Nutritious Foods Keep Me Healthy
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students compare their hand with a "grown-up" hand and learn why their bodies need nutritious foods from the Five Food Groups.
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• Associate foods from the Five Food Groups as nutritious foods that are good for them
• Name all Five Food Groups of the Food Guide Pyramid
• Count the number of bones in the human hand

The Story of the Pyramid Cafe
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students learn about the Five Food Groups as they participate in a Readers' Theater that features five friends who dreamed of opening a restaurant for kids.
Objectives:

• Participate in a dramatic reading
• Name the Food Guide Pyramid's Five Food Groups
• State one way each food group keeps them healthy

Meet the Milk Group
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students identify foods in the Milk Group and learn that Milk Group foods keep their bones and teeth healthy. They also start making a deck of Pyramid Food Cards and help LaMilka Bones unscramble The Pyramid Cafe's® Mixed-Up Refrigerator.
Objectives:

• Name at least three foods that belong to the Milk Group
• State how foods in the Milk Group help keep them healthy
• State the number of bones in the human body
• Explain the skeleton's function
• Classify Milk Group Food Cards according to personal criteria

Learn About the Meat Group
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students identify foods in the Meat Group and learn that these foods build strong, healthy muscles. They add Meat Group foods to their deck of Pyramid Food Cards and help Frank Strong-muscle organize the Pyramid Cafe's® Mixed-Up Food Delivery.
Objectives:

• Name at least three foods that belong to the Meat Group
• State how foods in the Meat Group keep them healthy
• State the function of strong muscles and the relationship between exercise and strong muscles
• Classify Meat Group Food Cards according to personal criteria

Visit the Vegetable Group
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students identify Vegetable Group foods and discover that these foods help them see in the dark. They name their favorite vegetables and use their eyes to find hidden vegetable pictures in the dark. Finally, they help Kale Eye-see shop at a The Vegetable Stand.
Objectives:

• Name at least three foods in the Vegetable Group
• State how Vegetable Group foods help keep them healthy
• State that vegetables are plants
• Name parts of the plant that we eat
• Classify vegetables according to personal criteria

Make Friends with the Fruit Group
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students learn which foods are in the Fruit Group and learn that these foods help their bodies heal cuts and bruises. They identify fruits they like to eat and then help Berry Clear-skin shop for fruits at The Farmer's Market.
Objectives:

• Name at least three foods in the Fruit Group
• State how Fruit Group foods help keep them healthy
• Name different types of plants on which fruits grow
• Classify fruits according to personal criteria

Go for the Grain Group
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students learn that Grain Group foods give them energy for learning and playing. They discover how grain becomes a food and identify Grain Group foods they like to eat. Finally, they help Muffin Go-more get ready for the Bake Sale Day at the Pyramid Cafe®.
Objectives:

• Name at least three foods in the Grain Group
• State how Grain Group foods help keep them healthy
• Explain the sequence in which grain grows and is transformed into food
• Classify Grain Group foods according to personal criteria

The Others Category
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students learn why "Others" category foods are not included in the Five Food Groups. They also sort Food Cards to review what foods are in the Five Food Groups and in the "Others" category.
Objectives:

• Associate foods from the Five Food Groups as "nutritious" foods that are good for them
• State that they should eat from all Five Food Groups every day because each food group helps keep their body healthy in a different way
• Explain what the "Others" category is
• Identify at least three foods that are in the "Others" category
• State that its okay to eat foods in the "Others" category, but not too often

What is a Body-Building Lunch?
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students learn that a body-building lunch has at least three of the Five Food Groups. They apply the three-out-of-five rule to sample lunches and draw a picture of a body-building lunch they would like to eat.
Objectives:

• Understand that nutritious foods can be combined to make body-building meals
• State that body-building lunches contain foods from at least three of the Five Food Groups
• Identify body-building lunches

Planning Body-Building Lunches
Grade Level: 2nd Grade / Primary Elementary
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Description: Students plan two lunches for the Pyramid Cafe's® lunch menu and work in pairs to make sure each is a body-building lunch. Finally, they share one of their lunches with the entire class and receive a Guest Chef Award.
Objectives:

• Understand that nutritious foods can be combined to make body-building meals
• Plan two body-building lunches they would like to eat
• Describe one of their lunches to the class