have taught the
food pyramid to the class prior to lesson.
Intended Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to identify healthy and unhealthy foods. They will also be able to
place foods into correct food groups they belong in, and perform a physical activity.
Students will also be able to identify nutrient groups and understand key functions of
each on a daily basis.

Instructional Procedures:
1. Identify foods that are healthy and unhealthy.
2. Have students place food in a category from the food pyramid.
3. Go over its importance for each food group.
4. Do a physical activity.

5. Reflect upon the physical activity and what else they can do to stay healthy.
6. Go over take home activity.
Family Connections:
1. Think about these questions.
2. Write down everything that you ate today in your journal. Was it healthy or was it
unhealthy?
3. Try and place them in the correct food groups. Did you eat enough foods from
each food group?
4. Ask your family what they ate that day and write it in your journal as well.
5. Go over with your family if they ate healthy today or if they have room for
improvement. Do you and your family have room for improvement? What other
foods could you and your family pick instead?
6. Go do something active and fun that makes you feel good.
7. Write in your journal about what physical activity that you did and why it made
you feel healthy.
8. Repeat this journal activity for seven days.
Assessment Plan:
1. Students will write in their journal what food choices they could have picked
instead.
2. Students will go over their journal with another student in the class what they ate
that day and what physical activity they did.
3. Students will go over the journal with me every other day; I will give them more
ideas on what other food and physical activity choices there are that they can try.

"Educational Links - Health Education - 3rd Grade." Educational Links - Health Education - 3rd Grade.
Web. 24 Oct. 2014.
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